Tokyo is situated right above one of the most active seismic sites. Earthquakes keep jolting the city, ranging in their strength from weak to mild to fairly strong. Now, thanks to technology, citizens are able to stay abreast with earthquakes updates, both warnings and real-time discussions.
Huawei hasn’t been able to break into the list of top smartphone vendors but the company still has a substantial standing. It has been trying to gain foot in the phablet niche and it was rumored earlier that the company was preparing a Galaxy Note II rival. Now, Huawei VP has confirmed such a device.
The popular “Steve Jobs Patent” is a key multi-touch related patent in Apple’s portfolio. It has been a major weapon of Apple in patent war against its competitors. However, the U.S. Patent Office has deemed the patent as invalid after a re-examination.
European Commission has slammed six major electronics companies for indulging in highly forbidden anti-competitive behaviour. The Commission has imposed a penalty of $1.92 billion on the six companies which is the biggest antitrust penalty in the history of EU.
Best Buy stole the business secrets of TechForward and made use of them, leading TechForward to ruins. A court has now ordered the retailer to pay TechForward $27M in damages.
Online scams are nothing new. They are nearly as old as the internet itself. Most of us have grown intelligent to most scams that are pedaled on the web but many still fall for the old tricks. To legally tackle the culprits behind online scams, President Obama has now signed a bill which would let FTC deal with them more effectively.
As we move headlong unto the road of technological advancement, religion has tried hard to keep up. It is only natural, then, that the Pope Benedict XVI will be tweeting from a personal Twitter account soon. Interestingly, he will be using the handle @Pontifex.
Apple usually has to undergo a number of regulatory issues before it is able to launch its devices in China. So was the case with iPhone 4S and same has been the case with iPhone 5 which delayed the device’s launch in the country until now. Now, Apple has announced that iPhone 5 will become available in China by December 14.