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HTC and Apple Settle Patent Dispute — All Patent Litigation Between the Companies Dismissed — HTC and Apple® have reached a global settlement that includes the dismissal of all current lawsuits and a ten-year license agreement. The license extends to current and future patents held by both parties.
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Apple and HTC settle all patent litigation with 10 year license agreement — Apple and HTC have settled their patent dispute, with all current lawsuits dismissed, according to an HTC press release.
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Why Apple and HTC settled their patent litigation — Sometimes it's easier to just pay the money — Apple and HTC just announced a surprise settlement to their ongoing patent litigation, which spanned multiple lawsuits in courts around the world. The deal will see both companies drop … | Ina Fried / AllThingsD: |
Does HTC Deal Signal End to Apple's Thermonuclear War Against Android? — The most noteworthy piece of the just-announced Apple-HTC settlement is that the iPhone maker has a price. — Until now, Apple indicated only that it wanted other companies not to copy it. It didn't seem interested in licensing its patents.
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| Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents: |
Apple-HTC ten-year license deal shows Android patent peace is achievable — Apple just published a joint statement with HTC announcing the settlement of their Android patent dispute more than 32 months after it started. This is the third significant smartphone patent settlement since June 2011.
| Rands In Repose: |
Innovation is a Fight — Apple is eventually doomed. Yes, the most valuable company on the planet will slowly fade into stagnant mediocrity. It will be replaced by something that they will not predict and they will not see coming. This horrifically efficient culling is a fact of life …
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Tweetro Slams into Twitter 100K Token Limit — Users of the very popular 3rd party Twitter app Tweetro just received this email from Atta Elayyan the UX Designer and Co-Founder of Lazyworm Applications Ltd. and it is not good news: … Included in the email was a graphic showing the downloads … | Jeff John Roberts / GigaOM: |
Online viewers start leaving if video doesn't play in 2 seconds, says study — As revenues decline for traditional forms of online advertising, video is emerging as a bright spot for many media companies. It offers an opportunity for long engagement and hefty ad rates — but also a challenge to make it work.
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Microsoft to use Jay-Z, Gwen Stefani, and other celebrities to promote Windows Phone 8 — After an on stage appearance by Jessica Alba at Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 launch recently, the company and its partners are starting to use even more celebrities to promote Redmond's latest mobile OS.
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| Agence France Presse: |
Apple pays Swiss rail $21mn over clock dispute: report — GENEVA — US tech giant Apple has dished out 20 million Swiss francs ($21 million, 17 million euros) to compensate Swiss national rail operator SBB for using its famous clock without permission, a Swiss daily reported Saturday.
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| Jay Yarow / Business Insider: |
It's Time For Apple To Unleash A Major Software Overhaul — The Apple backlash is in full swing right now. — But it really started this summer. — In our office, the people who review gadgets started grumbling that iOS was stale. These grumbles were crystallized in Farhad Manjoo's story … | Kim Zetter / Wired: |
With Millions Paid in Hacker Bug Bounties, Is the Internet Any Safer? — The night before the end of Google's Pwnium contest at the CanSecWest security conference this year in Vancouver, a tall teen dressed in khaki shorts, tube socks and sneakers was hunkered down on a hallway bench at the Sheraton hotel hacking away at his laptop.Sponsor Posts
Microsoft BizSpark:
Featured Startup - FormVerse — If there was one tool not made for effective work, it would have to be email. If you take silos of information, and a chronological effect, where old or new is piled on top of each other …
Featured Startup - FormVerse — If there was one tool not made for effective work, it would have to be email. If you take silos of information, and a chronological effect, where old or new is piled on top of each other …
Cloud Foundry:
Static.com Adds Hadoop Support for Cloud Foundry — In this guest post, Jake Farrell, CTO for Static.com, explains how the major shift in the hosting industry towards platforms for high developer productivity …
Static.com Adds Hadoop Support for Cloud Foundry — In this guest post, Jake Farrell, CTO for Static.com, explains how the major shift in the hosting industry towards platforms for high developer productivity …
Rackspace Blog:
DevOps: Improved Productivity, Higher Value — Those of us who have been aligned with DevOps for some time already know that the greater agility and closer collaboration it enables deliver real business value for our organizations.
DevOps: Improved Productivity, Higher Value — Those of us who have been aligned with DevOps for some time already know that the greater agility and closer collaboration it enables deliver real business value for our organizations.
Hortonworks » Blog:
Get Started with Hadoop on Hortonworks Data Platform 1.1 for Windows — We are excited to release the Hortonworks Data Platform 1.1 for Windows as a Generally Available product.
Get Started with Hadoop on Hortonworks Data Platform 1.1 for Windows — We are excited to release the Hortonworks Data Platform 1.1 for Windows as a Generally Available product.
Unison's blog:
Skype in the browser — Whether you like the Skype app or not, until now, you've had no choice but to download something to make voice and video calls — either an app like Skype, or a Flash plugin (yikes) for your browser.
Skype in the browser — Whether you like the Skype app or not, until now, you've had no choice but to download something to make voice and video calls — either an app like Skype, or a Flash plugin (yikes) for your browser.Who's Hiring In Tech?
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