Apple, others facing mobile patent threats from Openwave and Wi-LAN
While Apple is fighting it out with other mobile heavyweights—Samsung, Motorola, and HTC, to name a few—the company is facing new threats from two companies that largely make a business of licensing or litigatin...
Openwave accuses Apple and RIM of patent infringement
This story is getting familiar enough that you could generate Mad Libs out of it. Company you've never heard of is accusing successful, household name corporations of infringing its patents on drop-dead obvious features that devices have had for yea...
Openwave accuses Apple, RIM phones, tablets of patent infringement
Software maker Openwave filed suit with the International Trade Commission Wednesday accusing Apple and RIM mobile devices of infringing on five of mobile Internet connection patents, joining a long line mobile companies who are currently using the U.S. patent system to squeeze competitors.
RIM doesn’t want Apple to trademark ‘WebKit’ for reasons unknown, files opposing action
RIM has filed an ‘opposition action’ (via Patently Apple) in Canada against Apple’s trademark application for ‘WebKit’, the rendering platform based on KHTML that Apple help create before making open-source. The move grants RIM more time to build their case before a November 22, 2011 deadline. Apple originally filed the trademark application in May of 2010...
McAfee: Android Malware Rapidly Grows 76% While iOS Is Unaffected
The security experts at McAfee have published details of a new study that found during the second quarter of 2011, Android-powered devices faced a staggering 76% increase in malware than that of the first quarter — while Apple’s iOS devices remained unaffected by...Infographic: Mobile advertising battle of the sexes
When it comes to mobile advertising at least, men and women tend to differ. According to a new infographic from mobile advertising and marketing firm inneractive released Monday, men are more likely to click on mobile ads, and also more likely to be Android users. 
Apple gets with the wireless revolution
Apple’s latest transformation is complete. By delivering its first firmware over-the-air (FOTA) iOS 5 beta update in July, Apple freed its wireless consumers from being tethered to a PC or Mac to receive firmware updates. And it's helped made wireless updates mainstream.
RIM soon to announce BlackBerry music service, but why?
Do smartphone users need another music service in their lives? If they use BlackBerry devices, RIM thinks the answer is yes. The company is reportedly developing its own music service called BBM Music, according to people familia...
In smartphones, same old story: Apple and Android win
Smartphones were up 74 percent in the second quarter of 2011, accounting for a fourth of all mobile device sales, versus just 17 percent last year. The companies benefiting most from increasing smartphone sales are clearly Apple and Google, but which is benefitting the most?
Apple Store set to open right in RIM’s backyard
Apple is preparing to open five new retail stores internationally on Saturday, including one smack dab in the middle of competitor Research in Motion's home territory of Waterloo, in Ontario, Canada. It's a departure from Apple's usual pattern in Canada; one that sends a clear message.
