Archive | July 21st, 2011
Lodsys ups the ante, files suit against EA, Atari, Rovio and more
There’s got to be a special place in hell for patent trolls, but that is, perhaps, a discussion best relegated to the comment section. FOSS Patents is reporting that Lodsys has now amended its original complaint against iOS and Android developers to include some big name defendants. Lodsys’ new complaint alleges that the following companies […]
Continue reading...Apple sells over 1 million copies of OS X Lion in 24 hours – most successful OS launch in company history
21. July 2011
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Since going on sale yesterday, sales of OS X Lion have been so impressive that Apple decided to issue a press release touting that its latest OS update has been downloaded by over one million users, making it the most successful OS X launch in company history. Apple today announced that in just one day, […]
Continue reading...Apple now sells more iPhones than Nokia does smartphones
21. July 2011
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Nokia this week released their earnings for the second quarter of 2011 and things aren’t looking too good for the Finnish handset maker. During the quarter gone by, Nokia reported losses of 368 million euros (approximately $521 million), a figure far greater than the losses anticipated by analysts. And the scary thing is that Nokia’s […]
Continue reading...OS X Lion disables hardware acceleration for Adobe Flash Player – Report
21. July 2011
TUAW reports that Adobe has posted a knowledge base article detailing a number of bugs and issues found in a slew of Adobe products running on OS X Lion. The list is quite long and seemingly affects Adobe’s entire product line, but one issue worth noting in particular is Adobe’s admission that their Flash Player […]
Continue reading...Harvard President Larry Summers calls the Winklevoss twins “assholes”
21. July 2011
We’re always willing to briefly venture out of the Apple world to point out some douchebaggery when we see it. Now we’re not entirely caught up on the Winklevoss/Facebook drama, but we do know that the Winklevoss twins (Cameron and Tyler) attended Harvard and sued Mark Zuckerberg for stealing the idea for what would eventually […]
Continue reading...OS X Lion to be available via USB thumbdrive this August for $69
21. July 2011
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OS X Lion not only marks a new beginning for Apple software wise, but distribution wise as well. Whereas all other iterations of OS X were available exclusively via tried and true boxed software, OS X Lion will primarily be available via the Mac App Store. This departure led many to wonder how users with […]
Continue reading...AT&T announces 3.6 million iPhone activations during Q2 of 2011
21. July 2011
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It’s earnings season, and following Apple’s stellar quarterly report from earlier this week comes new financial data from AT&T for our consumption. During Ma Bell’s second fiscal quarter of 2011, the company reported revenue of $31.5 billion, an uptick of 2.2% year over year. iPhone wise, the company activated 3.6 million devices with more than […]
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21. July 2011
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