May 2010
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Adobe Complaint Behind Possible Apple Antitrust...
Bloomberg reported that the discussion between the FTC and Justice department over a possible antitrust investigation into Apple was triggered by a complaint from Adobe.
U.S. antitrust enforcers are considering an investigation of Apple Inc. following a complaint from Adobe Systems Inc., according to people familiar with the matter.
Adobe says Apple is stifling competition by barring developers...
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The WSJ and Reuters Report Possible Antitrust Suit
Yesterday, I called bullocks on the NY Post report that the Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department were looking into initiating an antitrust suit against Apple for their changes to the license agreement to developers of the iPhone and iPad. Today, both the Wall Street Journal and Reuters echo that report.
Let’s cut to the meat and potatoes of each article (their argument as to how...
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New York Post: Apple May Face Antitrust Suit -...
Josh Kosman, of The New York Post reported today that Apple may face an antitrust suit soon over their implementation of the new section 3.3.1. in the iPhone Developer Program License Agreement. In short, the section that keeps Adobe’s Flash and other cross platforms from being run on the iPhone and iPad.
According to a person familiar with the matter, the Department of Justice and...
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Seriously? "A Lost iPhone Shows Apple’s Churlish...
So a few weeks after the lost iPhone stories comes this media reaction piece in the NY Times. Are you serious? The journalist, David Carr, does his best (and fails miserably) to make an argument that Apple has shown with iPhone-gate why they should be looked at differently. Just read the last three sentences from the piece…
But in engaging the long arm of the law on behalf of his...
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How Wired.com Uncovered the Face of the iPhone...
This blog post from Brian X. Chen is pretty cool, especially if you’re curious like I am as to how Wired.com discovered who the man behind the lost iPhone in a bar was.
In response to Wired.com’s scoop identifying the finder of the lost iPhone prototype, many have asked me how we did it. The process of uncovering digital footprints to identify Brian Hogan was indeed challenging and...
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They Found the iPhone Finder!
Wired.com has identified the finder of the lost iPhone prototype as Brian J. Hogan. Poor kid. The article basically states that Hogan found the iPhone in a bar, did basically nothing to return it to Apple, and thought the money from Gizmodo was just to have exclusive rights to review it.
Here’s the California statute on theft:
CAL. PEN. CODE § 485 : California Code - Section 485
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April 2010
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Apple's Lastest Multitouch Patent.
If you want to see all the new types of finger gestures that will be coming to the iPad and iPhone generation, look no farther than Apple’s latest Multitouch Patent. They have now basically patented all major keyboard and edit functions as multitouch finger gestures. Though it gets me excited to see that soon the iPad may really be used to enter stardate logs, it pains me to see how...
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Gizmodo Saga: Part Duex or Gizmodo Gate.
This is by far the best article I have read on the the Gizmodo - iPhone found in a bar saga.
NYT’s Article - Can Gizmodo Win the iPhone Legal Battle?
I think not. Pay particular attention to the attorney’s comments at the end of the article comparing Gizmodo to TMZ and obtaining pictures of celebrities. Pretty spot on.
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Shield Law: What do you protect?
The New York Times published an article on Monday about the whole controversy between Apple and Gawker Media (i.e. Jason Chen) over whether state and federal shield laws prevent authorities from seizing Chen’s MacBook, storage disks, iPad, etc.
Much of the discussion and arguments have been based around two topics: (a) whether Chen is categorized as a journalist or not; and (b) if...
December 2009
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Comcast Bought a Majority Stake in NBC. Watch Out...
So the Web-TV divide is back in focus, says this nytimes.com article.
My two cents: Don’t screw this up. I would even pay a few bucks a month to catch up on great TV shows that I didn’t have time to watch. Learn the lesson from what happen to the music industry when it met the powerful internets. If Apple can sell music on itunes when people could get it from free from other sites...
Apple is Pretty Close to Trademarking 'Pod'
As a follow up to my previous post, here is a link to the United States’ Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) status on Apple’s application to trademark the word ‘Pod’. (via darlingfireball.net)
The most interesting thing about their application, besides the all incompassing description of the goods, is the filing date of July 29th, 2004. The date highlights the...
November 2009
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The Lesson of iPodRip Being Renamed iRip
The Problem: It’s official, The Little App Factory is changing the name of their flagship product from “iPodRip” to “iRip”. The developers of the iPodRip software, recommended by Apple in the past, are being told they can no longer use the name, icon, or domain names associated with it.
The Little App Factory:
They have stated we can’t use the name iPodRip, can’t...
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