Stanislav Datskovskiy / Loper OS:
Non-Apple’s Mistake … The howls of protest coming from iPhone and iPad developers are loud and shrill, and are sure to grow louder and shriller as their Golden Cage grows smaller and smaller, as I’m certain it will. — The Golden Cage is indeed a cage, and a strong one. Yet it has no door.
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Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents:
Motorola wants 2.25% of Apple’s sales in return for license to standard-essential wireless patents — In my previous post (on Motorola’s lawsuits against the German Apple Stores), I said that a statement by Apple’s counsel at yesterday’s Mannheim trial made me aware of a discovery request …
Natalie Zmuda / AdAge:
Facebook Hires Former Levi’s, Apple Exec Rebecca Van Dyck to Lead Marketing — As we saw in its IPO filing, Facebook does very little consumer marketing in a traditional sense. But that may change: It’s bringing on former Levi’s and Apple exec Rebecca Van Dyck to head global marketing, according to people familiar with the matter.
Mark Milian / CNN:
U.S. government, military to get secure Android phones — A U.S soldier checks his cell phone while on patrol in Iraq in December. Smartphones are first being deployed to soldiers. — (CNN) — Some U.S. officials this year are expected to get smartphones capable of handling classified …
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Xbox co-creator Seamus Blackley launches mobile-game startup with Atari arcade veterans — Seamus Blackley, the co-creator of the Xbox, passionately believes that gameplay will triumph in the game business. That is why he and his new startup are relying on a team of famous designers …
John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:
Apple: All iPad and iPhone Models Will be Back on Sale Online in Germany Shortly — That was fast. — Apple, which has spent the past day pulling older model iPhone and iPad inventory from the shelves of its online store in Germany, is now scrambling to restore it.
Tomio Geron / Social Media:
Do iOS Apps Crash More Than Android Apps? A Data Dive — Ever wonder why certain mobile apps you use crash so much? It turns out there are many possible reasons. And it can vary particularly depending on whether you are using an Apple iOS device such as an iPhone or iPad, or an Android device.
Ingrid Lunden / paidContent:
Apple v. Moto In Germany: One iPhone Injunction Ordered, Another One Lifted — Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) in the last 24 hours has been dealt not one but two blows in court cases involving Motorola (NYSE: MMI) and patents in Germany, one involving IP licensing on older iPhone models (not the 4S) and one involving iCloud.
Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents:
Apple TEMPORARILY removed products from German online store due to Motorola injunction based on FRAND patent — There are two big Apple-Motorola news items from Germany today: — As I reported earlier, Motorola Mobility today won a permanent injunction against the push email feature …
- Judge complains of too many patents in Apple case against Motorola (Daniel Eran Dilger/AppleInsider)
Daniel Eran Dilger / AppleInsider:
Judge complains of too many patents in Apple case against Motorola — Circuit Judge Posner has expressed dissatisfaction with the number of patents Apple is arguing against Motorola, asking the company to “winnow” its claims. — Apple originally brought 15 patent claims against Motorola …
Christian Zibreg / 9to5Mac:
Apple researching social fitness tech sporting real-time sharing of performance data for competitive workouts — In the future, hitting the gym along with your iPhone-toting pals could spur competitiveness in ways unlike ever before. Apple’s mobile devices run a variety of fitness apps …