Apple Sues Back At Motorola Over Qualcomm License Agreement
As Google’s proposed acquisition of Motorola Mobility waits for approval from the courts, Apple has fired back at Motorola in the U.S. over a licensing agreement with chipset-maker Qualcomm.
Motorola recently sued Apple over wireless technology in its iOS devices with a patent that Apple is now using to cite the licensing violation with Qualcomm. The retaliation from Apple is meant to suffocate any patent violation claims that Motorola was asserting before to the courts.
The iPhone 4S was briefly banned in Germany last month following a suit from Motorola, and Apple is now arguing that its agreement with Qualcomm covers any alleged patent infringement that Motorola may have proposed to the courts.
Reuters explains:
Apple says that as a Qualcomm customer, Apple is a third-party beneficiary of Motorola’s agreement with Qualcomm. Under that agreement, Motorola’s rights under certain patents are exhausted, Apple argues.
According to Apple, Motorola doesn’t have a right to call foul on the wireless technology patents used in Qualcomm chip-equipped iOS devices.
Microsoft details Windows 8 for ARM devices
Microsoft has released technical design details about the new version of Windows for devices that use ARM chips, outlining in a lengthy blog post different ways in which this OS, called WOA and still in the works, will be alike and different from existing versions of Windows.
Redesigned MacBook Pro Lineup to be Revealed This Year?
The entire MacBook Pro lineup will be redesigned “radically” this year to more closely resemble the MacBook Air, according to a new report from AppleInsider. Citing a source who says “they’re all going to look like MacBook Airs,” AppleInsider also suggests the MacBook Pro 15″ will likely be the first of the bunch to be redesigned, and will feature the removal of older technologies like the traditional hard disk drive and optical drives, in favor of digital distribution and SSD drives.
Assuming the latest report lines up with past rumors and reports, here is what we could possibly see from a refreshed MacBook Pro line this year:
- Thin and light MacBook Air inspired design
- Dual Core & Quad Core Ivy Bridge CPU’s with speeds up to 2.9GHz
- An ultra high resolution display at 2880×1800
- SSD drive to replace the traditional hard drives
- Removal of the optical drive
- Longer battery life
- Emphasis on digital distribution for software installation
Taiwanese trade publication Digitimes previously suggested that a new MacBook Pro (or Air) 15″ model may come in March, which would coincide nicely with the iPad 3 rollout. If the suspected high resolution display was included, it would also help to resolve the issue of designing for a retina iPad resolution on the currently smaller screen resolutions offered with Mac laptops.
Steve Jobs to be inducted into the Creative Hall of Fame
The One Club for Art and Copy said it will induct Apple co-founder Steve Jobs into the Creative Hall of Fame on January 17, 2012 at an event in New York City.
According to the hall of fame, Jobs will “honored for a lifetime of contributions to design, branding and communications. As a visionary leader, his passion for design not only created products that changed the way we interact with technology and media, but changed the way we create content in media.”
The organization also said that “since 1984 the One Show has awarded over 100 pieces of advertising and design created and produced for Apple by Apple’s design team and by the long and storied partnership with Chiat/Day, which continues today with TBWA\Media Arts Lab.”
You can purchase tickets to the event $500 per person.
Galaxy Nexus web benchmarks outpace iPhone 4S as 'Woz' picks up early copy
Early web benchmarks for the Galaxy Nexus show that the flagship smartphone outperforms Apple's iPhone 4S in some areas, while Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has been spotted picking up a copy of the Galaxy Nexus at Google's headquarters.
Listen To Live Radio On Your iOS Device With TuneIn Radio
One of the best things about Apple’s iPod nano is its radio app that allows you to listen to live radio anytime, anywhere. Unfortunately, we don’t get that feature with the iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad… unless we use third-party apps.
TuneIn Radio allows you to listen live to over 50,000 stations around the world, pause and rewind your favorite shows, share stations and songs on social networks, and a whole lot more. Here’s how to get started.
First of all, download the TuneIn Radio app from the App Store. There’s a free version which will be perfect for most of you, but if you’d like to record radio shows on your device, you’ll need to get TuneIn Radio Pro which is $0.99.
Now that it’s installed, open up the app and tap on the ‘Browse’ tab at the bottom. Here you can search for local stations, check out the stations you listened to recently (though you won’t have any if this is your first time), browse stations by music genre, sports, and more. Alternatively, simply type the name of your favorite station into the search box at the top to find it.
Once you’ve tuned into a station, you’ll want to save it so that you have quick access to it next time you use TuneIn. To do this, simply tap on the favorite icon in the top corner. To share a station with your friends, tap the mail icon, and to rewind a show by 10 seconds, tap the rewind icon.
If you’ve got the Pro version on TuneIn and you’d like to record a show, tap the record button in the tray at the bottom. You’ll have to leave the station playing to record it, but you can close the app and do other things while it records in the background. You can then access your recordings using the ‘Recordings’ tab at the bottom.
Finally, if you’d like to use TuneIn Radio in the car, there’s a handy car mode that provides you with extra large buttons for easy control. Simply tap the car icon within the ‘Browse’ menu to activate it. (And of course, remember to be safe if you’re using TuneIn in the car, and don’t attempt to control your device while you’re driving if local laws don’t allow it.)
