Cynthia Harvey

Apple has asked a California court to allow it to add Google’s Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) and the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 smartphone to an existing patent lawsuit against Samsung. This is a separate lawsuit from the one that went to trial last summer; this case is scheduled for trial in 2014. Blomberg’s Joel Rosenblatt […]

The Texas jury in a patent lawsuit brought by VirnetX has ruled that Apple must pay $368 million to the patent holding firm. VirnetX had asked the court for $900 million. The Register’s Brid-Aine Parnell explained, “The jury, which had sat through the five-day trial, ruled that Apple infringed two patents: one for a method […]

Market researchers from Gartner predict that end users will buy 1.2 billion smartphones and tablets next year. That’s a 50 percent increase over this year’s sales. According to the press release, “The consumerization trend has hit IT as an unstoppable force, as 821 million smart devices (smartphones and tablets) will be purchased worldwide in 2012 […]

Foxconn, the Asian firm that assembles Apple’s iPhone 5, has admitted that it can’t produce the devices fast enough to keep up with orders. The supply shortage could explain why sales of the iPhone 5 haven’t met analyst expectations. Reuters reported, “Taiwan’s Foxconn Technology Group said on Wednesday the company’s flagship Hon Hai unit is […]

The Linux Foundation has announced that two of its larger corporate members have increased their level of support for the open source organization. HP has upgraded from a Gold membership to a Platinum membership, and Citrix has upgraded from Silver to Gold. Chris Talbot of Talkin’ Cloud reported, “Open cloud computing just got another boost. […]

Wisconsin District Judge Barbara Crabb has decided to dismiss the Apple v. Motorola Mobility patent lawsuit that was scheduled to begin Monday. Apple had sued Google’s Motorola unit claiming that the company was charging exorbitant licensing fee for standards-essential technology. Dan Levine and Alexei Oreskovic from Reuters reported, “An Apple lawsuit against Google’s Motorola Mobility […]

A new report claims that Apple may stop relying on Intel to manufacture the processors for its Mac computers. Instead, Apple would use its own chip technology, as it does in the iPad and iPhone. According to Bloomberg’s Adam Satariano, Peter Burrows and Ian King, “Apple Inc. (AAPL) is exploring ways to replace Intel Corp. […]

November 6 is election day in the U.S., and this year technology will play a bigger role than usual in elections in some part of the country. Because of the damage from Superstorm Sandy, New Jersey residents can vote by email, and a few districts will test the Microsoft Surface tablet as a voting device. […]

Apple is reporting that it sold 3 million iPad 4 and iPad Mini tablets over the weekend, breaking previous records. The new devices went on sale Friday. According to the press release, “Customers around the world love the new iPad mini and fourth generation iPad,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “We set a new launch […]

News organizations in several European countries are asking their governments to pass new legislation that would prevent Google from posting links and summaries of their content. They say they should be paid when search engines link to their content. Gerrit Wiesmann from the Financial Times reported, “Germany is leading a growing European movement to let […]