Id8 Group R2 Studios, a startup from the creators of the Slingbox, has always focused on home automation solutions. Apple and Google wanted to buy this R2 Studios. But surprisingly, software giant Microsoft has recently bought it.
New year’s eve is usually the time for celebrations, drinks and partying. A few armed robbers in Paris thought that it also made for a great time to rob Apple Store in Paris. And they broke into the store and made away with $1.32 million worth of stuff.
Apple has been having a tough time in China. First, it was the issue of using the ‘iPad’ trademark, then it was about striking a deal with Chinese carriers and passing through scrutiny of regulatory authorities, now a court in China has ruled that Apple has infringed copyrighted content and must pay fine.
Yesterday, a Reddit reader at first noticed that if the word “sell” is typed into the search field on Google Finance, the site redirects to the financial page for Apple Inc. Is it a algorithmic slip-up or some type of Christmastime Easter egg? Or, Google deliberately did that?
The legal battle between Samsung and Apple seems to know no end. Both have launched multiple lawsuits against each other all around the globe with mixed results for either. Apple recently decided to add more Samsung devices to its patent claim against Samsung but has now removed Galaxy S III mini from that list.
Wearable computers have been talked of, often in recent times. However, we haven’t yet seen a serious attempt by any notable vendor to make wearable devices mainstream. It has now been claimed that Apple is currently working in collaboration with Intel to create an iOS-based watch.
Apple has just been granted a new patent by USPTO which speaks about an input device that makes use of motion gestures to perform different functions within a computer’s graphical user interface. The images included in the filing show a mouse being controlled through such gestures.
Earlier this month, Apple CEO Tim Cook said that Apple will invest over $100 million to produce Macs in the U.S. by 2013. At that time, a spokesman for Foxconn confirmed that they would be expanding the operations in North America. But lately, the sometimes reliable Taiwanese publication DigiTimes has reported that Apple and Foxconn are moving Mac mini production to the US. Is it Apple will make both the Mac and Mac mini within the U.S?