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Transportation agency dumps BlackBerrys and gives federal employees iPhones
A US government agency has decided to buy iPhones for its employees, dumping its BlackBerry smartphones, citing their unreliability. The National Transportation Safety Board said in a public notice last week it would be contracting with Verizon Wireless for the iPhone 5, saying it is the “only device” that meets…
Google’s Android is eating Apple’s lunch
SAN FRANCISCO — Smartphones and tablets powered by Google’s Android software are devouring the mobile gadget market, eating into Apple’s turf by feeding appetites for innovation and low prices, analysts say. The Android operating system powered nearly three out of four smartphones shipped worldwide in the recently ended quarter as…
iPhone 5, Galaxy S3 added to U.S. patent battle
A California judge granted motions to add Apple’s iPhone 5 and Samsung’s Galaxy S3 with the Jelly Bean operating system to a patent infringement suit between the mobile giants. San Jose judge Paul Grewal granted the motions filed by the two companies, which are embroiled in patent lawsuits in 10…
Foxconn considers opening U.S. factories
Taiwan company’s reportedly evaluating LA and Detroit as site for TV assembly plants owing to rising labour costs at home Foxconn, the controversial Taiwanese manufacturer that has become one of the world’s largest employers thanks to booming demand for the Apple products it assembles, is reportedly planning to open factories…
U.S. judge tosses Apple suit against Motorola
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge on Monday tossed out an Apple lawsuit accusing Google-owned Motorola Mobility of trying to charge the iPhone maker too much for licenses to essential technology for mobile devices. US District Court Judge Barbara Crabb dismissed the case after a week of pre-trial legal wrangling…
Apple sells 3 million iPads after mini launch
Apple said Monday it sold three million iPads in the first three days of its launch of the iPad mini and fourth-generation model of its original format iPad. The tech giant said demand for iPad mini “exceeded the initial supply,” meaning some orders will be delayed until later this month.…
Apple paid less than 2 percent tax on overseas profits last year
Apple paid less than 2% tax on profit made outside the United States last year. The iPhone and iPad maker paid $713m (£445m) in overseas corporation tax on foreign profits of $36.87bn (£23bn) in the year to the end of September. That translates as a tax rate of 1.9%, compared to…
Apple’s iPhone loses name battle with Mexico’s iFone
MEXICO CITY — A Mexican telecommunications firm named iFone has declared victory in a trademark battle with Apple’s iPhone, exposing the US company to a potential compensation payment. The Mexican firm said in a statement that a court denied Apple’s bid to protect the iPhone name in a case that…
‘Uncool’ Samsung muscles ahead of Apple in smartphone war
Its products may not, as one British judge put it, be as “cool” as bitter rival Apple’s, but Samsung Electronics is speeding away from the iconic iPhone maker in the race for the global smartphone market. The South Korean giant first took Apple’s smartphone top spot in the third quarter…
Pentagon to end exclusive deal with RIM’s Blackberry
The Pentagon will no longer retain an exclusive contract with Blackberry maker Research in Motion and has invited companies such as Apple to offer smart phones to its vast work force. The move, announced Thursday, comes only days after another government agency, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, said…
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