Why and How Apple Is Collecting Your iPhone Location Data
iPhone and iPad customers were spooked Wednesday to find out that their devices have recorded a detailed history of their geographical locations for the past year in an unprotected file. But it turns...
View ArticleCustomers Sue Apple Over iPhone Location-Data Collection
Two Apple customers have filed a lawsuit accusing the Cupertino, California, company of committing violations of computer-fraud laws by recording location data of iPhone and iPad customers. Vikram...
View ArticlePatent Firm Shakes Down iPhone App Programmers
If your pockets aren’t deep enough to fight a corporate giant, then sue the little guys for milk money. That’s the idea behind a patent company’s legal threats against several independent iPhone app...
View ArticlePatent Firm Explains Why It Targets Developers, Not Apple
After threatening last week to sue several iPhone app programmers for implementing a new iOS feature, a patent firm touched off a storm of controversy and even received death threats. Now the company...
View ArticleApple Defends App Programmers in Patent Dispute
Apple’s legal team has fired back at a patent-owning firm that was threatening to sue iPhone app programmers over usage of in-app payment technology. Apple stated in no uncertain terms that it planned...
View ArticleNokia Beats Apple In Patent Dispute
Apple has settled a patent dispute with Nokia that has been rattling through the courts since 2009. The struggling Finnish mobile giant sued Apple, claiming that it had infringed on ten patents, and...
View ArticlePatent Firm Targets Lawsuit at Angry Birds
The mighty hand of Lodsys, a patent firm suing mobile-app programmers, continues to strike at iOS and Android developers. Now it's targeting a major and much-beloved player: Angry Birds.
View ArticleCourts Ban Sale of Samsung Galaxy Tab in Europe
A European court has blocked the sale of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 across the European Union, in every member state except the Netherlands. It seems that Apple applied to the court in Dusseldorf,...
View ArticleCourts Ban Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Sales In Australia
One thing Samsung doesn’t seem to be able to copy from Apple is the success of its crack legal team. The latest court to ban the sale of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet is Australia, which upheld a...
View Article‘You Talking to Me?’ App Lets You Report Bad Taxi Drivers
Taxi drivers: If they’re not sneaking in a few extra miles by taking the long way round, or so intent on chatting to their friends via Bluetooth headsets that they miss your street, then they’re...
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