Software

Apple sues Samsung over autocorrect, other iOS patents – Gigaom.com

You may be familiar with the humor blog that aggregates examples of iPhone spelling correction malfunctions that cause (amusing) communication chaos called DamnYouAutoCorrect.com. Samsung lawyers are probably thinking something along those lines right now.

Cannibalization of Mac OS X by iOS—does Apple even care? – Ars Technica

iOS is beginning to take over Mac OS X in Web traffic share for at least one online ad firm. In a new report published on Friday, Chitika said that Apple’s record phone and tablet sales have propelled iOS to … Continue reading

iOS Web traffic surpasses Mac OS X for first time? Maybe – CNET News

Apple’s iOS traffic is higher than Mac OS X’s–if one advertising company is to be believed. Online advertising network Chitika announced today that iOS has surpassed Mac OS X in total Web market share for the first time ever. The … Continue reading

Apple Probably Planning to Introduce iOS 5.1 Next Month – Brighthand

Apple introduced iOS 5 last fall along with the debut of the iPhone 4S. An unconfirmed report says the next significant update, iOS 5.1, is going to be released in four weeks. The launch date for iOS 5.1 is reportedly … Continue reading

Apple sues Samsung again in US, Germany – Electronista

Apple filed several briefs to accompany it, however, including positions from multiple experts that would presumably illustrate how Samsung allegedly copied the iOS implementation. Its complaint is a shift in strategy for the US, where Apple has …

Apple iTV 2012 with Siri, iCloud, and iTunes, poised to reinvent television – newjerseynewsroom.com

One of the most highly anticipated devices of 2012, the Apple iTV, is purported to be a 42” all-in-one digital TV set, centered around Siri, gesture recognition, front-facing camera, iCloud and iTunes streaming and on-screen keyboard capabilities.

Apple iOS Web Traffic Overtakes OS X for First Time – PC Magazine

Thanks to a blockbuster fourth quarter that saw consumers snap up more than 52 million Apple iPhones and iPads, U.S. Web traffic on iOS devices has eclipsed traffic on Mac OS X computers, according to new stats from Chitika. The … Continue reading

Chitika: iOS web traffic overtook the Mac in February – Electronista

New Chitika traffic data has seen Apple possibly cross a milestone for web use online. As of February, 8.15 percent of all web traffic being monitored was coming from an iOS device, passing the Mac for the first time with … Continue reading

Google Promises Europeans To Play Nice While Attacking Apple – Forbes

A German court recently granted Motorola Mobility’s request to permanently ban Apple’s push e-mail services, a key feature of its iCloud offering, and ordered Apple to remove the iPhone 4 and 3GS from its German online store as the models … Continue reading

Inside Sandboxing: how Apple plans to make the Mac App Store as secure as iOS – Apple Insider

Apple is approaching its deadline for requiring that all apps sold in the Mac App Store be sandboxed for security, a policy that is drawing complaints from certain developers. After the Mac App Store appeared in January 2010, Apple first … Continue reading