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China Mobile in talks with Apple over iPhone
China Mobile, the world’s biggest mobile operator by subscribers, said Wednesday the company is in talks with Apple to offer the popular iPhone to its users in the Asian nation. The company’s domestic rivals – China Unicom and China Telecom– already offer the iPhone to their subscribers. “Both sides have been making contact with each…
Judge allows ebook price-fixing class action suit to continue
A judge Tuesday allowed a class-action case to proceed against Apple and six publishing houses alleging a price-fixing scheme for electronic books, citing “ample” indications of a conspiracy. The suit, file last August, is separate from a US government complaint last month which makes similar allegations, that Apple colluded with…
Orangutans learn to communicate via iPad
Ape trainers at Miami’s Jungle Island are using a unique new approach to communicating with their favorite captives, helping orangutans learn to say what they mean using a special piece of software for Apple’s iPad. Linda Jacobs, a volunteer trainer, told The Associated Press this week that apes enjoy communicating…
China firm seeks settlement in iPad battle
A Chinese computer company which sued Apple over the rights to the iPad trademark in China is now in talks for an out-of-court settlement, a lawyer for the firm said Monday. Proview Technology, based in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, has been locked in a drawn-out legal fight with the US technology giant over ownership…
Apple forced to withdraw 4G iPad claims
Apple has been forced by the Advertising Standards Authority to withdraw claims in the UK that its new iPad has “4G capability” to join high-speed mobile broadband services – because there will be no services compatible with the device here. The UK joins Australia in banning the use of the…
Samsung and Apple have more than half the smartphone market
Samsung and Apple are eating up the smartphone market – which, in turn, is increasingly eating up the mobile phone market, according to new figures released by the research company IDC. In the first quarter of 2012, the two companies’ joint share of the smartphone market edged past 50% for…
Apple pays lower corporate tax rate than Wal-Mart: report
Computer giant Apple isn’t just a pioneer of merging art and technology — the most profitable tech company in the world is also a tax innovator, having created some of its own accounting tricks to get around paying billions to the U.S. Treasury, according to a report from The New…
Apple ‘avoiding billions in global taxes,’ report claims
Gadget giant Apple is avoiding billions of dollars in taxes by setting up small offices around the world to collect and invest the company’s profits, according to The New York Times. Saturday’s report said an office in Reno, Nevada, where the corporate tax rate is zero, was one of many…
Apple enjoying fruit of China’s labor
SAN FRANCISCO — People in China are not only making coveted Apple gadgets, they are snapping them up as the booming nation becomes a top market for the trend-setting California company. Aftershocks of blockbuster Apple earnings powered by demand for iPhones in China echoed in rising stock markets on Wednesday.…
U.S. commission says iPhone infringes Motorola patent
SAN FRANCISCO — The US International Trade Commission (ITC) on Tuesday backed a claim that Apple violated patented Motorola Mobility technology in iPads and iPhones that can connect to 3G wireless networks. Administrative law judge Thomas Pender ruled that the violation would qualify to have the offending gadgets banned from…
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