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Apple to open its first retail store in Hong Kong later this month

by Kenny Hemphill on 6 September 2011 in News

Apple is to open a retail store in Hong Kong’s International Finance Center Mall later this month, according to Carolyn Wu, an Apple spokeswoman based Beijing.
The company hasn’t confirmed a date for the opening, though it did say it would take place this quarter. The quarter ends on 30 September and local media reports have the date as 24 September. According to The Ming Pao Daily, the store will occupy two storeys and 20,000 square feet.

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Apple overtakes Exxon Mobil to become world’s biggest company

by Kenny Hemphill on 11 August 2011 in News

Apple has passed oil giant, Exxon Mobil, to become the largest company in the world by market capitalisation. Having come close several times this week, Apple’s market capitalisation — it’s share price multiplied by the number of shares in circulation – closed at $337bn yesterday, $7bn more than that of Exxon Mobil.

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Google accuses Apple of ‘hostile, organised campaign against Android’

by Kenny Hemphill on 4 August 2011 in News

Google has attacked Apple, Microsoft, and Oracle for imposing what it calls a patent ‘tax’ on Android customers.

In a post on the Official Google Blog, David Drummond, the company’s senior vice president and chief legal officer, said that Android’s success had ‘yielded something else: a hostile, organized campaign against Android by Microsoft, Oracle, Apple and other companies, waged through bogus patents.’

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New iPad mag goes live

by Adam Banks on 5 July 2011 in News

In a move shamelessly plugged on the website of its sister magazine MacUser, Dennis Publishing has launched Padder, a new magazine on and about the iPad. Edited by long-time MacUser contributor Chris Brennan, the new mag has been designed from the ground up exclusively for the iPad and features app and accessory reviews, how-tos, witty [...]

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Apple set to lose fight to stop Amazon using Appstore name

by Kenny Hemphill on 23 June 2011 in News

Apple will probably lose its court battle to stop Amazon using the term Appstore’ for its Android downloads service, according to the federal judge in charge of the case.

U.S. District Judge Phyllis Hamilton said that she would ‘probably’ deny the motion although she would review court filings before reaching a final decision. Apple, she said, had not demonstrated ‘real evidence of actual confusion’ and that failure was a ‘stumbling block for Apple.’

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Apple and Nokia settle intellectual property dispute

by Kenny Hemphill on 14 June 2011 in News

Nokia and Apple have reached a settlement to end all patent litigation between the them, according to the Finnish company.

In a statement this morning, Nokia said that the agreement included the withdrawal of each company’s respective complaints to the US Federal Trade Commission and the payment by Apple of a one-time fee in addition to ongoing royalties.

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