Greenpeace slams Apple despite its clean power data center plans
Despite that Apple is building a large solar and fuel cell farm at its data center in North Carolina, Greenpeace say in a new report that Apple is one of a couple of Internet companies that are falling short on sourcing clean power for data centers.
Apple: we broke "Amazon’s monopolistic grip" on e-book industry
Apple has now publicly responded to accusations that it colluded with publishers to fix e-book prices. In a statement released late Thursday, the company says the launch of its iBookstore in 2010—along with the origina......
Apple keeps it simple: The DOJ’s case is ‘simply not true’
Cupertino breaks its silence, laying out its legal defense in four sentences
The company's response to US v. Apple Inc. et al., when it came Thursday evening, was as succinct and carefully crafted as any Apple (AAPL) marketing slogan.
What the Department of Justice characterized as a "per se violation" of the Sherman Antitrust Act, Apple is going...
Apple: “We Broke Amazon’s Monopolistic Grip On The Publishing Industry”
The U.S. Department of Justice recently accused Apple of conspiring with book publishers to thwart Amazon’s power over eBook pricing. Today Apple has responded saying that “the DOJ’s accusation of collusion against Apple is simply not true.” Apple spokesman Tom Neumayr in an official statement...States pile on, claim Apple e-book conspiracy cost consumers $100 million
Apple and book publishers already have their hands full after the Justice Department sued them in New York today for allegedly fixing the price of e-books. Now, state governments are seeking their own pound of flesh. 
DOJ explains settlement with three publishers, Macmillan CEO explains why they won’t settle
The U.S. Department of Justice and Attorney Gen. Eric Holder just announced (via CNN) a settlement with three publishers—Hachette, HarperCollins, and Simon & Schuster— following this morning’s report that it would launch an antitrust suit against Apple, Macmillan, and Penguin, which refused to settle. The settlement is said to give publishers the “freedom to reduce...
U.S. Department of Justice Names Apple In Giant Antitrust Suit
It’s long been rumored that the Department of Justice would file an antitrust suit against Apple for e-book price fixing, but now it’s happening, as the United States DoJ just filed such a suit against Apple, Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan and Penguin. At issue here...US government sues Apple in eBook price-fixing antitrust suit
Bloomberg is reporting that the United States has filed an antitrust lawsuit in a New York district court against Apple and publishers Hachette SA, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin, and Simon & Schuster over alleged eBook price-fixing. The news follows reports from Reuters yesterday that the U.S. Department of Justice was preparing to launch a lawsuit against Apple and...
Why Apple is telling the DOJ: ‘We’ll see you in court’
The settlement the Justice Department is seeking could shutter the iBookstore
Reuters and Bloomberg have both reported -- citing a pair of unnamed sources -- that Apple (AAPL) and one or two major publishers are preparing to get sued for antitrust violations, perhaps as early as today.
Three of the five publishers accused of colluding with Apple...
Amazon’s Appstore takes a 30 percent cut
Starting today, Amazon will open up its Android Appstore to in-app purchases, according to a report in AllThingsD. Its model will follow that of Apple and iOS, with Amazon taking a 30 percent cut of each purchase. Transactions will be handled thro...
