Apple eBook Price Fixing: Steve Jobs Email Could be Damning

Apple recently denied allegations from the United States Justice Department that suggested it was the ringleader in a conspiracy to fix eBook prices. The trial isn’t set to start until next month, but AllThingsD posted a now-public document the DoJ plans to use as evidence when making its case.   Original post on bgr.com    Comments on reddit.com   

Apple Data Protection: Ranked Worse Than Facebook, Google by EFF

When it comes to privacy and data protection, Facebook is hardly thought of as a leader among big technology companies. It should be somewhat troubling, then, that the Electronic Frontier Foundation has ranked Apple worse than companies like Facebook, Amazon and Comcast when it comes to protecting y…   Original post on bgr.com    Comments on reddit.com   

Apple to shell out $53 million in class action pay day for iPhone and iPod owners turned down for replacements of ‘water damaged’ devices

Apple will pay a $53 million settlement to perhaps hundreds of thousands of iPhone and iPod owners denied replacement phones due to ‘water damage.’   Original post on dailymail.co.uk    Comments on reddit.com   

Apple’s iMessage encryption trips up feds’ surveillance – Politics and Law

Internal document from the Drug Enforcement Administration complains that messages sent with Apple’s encrypted chat service are ‘impossible to intercept,’ even with a warrant. Read this article by Jennifer Van Grove on CNET News.   Original post on cnet.com    Comments on reddit.com   

Google-Motorola analysis: Google tries to pick up the pieces

There is no end to the humiliation the old Motorola guard is being forced to endure. Google’s (GOOG) top executives keep making disparaging comments about Motorola handsets. Many Motorola leaders have effectively been hounded out of the company via insulting contract negotiations.   Original post on bgr.com    Comments on reddit.com   

Panic Blog – The Lightning Digital AV Adapter Surprise

We’ve been doing significant testing lately with video out using various iOS devices for an upcoming project. In doing so, we waded right in the middle of a strange video out mystery. It’s time to…   Original post on panic.com    Comments on reddit.com   

The Last 6 Times Tim Cook Has Talked, Apple’s Stock Has Dropped

On Wednesday afternoon, Apple CEO Tim Cook addressed investors and the media at the company’s annual shareholders meeting. It was the sixth time in the last five months that Cook has made something like a public appearance; and it is also the sixth time in the past five months that Apple’s stock (AAPL) has closed down after Cook appeared.   Original post on huffingtonpost.com    Comments on reddit.com   

Steve Jobs and phone hacking: Exploding the Phone by Phil Lapsley, reviewed.

One of the most heartfelt—and unexpected—remembrances of Aaron Swartz, who committed suicide last month at the age of 26, came from Yale professor Edward Tufte. During a speech at a recent memorial service for Swartz in New York City, Tufte reflected on his secret past as a hacker—50 years ago….   Original post on slate.com    Comments on reddit.com   

How Apple used its money and muscle to kill an iTunes competitor

Remember Lala, the innovative music service that made a splash in 2009? After Apple bought the company, Lala’s services vanished. Now, a candid (maybe too candid) report from an insider explains why Apple was willing to pay $160 million to make this   Original post on zdnet.com    Comments on reddit.com   

iPad hasn’t cornered market on round corners, says Dutch court – Apple

Following in the U.K.’s footsteps, a Dutch court has found that Samsung’s Galaxy tablets do not infringe Apple’s design patents for the iPad. Read this article by Zack Whittaker on CNET News.   Original post on cnet.com    Comments on reddit.com   

E-waste recycling becomes techie’s mission

ENVIRONMENT Toxic e-waste pollutes entire towns overseas – so veteran techie vowed to revolutionize the way we dump our outdated electronics After two decades in the software business with companies such as Oracle and Hewlett-Packard, James Kao grew disillusioned by the waste created when people ditched the latest technology dreamed up by his industry.   Original post on sfgate.com    Comments on reddit.com   

Why You Shouldn’t Buy a TV This Year. Again – Gadget Lab

At January’s Consumer Electronics Show, the annual industry orgy in Las Vegas, manufacturers are going to introduce about a zillion new television sets. They’ll come armed with a bevy of specs: Full HD 3-D. 4K. OLED. Wi-Fi. Moth Eye. (Yes, Moth Eye.) None of them are going to make your TV-viewing experience any better.   Original post on wired.com    Comments on reddit.com