Apple's lawsuit against Motorola dismissed in US.

Last year Motorola Mobility acquired 2.25% of all iOS products net sales as a licensing fee for some of the Motorola-owned patents they use. Apple refused to pay this amount and counter-sued Motorola for unfair licensing taxes.

 

iOS is more used Than Android in U.S and UK.

Research showed that Apple's iOS platform is more "attractive" to users than Google's Android, referring to the US and the UK market. 

Apple uses Nvidias GPU Kepler-class architecture video cards.

With Apple’s slim new 21.5- and 27-inch iMacs, NVIDIA used the Kepler-class architecture in order to design Slim and powerful GPUs apropriate for the "Video rendering" part.

Apple announced 13-inch MacBook Pro

Apple has announced a 13-inch version of its MacBook Pro with Retina Display at its event in California today.

Apple announced 4th generation iPad

Apple introduced us to a new, 4th generation iPad at its event in California today.

Apple announced iPad mini

Apple finally announced the smaller version of the iPad called the iPad mini. The new device will be the Google's Nexus 7 rival.

Apple announced iMac and Mac Mini series .

Apple announced the new versions of its iMac and  Mac Mini personal computer series.

Apple vs Sumsung, AND the winner is....

Back in July, a judge at the High Court in London stated that the look of Galaxy Tab was not as "cool" as the iPad and Apple lost the case against Samsung. Now after the appeal against the judgement we're having the second round and the winner is...

One?, two? or 24 new ipads??

Apple revealed yesterday plans to hold a media event at October 23, where, according to rumors, it will show off the new iPad mini. But is this an Apple media event for nothing more than just one iPad?

Apple patents a game controller

Apple keeps increasing its patent portfolio, as they have now added one more patent relating to a game controller. The patent was filed in March this year and it has been published today. It describes a controller that looks pretty similar to Sony's line of controllers used with the PlayStation consoles.

Did Apple remove support for Safari 6 on Windows?

It appears as though Apple has killed support for its Safari browser on Windows based machines. If you navigate to Safari's page, you will see that there are no download links for the new browser. At the bottom of the page it is written: "The latest version of Safari is available in Mountain Lion. The latest version of Safari for Lion is available through Software Update."

OS X Mountain Lion available now

Apple’s next major desktop operating system update, Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8),  is available now via the Mac App Store for $20. Mountain Lion focuses on incorporating features from iOS to the Mac; some of these include the Notification Center, expanded iCloud support, Reminders, and much more.

Apple sold 26 million iPhones and 17 million iPads in Q2

Apple reported today that for the April-June quarter of 2012, it sold 26 million iPhones and 17 million iPads worldwide. According to the company's press release, Apple had revenues of $35.0 billion and a net profit of $8.8 billion for the quarter, compared to revenues of $28.6 billion and a net profit of $7.3 billion for the same time period a year ago.

Apple loses against Galaxy Tab 10.1 but manages to ban 7.7 EU-wide

Apple recently accused Samsung that it's Galaxy Tab 10.1 looked a lot like an iPad, and a court in Germany sided with them, banning sales of the tablet in the country, forcing Samsung to redesign the product. The redesigned model, the Galaxy Tab 10.1N is now apparently not enough.

Latest Xbox Live iOS app update allows your iOS devices to control your console

With the latest Xbox Live iOS app update you will be able to control your Xbox with your iPad. Features include the ability to navigate your Xbox dashboard, launch games, and stream any media available on Xbox Live.

Don't get your hopes up about playing the games available on your Xbox on your iPad, though. Maybe you will be able to do that in the future with the planned Xbox Smart Glass, Microsoft's answer to Nintendo's Wii U. Considering Xbox Smart Glass will be made available on most tablet platforms though, this app update could offer a glimpse of what's in store for the future.

Judge in UK rules that Apple must run ads for Samsung's Galaxy Tab

Last week, UK Judge Colin Birss ruled that Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet did not copy the design of Apple's iPad. He also spoke a bit embarasingly of Samsung, saying that the Galaxy Tab is not as cool as the iPad.

Today Bloomberg reports that the same judge has ordered Apple to purchase and run ads in many UK newspapers and magazines that dispel the idea that the Galaxy Tab is a copy of the iPad. These include the Financial Times, the Daily Mail, the Guardian Mobile magazine, and T3. Apple was also ordered to post a notice about the court's decision on its website and keep it live for six months. That was a decision that Apple's lawyer Richard Hacon did not particularly like, as he told the court today, “no company likes to refer to a rival on its website." Apple already said it plans to appeal the original ruling earlier this month, so it may be a while before these rather embarrassing ads are seen by UK residents.

Apple rejoins EPEAT after withdrawal ‘mistake’

A few days after the City of San Francisco announced that it would ban departmental purchases of Apple products over environmental concerns, Apple has reversed its decision to withdraw from the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) green standards program.

"We’ve recently heard from many loyal Apple customers who were disappointed to learn that we had removed our products from the EPEAT rating system. I recognize that this was a mistake. It’s important to know that our commitment to protecting the environment has never changed, and today it is as strong as ever," writes Bob Mansfield, Apple's senior veep of hardware engineering.

Today Apple re-joins the environmental rating system, and is putting all of its eligible devices back on the EPEAT list.

“Our relationship with EPEAT has become stronger as a result of this experience,” Mansfield said, adding that the company would be working with the group to help the current rating system “evolve.” Robert Frisbee, EPEAT’s chief executive officer, said the group “looked forward to Apple’s strong creative thoughts on ongoing standards development. Our relationship with Apple is based on our natural alignment. As Apple drives innovation in product design, EPEAT drives innovation in standards design.”

Mountain Lion to drop support for older Macs

Apple's next-generation OS X Mountain Lion comes out later this month. Apple have listed which Macs will support Mountain Lion:

• iMac (Mid 2007 or newer)
• MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)
• MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)
• MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)
• Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)
• Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)
• Xserve (Early 2009)

While Apple has provided no official statement on why models older than those on the supported list will not support Mountain Lion, Ars Technica talks of the decision:

Apple declined to tell us the reasoning behind leaving some of these models out of potential Mountain Lion upgrades, but we suspected it was related to an updated graphics architecture that was designed to improve OS X's graphics subsystem going forward. Our own Andrew Cunningham suspected the issue was related to graphics drivers, since the GPUs not supported under Mountain Lion had drivers that were written before 64-bit support was common. Information included with the first Mountain Lion GM now corroborates the connection to 32-bit graphics drivers as the culprit. While Mountain Lion is compatible with any Mac capable of running a 64-bit kernel, the kernel no longer supports loading 32-bit kernel extensions (KEXTs).