by J. Angelo Racoma, 3 weeks ago

It’s not over until the fat lady sings. Or so it seems for Apple and Samsung, which have been battling at the courts for patent infringement-related cases. Recall that in August 2012, Apple won its…

by Robert Triggs, 1 month ago

Yesterday South Korean police searched the offices of Samsung Electronics’ display design unit, looking for evidence related to an alleged theft from its competitor LG Display. Investigators from the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency searched Samsung’s…

by Bogdan Petrovan, 1 month ago

Credit: tiseb/Flickr FairSearch Europe, a coalition of companies that includes Microsoft, Nokia, and Oracle, has filed a formal complaint with the EU over Google’s alleged anti-competitive practices in the mobile market. Over the past couple…

by J. Angelo Racoma, 1 month ago

A few months back, we featured a string of articles about mobile unlocking and the fight to make it legal. The premise is this: starting this January, it has been illegal to network-unlock your mobile…

by Robert Triggs, 1 month ago

In a show of good faith towards the open source community, Google has just announced its Open Patent Non-Assertion (OPN) Pledge. Included in this agreement is the company’s promise not to sue developers, distributors, or…

by Robert Triggs, 1 month ago

Earlier in the week we reported on the West Virginia lawmaker seeking to ban the use of Google Glass whilst driving. The proposed law was supposedly aimed at preventing “the young”, “vulnerable and under skilled…

by J. Angelo Racoma, 1 month ago

There’s a long list of things you shouldn’t do while driving, and in many jurisdictions, these are spelled out by the law. These include driving under the influence of alcohol, calling on a mobile phone,…

by Gary Sims, 2 months ago

To unlock or not unlock, that is the question… well in the USA at least. The bizarre story of America’s legislators decision to make phone unlocking illegal took another twist this week when a bipartisan bill to…

by J. Angelo Racoma, 2 months ago

“You’ve got a friend in me,” Nokia seems to be telling Apple when it filed its amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals in support for Apple’s patent claim against Samsung, in particular Apple’s…

by Robert Triggs, 2 months ago

Back in January it became illegal to unlock your cellphone in the United States without the express consent of your carrier, preventing law abiding users from switching networks without having to buy a new handset….

by J. Angelo Racoma, 3 months ago

Blame it on the petition to build a Death Star and the government’s shooting down the proposal because of budgetary constraints. Because the White House raised the minimum number of “we the people” petition signatories…

by J. Angelo Racoma, 3 months ago

Privacy has often been a key issue in discussing mobile devices, especially given the pervasive nature of mobile devices these days. Our smartphones and tablets have GPS tracking sensors, cameras, microphones, and we store personal…

by J. Angelo Racoma, 3 months ago

If you have a network-locked mobile phone in your hands, you might want to consider having it unlocked soon. By tomorrow, January 26th, it will already be a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act…

by Varun Raj, 4 months ago

The legal battle between Samsung and Swedish equipment maker Ericsson has taken a new turn. Samsung has decided to seek an import ban on Ericsson products in the US. The Korean conglomerate has already filed…

by Bogdan Petrovan, 5 months ago

We can’t say we didn’t see this one coming. The notification system on Android is stellar, and Apple obviously agrees, because it lifted it wholesale on its own iOS products. For years now, Android fans…