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Both Samsung and Apple are set to receive security approval from the U.S. Department of Defense very soon, according to a new report on the Wall Street Journal. To be more specific, officials at the Pentagon are looking to clear Samsung Galaxy smartphones with Samsung’s Knox software for use, as well as Apple iPhones and iPads with the latest version of iOS, iOS 6.
The WSJ report was quick to point out that the security approvals probably won’t translate immediately into huge sales for either of the two companies, and in fact Samsung itself made it known that it was well aware of this through a comment made by one of its executives. But ultimately, this was still a net positive due to it being a possible point of leverage to getting more security-conscious firms to sign up as new customers.
Currently, BlackBerry still holds the dominant position in the small U.S. defense sector market, with more than 78% of all commercial mobile devices “in operational and pilot use” being BlackBerry products. But things are likely to change in the future, though it probably isn’t going to happen any time soon.
For its part, BlackBerry is also seeking to get fresh approval for its new BlackBerry Z10 smartphone and the new BlackBerry 10 OS that comes along with it. It is said to be close to getting this much-needed approval, and will find out the DOD’s official decision some time in the next two weeks. Around this time, both Samsung and Apple are expected to be cleared by the DOD as well.
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It’s not over until the fat lady sings. Or so it seems for Apple and Samsung, which have been battling at the courts for patent infringement-related cases. Recall that in August 2012, Apple won its patent infringement case against Samsung and was awarded .049 billion in damages. In March this year, Judge Lucy Koh reduced the amount to 8 million, considering two errors used by the jury in determining damages.
In essence, the jury earlier computed damages amounting to the total losses attributed to Samsung’s infringement with its Galaxy S2 line. However, Judge Koh qualified that the only losses that should be counted are those after Apple alerted Samsung to the possible infringement.
This is not yet final, though, as Judge Koh has set a November 12, 2013 trial date for the courts to better determine how much exactly Samsung owes Apple. A few things come to light:
- Judge Koh had re-awarded Apple US.5 million for infringement related to the AT&T variant of the Samsung Galaxy S2.
- Samsung requested that the court put the damages trial on hold because the USPTO had put to question the validity of two of Apple’s patents on the table: the ’381 bounce-back patent and the ’915 pinch-to-zoom patent.
- The USPTO’s decision in this regard is not final yet, so Apple can still prevail.
Judge Koh rejected Samsung’s request to set a later date for trial, but decided that Samsung could still request a stay on these damages should a more definitive decision is arrived at, with relation to the two patents in question.
For Samsung, it’s good that the case did not end with the billion-dollar damages. There is still a chance that the fine could be greatly reduced, although it can still skyrocket beyond the original .049 billion, depending on how the trial goes.
If you’ve just tuned in to the Apple vs. Samsung patent mess, you can check out our Apple vs. Samsung archives for an idea of the issues involved, the legal decisions, the market reactions and official company statements.
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With Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference — WWDC 2013 — selling out in under 2 minutes, Apple has published a shot news blurb on their News and Announcements for Developers hoping to assuage the disappointment of those who couldn’t score a ticket by reiterating that videos will be coming quickly this year, and that Tech Talks will once again be following in the fall.
Thank you for your unprecedented interest in WWDC.
Enthusiasm for WWDC 2013 has been incredible, with tickets selling out in record time. For those who can’t join us in San Francisco, you can still take advantage of great WWDC content, as we’ll be posting videos of all our sessions during the conference. We’ll also be hitting the road this fall with Tech Talks in a city near you. Hope to see you there.
Tech Talk tickets have traditionally gone to developers who didn’t attend WWDC, so no big surprise there. Videos have likewise been coming more quickly in recent years than previous years, though this year certainly looks to be even quicker still.
If you missed out on a WWDC ticket, does any of this make you feel any better? Would even live streams of the sessions and a major increase in the amount of evangelists and Tech Talks make any difference?
Source: News and Announcements for Developers
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The Apple Store app for iPhone has been updated with a handy little feature that will notify you when you’re eligible for upgrade pricing on a new iPhone. You can even buy your new iPhone directly with the app after receiving the notification since all you need is your Apple ID credentials to do so.
Also, the Apple Store will now help you keep track of your shipments and send you notifications about important updates, and when it has delivered.
Anyone waiting for upgrade eligibility before buying the iPhone 5? Are you excited about being notified when that day comes?
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Richard Williamson, who led the team responsible for iOS 6 Maps, and was ultimately let go by Apple following it’s controversial release, is now reportedly working at Facebook. According to Adam Satariano of Bloomberg, Williamson has been at Facebook for a couple of weeks at least. And what’s more, he’s not alone:
Other former Apple employees brought in by Zuckerberg include Greg Novick, a former iPhone manager who helped develop the device’s touch interface; Mike Matas and Kimon Tsinteris, software designers who joined when Facebook acquired their company Push Pop Press; and software engineers Scott Goodson, Tim Omernick and Chris Tremblay.
In a separate move, Facebook has also hired Loren Brichter, the software designer behind Twitter Inc.’s original iPhone app and the word-puzzle game Letterpress, as a consultant, two of the people said. Brichter also once worked at Apple.
Rockstars all. And you have to admit, whatever else you think about Facebook, they’re getting a huge amount of attention, and headlines lately. That kind of attention feels like momentum, and that’s something in mobile right now, especially with Apple still in their “quiet period”.
And once again it begs the question as to what Facebook’s short and long term goals are. Is Facebook Home an end-game or only just the beginning? Will Williamson build for Facebook a very social Facebook Maps app?
