Apple asks ETSI standards body to set rules for standards essential patents
Apple addressed the European Telecommunications Standards Institute in November, asking the organization to set clear polices governing how its member companies license their patents.
Path app under fire for unauthorized address book upload
Path, a popular social networking iPhone app, has come under heavy criticism after it was discovered that it uploads users' address books to its servers without asking for permission.
Google to continue Motorola’s FRAND licensing that seeks to monopolize H.264, UMTS
Google's worst fears about greedy H.264 patent holders and "bogus patent" warfare involving Android are coming true, albeit at the hands of Motorola, a company it seeks to acquire. Google is now promising to continue this same behavior itself after it ...
App developers forced to submit Retina Display screenshots
Apple on Tuesday notified members of its iOS Developer Program that they will be required to provide high-resolution, Retina Display compatible screenshots when initially submitting or updating an app through iTunes Connect.
Final Cut Pro X named PCMag’s Editors Choice for high-end video editing
After its third minor update, Final Cut Pro X has been awarded "Editors Choice" for high-end video editing by PCMag for "loads of power, ease-of-use, and no-wait performance" and its "highly usable and precise interface."
Apple-sparked ‘App Economy’ created 466K U.S. jobs in 4 years
When Apple launched the App Store alongside the iPhone 3G in July, 2008, it offered both a platform and distribution hub for developers to easily write and monetize software, and effectively created a new economy that a study estimates has generated ab...
Buffalo Wild Wings testing Apple’s iPad for quicker customer ordering
Restaurant chain Buffalo Wild Wings is expanding a pilot program in which customers place orders for food and drinks via Apple's iPad right from their table.
Mac sales surge as PC sales drop 20% in UK, 12% in France
PC sales in Europe plummeted in the fourth quarter of 2011, but Apple bucked that trend over the holidays, particularly in France and the U.K., with continued strong growth.
Apple seen taking 5% of HDTV market, earning $17B in revenue
If Apple were to offer high-definition television sets with an average selling price of $1,500, one Wall Street analyst believes the company could capture 5 percent of the market and earn $17 billion in revenue.
Siri accounts for 1/4 of Wolfram Alpha queries as search engine goes ‘Pro’
About one quarter of the queries to the "computational knowledge engine" Wolfram Alpha now come from the Siri voice assistant found in Apple's iPhone 4S.
RIM says BlackBerry App World has 60K apps, 13% of publishers earn more than $100K
Research in Motion announced on Tuesday that its BlackBerry App World is the second most profitable mobile application store behind Apple's App Store, beating out Google's Android Market.
Apple retakes crown as world’s top smartphone maker
After tallying the numbers from top smartphone manufacturers' fourth quarter 2011 earnings, it was revealed on Monday that Apple has wrested the top spot from Samsung following the highly successful iPhone 4S launch.
