iOS

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 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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Apple changes its mind on in-app content subscriptions

by Kenny Hemphill on 9 June 2011 in News

Apple has made a significant change to its in-app subscription rules just a week before the deadline for compliance.

The change allows app publishers to offer subscriptions to app content outside of the app at any price they choose, without having to offer the dame deal within the app.

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Apple demotes Mac to ‘just a device’ as Mac OS X becomes OS X

by Kenny Hemphill on 7 June 2011 in Comment

Apple confirmed yesterday what many of us have suspected for several years: that the Mac is no longer its focus.

In a throwaway remark that was almost lost among the endless demonstrations of Lion and iOS 5 features, Steve Jobs proclaimed: ‘We’re going to demote the PC and the Mac to just be a device.’ And, to underline that, in red, with several asterisks either side, Mac OS X became just OS X. It’s the first time since System 7 in the mid-nineties that the word ‘Mac’ hasn’t featured in the name of the operating system. And though it was a move made quietly, without any announcement, it’s a signifi

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Lodsys sues seven app developers over patent infringement claim

by Kenny Hemphill on 1 June 2011 in News

Lodsys has stepped up its battle with Apple and app developers over the alleged infringement of its intellectual property. The company filed suit against seven developers in the patent trolls’ favoured district, East Texas, explaining in a blog post that it had chosen ‘to move its litigation timing to an earlier date than originally planned, in response to Apple’s threat, in order to preserve its legal options.’

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Apple finally comes out fighting in Lodsys patent claim

by Adam Banks on 23 May 2011 in Analysis

After an anxious week of speculation, Apple has responded to the demands sent by patent holder Lodsys to a number of iOS app developers. Lodsys claimed that third-party apps featuring in-app purchases infringed its patent on “Methods and systems for gathering information from units of a commodity across a network” (US 7222078) and asked for [...]

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