US government files antitrust suit to block AT&T purchase of T-Mobile AT&T's planned purchase of carrier T-Mobile hit a snag on Wednesday when the U.S. government filed an antitrust lawsuit to block the proposed deal, saying it would hurt competition in the American wireless industry. Slash Lane 14 years ago 126
Samsung rumored to buy webOS to compete with Apple's iOS, Mac OS X In an effort to more directly compete with Apple's integrated hardware-software approach, Samsung is rumored to be interested in buying webOS from Hewlett-Packard. Slash Lane 14 years ago 145
Apple's Lion drives 26% rise in Mac sales during July The release of new MacBook Airs and the Mac OS X Lion operating system last month helped spur double-digit growth for Apple, which is now estimated to sell a record 4.5 million systems during the ongoing September quarter. Slash Lane 14 years ago 58
Apple seeds iOS 5 beta 6 alongside new iTunes, Apple TV, and iWork for iOS betas Apple on Friday provided members of its developer community with the sixth external beta of its forthcoming iOS 5.0 operating system alongside new betas of iTunes 10.5 and Apple TV software that will include support for the new software. Slash Lane 14 years ago 43
Apple CEO Steve Jobs has met personally with mega-carrier China Mobile As Apple looks to ink an iPhone deal with China Mobile, the largest mobile provider in the world, a new report reveals that company co-founder Steve Jobs has met personally with executives from the carrier on a number of occasions. Slash Lane 14 years ago 20
Head of Apple's iAds to depart for venture capital firm The head of Apple's iAd interactive advertising business is set to leave the company, and staff was informed of the executive's impending departure on Wednesday. Slash Lane 14 years ago 20
New HTC suit accuses Apple's Mac, iPhone, iPad of patent infringement The legal battle between HTC and Apple continues to grow, with a new lawsuit filed by HTC again accusing Apple of patent infringement, this time targeting the Mac platform in addition to iOS devices. Slash Lane 14 years ago 30
Led by iPhone & iPad, sales of wireless semiconductors to top PCs in 2011 Sales of CPUs, memory and other semiconductors will be greater for wireless connected devices, like Apple's iPhone and iPad, than for traditional PCs this year, a new analysis has found. Slash Lane 14 years ago 5
Apple threatened Intel with 'wake-up call' over chip power consumption Officials at Apple were at at one point so unsatisfied with power consumption levels of Intel's processors that they threatened to end their partnership with the chipmaker, if the problems were not addressed. Slash Lane 14 years ago 60
Samsung postpones Galaxy Tab 10.1 launch in Australia citing Apple suit Just a day after Samsung suggested its Galaxy Tab 10.1 was on track to debut in Australia, the company has officially delayed the touchscreen tablet's launch event due to a legal dispute with Apple. Slash Lane 14 years ago 27
Kodak may sell patent being used in lawsuits against Apple, RIM Eastman Kodak Co. is said to be considering the sale of one of its most valuable patents, an invention that is the key component of lawsuits against smartphone makers Apple and Research in Motion. Slash Lane 14 years ago 16
Australian Apple lawsuit halts sales of Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Sales of Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 have been halted in Australia as a result of the company's ongoing patent infringement dispute with Apple. Slash Lane 14 years ago 154
Doubts cast on rumor of Apple buying Barnes & Noble Responding to a new rumor that Apple is considering a purchase of bookseller Barnes & Noble, one Wall Street analyst has said he doesn't think such a deal would make much sense for the iPhone maker. Slash Lane 14 years ago 32
Apple's iPhone, iPod accused of violating media patents A patent holder that last sued Apple in 2009 has targeted the iPhone maker again, this time accusing the company of violating two patents related to media playback. Slash Lane 14 years ago 28
HTC wants to negotiate a patent deal with Apple An executive with smartphone maker HTC has indicated that his company is willing to broker a deal with Apple to settle their ongoing patent dispute. Slash Lane 14 years ago 64
Facebook for iPad discovered hidden in existing iPhone app Facebook's official native iPad application, rumored to be released soon, has been discovered hidden inside of the currently available iPhone-only software on the App Store. Slash Lane 14 years ago 28
Verizon CEO 'assumed' Apple would release new iPhone in early summer Showing that Apple keeps its partners in the dark along with the rest of the outside world, Verizon's chief executive revealed on Friday that his company believed Apple would release a new iPhone early in the summer as usual. Slash Lane 14 years ago 57
New MacBook Airs, Mac minis feature Lion Internet Recovery disc-less repair Given the lack of an optical drive all of Apple's new MacBook Air and Mac mini models, the company has included a new "Internet Recovery" feature in its new operating system to reinstall Lion or initiate repairs on the latest Macs. Slash Lane 14 years ago 63
'Neat stuff coming' soon to iTunes Store, Apple teases When asked about the level of content available on the iTunes Store, Apple Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer revealed that the company plans to offer "neat stuff" in the next quarter. Slash Lane 14 years ago 24
Amazon to take on Apple with own 9-inch Android tablet by holidays Amazon.com plans to introduce its own brand of tablet computer ahead of the holiday shopping season, a move which is sure to intensify competition with new-found rival Apple. Slash Lane 14 years ago 46
Apple accounted for one-fifth of all US retail sales growth in Q1 2011 Apple led U.S. retail growth in the first quarter of calendar 2011, accounting for a whopping 20 percent of all sales growth by publicly traded American retailers during the three-month period. Slash Lane 14 years ago 25
HTC says Apple would rather sue than compete 'fairly in the market' Responding to the latest legal challenge from Apple, people speaking for handset maker HTC on Tuesday said they are "disappointed" that Apple is suing its competitors "instead of competing fairly in the market." Slash Lane 14 years ago 114
Apple snags 50% of handset industry profits ahead of first 100M iPhone year In less than four years, Apple went from not making a dime on handset sales to commanding approximately half of the industry's profits, and is now poised to set the bar even higher by shipping 100 million iPhones over a 12-month span, financial experts say. Slash Lane 14 years ago 49
Apple again rumored to grow iPad family with HD model and Pro apps The on-again, off-again rumors of whether Apple plans to introduce a second iPad model during the 2011 calendar year received yet another twist this week, with an unverified report alleging the company may introduce a high-definition model and at least one "Pro app" this fall targeted at media professionals. Slash Lane 14 years ago 84