Will we soon be able to “Like” our friends’ houses and bounce their Chat Heads off the bar we’re all hoping to meet up at later?
Facebook has already released a Messenger (now also VoIP) app, and a Camera app, and even a SnapChat app. Add a Maps app to the mix, and a few others, and you start to have a lot more than a Home on Android.
You start to have a phone.
Source: Bloomberg
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 Apple has added a new warning label to apps in the iTunes App Store that contain in-app purchase options. You can now see at a glance if a particular app you are considering buying has in-app purchases. This new feature will hopefully help you make good decisions when buying apps that appear to be free but then later encourage you to upgrade them within the app; sometimes at really high costs.
The new “Offers In-App Purchases” warning is currently only visible within the desktop version of the iTunes App Store; but we would expect that to be rolled out across the iPhone and iPad versions of the store very soon. The new warning coincides with Apple settling a US lawsuit over in-app purchases and numerous other stories around the world of children running up huge bills on their parents credit cards.
The new warning will still not prevent careless parents from allowing their children access to their passwords and running up huge bills but it will give Apple a better legal argument. Also it may be a sign that Apple could offer the ability to filter apps from the App Store that contain in-app purchases; this could be a good option for parents that give their children access to their iTunes password to download free apps.
One thing is for certain, the “Freemium” model where apps are offered for free and then offer upgrades via in-app purchases looks here to stay. Some of the most high profile apps like Real Racing 3 are adopting this model. Rather than selling an app for an upfront cost, a developer can give it away free and then earn much more through paid power ups and features.
I personally really dislike the “Freemium” model and would rather pay upfront for the whole game. I avoid any game that offers in-app purchases but that is my choice. What do you think of the “Freemum” model with in-app purchases?
  
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Late last year Tim Cook reorganized Apple’s leadership, placing Jony Ive in charge of not only hardware design, but all design across the company. This, of course, included iOS 7 and future versions of all of Apple’s software products as well. Today, the Wall Street Journal‘s Jessica E. Lessin reports that Ive is, in fact, doing just that.
Ive, who is well-known for his sleek, iconic hardware designs, now sits in on the human interface team’s regular review sessions to vet new designs, these people said. While he and [director of human interface Greg Christie], known as a blunt talker, have very different styles, the people familiar with the process described the sessions as “pleasant and cordial.”
We’ve been told similar, and some folks there seem downright ecstatic that Ive is bringing his sensibilities to iOS and Apple’s apps. But again, that’s his job now.
It’s important to remember, however, that iOS 7 has been in development a lot longer than Ive has been in charge of software interface, and regardless of what changes he may or may not want to make, there’ll likely be a hard cut-off for what can be implemented by this year’s release, and what will be left on the road map for 2014 and later.
While some may be hoping Ive takes a sand-blaster to iOS interface, especially the more heavily textured apps like Find My Friends and Game Center, and others may hope he leaves every skin and skeuomorph right where it is, based on past his statements, Ive will probably skew towards design that’s functional.
Today’s Podcast app update, which removed the animated reel-to-reel eye-candy and stylized button treatment for something more functional, if less charming, is being looked at as a harbinger of what might be next for iOS as well. Or it could just have been a darling killed in service of an overall better, faster to use app.
Ive’s hardware designs have always been minimal, but never non-existant. I don’t think we’ll be seeing an all aluminium iOS theme, or any change simply for change’s sake. If nothing else, like Apple, Ive doesn’t want to make different products, but better ones. That’s what I expect with iOS 7, and iOS 8 after it.
But yeah, Ive’s all in and engaged. Did anyone really doubt that?
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Google’s former CEO and current Chairman Eric Schmidt on Thursday said during a Q&A session at the Google Big Tent Summit in India that the Google Now app for iPhone and iPad is essentially in Apple’s court, hinting that the app could be stuck somewhere in Apple’s App Store app approval queue.
Without expressly confirming that Google Now for iOS is waiting approval from Apple, Schmidt did say the following when moderator Alan Rusbridger asked him about the app:
You’ll need to discuss that with Apple. Apple has a policy of approving or disapproving apps that are submitted into its store, and some of them they approve and some of them they don’t.
But Schmidt didn’t deny the app or Google’s interest in bringing Google Now to iOS or other mobile operating systems either.
We’ll remind you that it was only a few days ago that a Google Now app for iPhone and iPad app was revealed by a video posted on YouTube, and then pulled, which looked very much like the real deal. At the time, we wondered whether the app will soon be available in the App Store, but Google didn’t announce anything officially.
Google already has a bunch of apps available to iOS users, including Google Voice, YouTube and Google Maps, so it would make plenty of sense to see Google Now also launched for iPhone and iPad, especially since the app could help Google bring in more ad-based cash to Google’s coffers.
But it turns out that the app has not been submitted to the App Store, according to an Apple representative that talked to The Verge. Apparently there are no Google apps in the review process at the moment:
In fact, a company representative tells The Verge that not a single app from Mountain View is currently in the review process — let alone trapped in limbo. That would include both new applications and updates to existing software, meaning even if Google Now is to eventually arrive as a new feature of Google’s Search app, it has yet to be received by Apple’s team of reviewers.
That certainly goes against what Schmidt said just a few hours before Apple clarified the matter, so we’ll have to wait and see what happens with this one.
Do you think that Google Now should be an Android-only feature or should Google also expand to other OSes, iOS included?
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