Archive | August 27th, 2012

Apple files for injunction against 8 accused Samsung devices

27. August 2012

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Apple’s not wasting any time. Hot on the heels of their legal victory this past Friday, Apple’s attorneys today filed a motion with the US District Court outlining just which accused Samsung products it will now seek to attain an injunction over. There were a multitude of accused Samsung devices in the recent trial, but […]

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Apple announces that Craig Federighi and Dan Riccio are being promoted to Senior VPs; Bob Mansfield to remain at Apple after all

27. August 2012

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Apple today announced that Craig Federighi, currently Apple’s VP of Mac Software Engineering, has been promoted to a Senior VP. Concurrently, Dan Riccio, Apple’s VP of Hardware Engineering, has also been promoted to a Senior VP and the two of them will now join the ranks of Apple’s vaunted executive team and will report directly […]

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Apple’s component deals with Samsung to be unaffected by recent ruling

27. August 2012

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Despite going after each other’s throats in their recent patent infringement lawsuit, Apple and Samsung remain very important business partners given that the Korean based electronics giant happens to be the sole supplier of the chips that power Apple’s uber-profitable iPhone and iPad. To that end, the Orlando Sentinal reports on an emergency meeting held […]

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Following victory over Samsung, shares of Apple skyrocket to new highs

27. August 2012

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Though it’s gone down a tad since, shares of Apple opened up at $680 earlier today in the wake of Apple’s victory over Samsung over an assortment of utility and design patents. The jury awarded Apple about $1.05 billion in damages, and while that’s hardly going to break Samsung’s bank or do much to really […]

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Samsung shares take a huge tumble in the wake of $1.05 billion judgement

27. August 2012

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Samsung may be standing up tall in public following their loss to Apple last week, but investors aren’t necessarily on the same page. Shares of Samsung dropped rather precipitously in early morning trading, marking the company’s largest one-day decline in nearly four years. CNET reports: Shares of Samsung were off 6.98 percent in early morning […]

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Google reacts to Apple/Samsung ruling

27. August 2012

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The Verge relays that Google has officially responded to last Friday’s ruling in the Apple/Samsung litigation. Google doesn’t take as strong a stance as Samsung and instead takes a more even keel perspective. Google’s statement reads: The court of appeals will review both infringement and the validity of the patent claims. Most of these don’t […]

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Samsung asks Court to lift Galaxy Tab 10.1 preliminary injunction

27. August 2012

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The only victory for Samsung in last Friday’s ruling was that its Galaxy Tab 10.1 device was found not to infringe upon Apple’s iPad design patents. As a result, Samsung on Sunday filed a motion with the US District Court to have the preliminary injunction the device is currently subjected to lifted. The motion reads […]

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Ashton Kutcher looking very much the part of Steve Jobs

27. August 2012

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A few months back, Ashton Kutcher signed on to play Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs in a biopic tentatively titled Jobs: Get Inspired. Back in May photos of Kutcher wearing jeans and Jobs’ patented black turtleneck emerged. And now we’ve stumbled across this photo of Jobs (err, Kutcher) looking a bit older, but very […]

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