Earlier today a report suggested that the launch of Apple’s upcoming streaming music service deemed “iRadio” may be delayed due to difficult negotiations with Sony Music and Warner Music Group. CNET is offering some additional information on Apple’s trouble with Sony Music, explaining that the fees to be paid for skipped songs have become a [...]
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Apple and Sony ‘iRadio’ Negotiations Stalling Over Skipped Songs
Posted by Gary on May 18, 2013
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Apple pulls Bang With Friends app after little over one week
Posted by Gary on May 18, 2013
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Still unclear why app was removed Apple has removed a well-publicized iPhone hookup app from the App Store after just one week of it going live, Valleywag notes. Bang With Friends, still accessible via Android and the web, lets people indicate if they’d like to have sex with a Facebook friend. Notifications are sent out [...]
Tim Cook to Testify In Front of Senate Committee Over Apple’s Tax Practices
Posted by Gary on May 16, 2013
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Apple CEO Tim Cook will testify in front of the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigation next week, Politico is reporting. The subcommittee is attached to the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. The hearing, titled “Offshore Profit Shifting and the U.S. Tax Code – Part 2″ will occur at 9:30AM on [...]
Apple Still Negotiating With Sony and Warner Over iRadio Royalties
Posted by Gary on May 10, 2013
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Apple is still in negotiations with Sony and Warner over its iRadio streaming music service, reports the Financial Times. Apple had offered roughly 6 cents per 100 tracks streamed, but later reportedly raised this to 12.5 cents per 100 tracks — similar to the rate paid by Pandora. Although the company has reached an agreement [...]
Judge orders Google to hand over search documents in Samsung patent case
Posted by Gary on May 10, 2013
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Google on Thursday was ordered to acquiesce to Apple’s request for information regarding what methods the search giant is using to sift through internal documents related to Android, with the resulting data being part of a second U.S. patent infringement suit against Samsung. U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul S. Grewal issued the order compelling Google to [...]
Apple, others sued by NPE over expiring data plus voice patent
Posted by Gary on April 13, 2013
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Holder claims Wi-Fi violates patent originally granted to AT&T in 1996 Apple has once again attracted the ire of a non-practicing entity. Patent troll Wyncomm claims that Apple is violating a patent that AT&T developed that it now holds regarding simultaneous voice and data transmission. Patent number 5,506,866 covers “Side-channel communications in simultaneous voice and [...]