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Apple and Microsoft-Owned Patent Troll Sues Google and Android Partners
Until now the mobile patent wars had just been heating up, but things finally kicked into high gear yesterday when Rockstar, a small company owned by a group of technology heavyweights including...
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FAA ruling lets airline passengers power on devices below 10,000 feet
Under a new FAA ruling, commercial flight passengers flying within the US will now be able to use smartphones, tablets, laptops, MP3 players and some other small electronics during all parts of...
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Woman Ticketed for Driving with Google Glass in California
This week may go down in history as the first time someone was ticketed for driving with Google Glass, and it happened in California of all places. The driver, Cecilia Abadie, was stopped by a police...
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Apple CEO Tim Cook Pens WSJ Op-Ed Backing Employment Nondiscrimination Act
With the U.S. Senate set to vote on the Employment Nondiscrimination Act, Apple CEO Tim Cook published a rare op-ed in The Wall Street Journal today titled, “Workplace Equality Is Good for Business.”...
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Google chairman Schmidt speaks out against NSA on data taps
Google’s executive chairman Erc Schmidt has publicly rebuked the NSA over recent revelations the US spy agency has tapped the company’s international data cables to conduct surveillance on hundreds of...
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Samsung Accused of Purposely Leaking Secret Apple Documents
A judge has made the determination that Samsung purposely leaked secret Apple documents in an attempt to gain a competitive advantage. Via The Verge, a judge believes the Korean company breached an...
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Apple and Samsung Back in Court to Recalculate Damages
Last year following a high profile patent trial, Samsung was ordered to pay Apple just over $1 billion in damages. Since then, that penalty has been dropped to about $600 million, but today the two...
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Apple Demands Samsung Pay $380 Million In Damages Over Patent Dispute
Apple says it wants Samsung to hand over $380 million in damages for infringing on its patents. The lofty sum follows up on the $600 million initially awarded last year. The two companies rendezvoused...
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Google seeing more government requests than ever before
Google released their latest Transparency Report today. This marks the eighth such report, with the seventh having come back in late-April. That last report brought mention of a record high number of...
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Google Triumphs in Lawsuit Against Authors Guild Over Book Scanning
After a long and very drawn out trial, a judge on Thursday threw out a lawsuit levied against Google by the Authors Guild. According to U.S. Circuit Judge Denny Chin, Google’s initiative to scan and...
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Samsung Weakened View of Apple, Phil Schiller Says
The retrial between Apple and Samsung is currently ongoing, to find out once and for all how much Samsung owes Apple. As a result, executives from both companies have taken the stand to present...
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Europe Approves Use of 3G and 4G LTE Networks on Flights
It’s been a good week for frequent flyers in Europe. Yesterday the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) announced it will allow the use of mobile devices and other personal electronics in “Flight...
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Texting at Red Lights Could Become Illegal in New Jersey
It’s already illegal to use your phone while driving, but now the New Jersey government is considering a bill that would ban texting even while stopped at a red light or in a traffic jam. The proposed...
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EASA approves device use at all stages of European flights
Beginning as early as December of this year, you will soon be allowed to power-on and use approved electronic devices during all stages of the flight on most Europe-based airlines. The European...
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Appeals Court Rules Apple Can Argue for Samsung Phone Ban in U.S.
There has been an ongoing re-trial between Apple and Samsung over the past week, and most recently the court ruled that Apple does indeed have the right to argue for a ban on sales of Samsung’s tablets...
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NFL, MLB join the Aereo legal pile-on in Supreme Court petition
The National Football League and Major League Baseball have filed a petition with the US Supreme Court arguing that antenna-streaming service Aereo violates copyright law and should be stopped by legal...
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Aereo May Force Free Sports Broadcasts to Cable TV, NFL and MLB Warn
Aereo is a popular streaming application that’s provides TV broadcasts for a low-monthly fee in markets such as New York City, Boston, Detroit, Miami and others. It has been accused of stealing...
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Samsung Accuses Apple Lawyer of Racism, Asks for Retrial
If you want the legal battles between Apple and Samsung to continue, we have good news: Samsung’s team is asking for a retrial even before the current one is over. According to Bloomberg, Samsung’s...
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Judge Orders Samsung To Pay Apple $290 Million In Damages For Patent...
Following a jury decision, Judge Koh on Thursday ordered Samsung to pay $290 million in damages for infringing on Apple patents. The ruling comes in a retrial that began last week, and saw Samsung...
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