Apple picker Unfortunately, the holidays also affected our editorial staff, so Apple Week and Application Week are not published until today, but you can still read a lot of interesting things, for example about lawsuits with Samsung, news in the App Store, the Amazon phone and more.
According to the court, Samsung's tablets do not infringe Apple's patents (July 9)
There are a lot of patent wars around Apple, but the result of the last one is worth noting - the British court decided that Samsung's Galaxy Tab does not conflict with the design of the iPad, according to the judge, Galaxy tablets are "not as cool" as the iPad.
The Galaxy tablets do not use a design registered by Apple, Judge Colin Birss said in London, adding that customers had not confused the two tablets.
Galaxy tablets "don't have the extremely simple design that Apple has," Birss explained, not forgiving himself with the rather peppery comment: "They're not as cool."
Birss made this decision mainly because of the narrower profiles and unusual details on the back of the Galaxy tablets that distinguish them from the iPad. Apple now has 21 days to appeal.
Source: MacRumors.com
Apple has $74 billion in cash overseas (9/7)
Barron's writes that Apple continues to keep huge amounts of cash overseas. Moody's Investor Services calculated that the California company has $74 billion in assets outside its territory, which is $10 billion more than last year.
Of course, Apple is not the only one sending cash abroad - the other Microsoft has 50 billion dollars overseas, and Cisco and Oracle are supposed to have 42,3 and 25,1 billion dollars, respectively.
Barron's further reports that US companies with more than $2 billion in cash (or available for immediate use) have a total of $227,5 billion overseas. In addition, financial reserves are still growing - without Apple it is by 15 percent, with the apple company even by 31 percent.
Source: CultOfMac.com
New iPad goes on sale in China on July 20 (10/7)
The third-generation iPad will eventually arrive in China a little earlier than it did assumed. Apple announced that this will happen on Friday, July 20. Everything takes place shortly after Apple settled with Proview in iPad trademark dispute.
In China, the new iPad will be available through the Apple Online Store, selected Apple Authorized Resellers (AARs) and reservations at Apple Stores. Reservations for next-day collection will be accepted from Thursday 19 July, daily from 9am to midnight.
Source: MacRumors.com
Google Pays a Big Fine for Its Actions in Safari (10/7)
In February, it was discovered that Google was bypassing users' privacy settings in mobile Safari on iOS. Using the code, he tricked Safari, which could send several cookies when visiting a Google website, and thus Google made money from advertising. However, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has now slapped Google with the largest fine ever imposed on a single company. Google will have to pay 22,5 million dollars (less than half a billion crowns). The code used by Google was understandably already blocked in Safari.
Although Google did not threaten users in any way with its actions, it also violated Apple's previous commitments that users can rely on the privacy settings in Safari, i.e. that they will not be unknowingly tracked. Once Google pays the fine, the FTC will close the matter for good.
Source: CultOfMac.com
Amazon is said to be testing a smartphone that could be produced this year (July 11)
At the end of September last year, Amazon presented its first tablet Kindle Fire. It enjoys great popularity in the USA, which is why it is number two on the market there - behind the iPad. However, after half a year of sales, its sales began to decline, moreover, it recently received a serious competitor in the form of Google Nexus 7. However, Amazon wants to expand its territory to other waters and is reportedly already testing its first smartphone, according to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ).
It should contain a modified version of the Android OS, just like the bigger brother Fire. The WSJ further claims that the device is currently in the testing phase at one of the electronics manufacturers in Asia. The display should reach a size between four and five inches, other specifications such as the frequency and number of processor cores or the size of the operating memory are not yet known. The phone should be available on the market at the end of this year at an affordable price (similar to the Kindle Fire).
Source: CultOfMac.com
NBA star signs contract using iPad (11/7)
The 2012/2013 overseas basketball season hasn't started yet, and the Brooklyn Nets team has already claimed one first. He was the only one able to sign a contract with a new player using an iPad. Deron Williams did not have to use a pen to transfer to another club this time. He made do with only his fingers, with which he simply signed on the iPad screen. An application was used for this purpose SignNow, which is available for free in the App Store. He can sign documents from Word or any PDF.
Source: TUAW.com
The "Food & Drink" category has been added to the App Store (July 12)
Some time ago, Apple alerted developers to an upcoming category in the App Store. At the end of this week, the new "pigeon" actually appeared in iTunes, and at the moment there are about 3000 paid and 4000 free iPhone applications. iPad users can choose from 2000 apps, half of which are free. Here you can find software related to cooking, baking, mixing drinks, restaurants, bars, etc.
The judge is quite a guy :D and then the judges are unbiased :D…. Otherwise, it's a bit of a massacre with Google...
The Wall Street Journal (WJS) -> WSJ.
Thanks.
Does SignNow work for you? I'm trying it for fun and I can't load the file from dropbox. It always says I convert it to pdf and then nothing. When I upload the file via the web, everything is correct. I have an iPad 3.