Taoyuan (ip-192.com): Taiwan based smartphone manufacturer HTC Corporation said that it did file a patent infringement case against Apple Inc. It did also ask the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) to ban all sales of iPhones, iPods and iPads in the U.S. "As the innovator of the original Windows Mobile PocketPC Phone Edition in [...]
Cupertino (ip-192.com): Apple has notified developers not to use location-based services such as the Core Location framework to deliver ads to iPhone, iPod touch, and future iPad owners based on where they are. "If you build your application with features based on a user's location, make sure these features provide beneficial information. If your app [...]
San Francisco (ip-192.com): Do you have an iPhone? Do you like Twitter? If your answer is yes, you may like Square. Square is a small plastic magnetic card reader that hooks into the headphone jack of any iPhone or iPod Touch and turns it into a credit card payment system. Android and Blackberry apps are [...]
Cupertino (ip-192.com): Apple seems to have something to celebrate: 100,000 apps ready to improve on every user’s iPhone and/or iPod Touch experience, and 2 billion downloads in just over 15 months. This for sure makes the Apple App Store the largest and busiest e-commerce site in the world. The App Store launched in July 2008 [...]
Burbank (ip-192.com): Walt Disney Co plans to launch iPhone and iPod touch applications to promote Disney content and interactive features. The new application, called Click2Life, will allow users to snap a picture of a Disney image on a television, billboard or poster to receive special content such as animated images or product offers. Disney realized [...]
Marlton, N.J. (ip-192.com): Some Apple products are hot – perhaps too hot! 23 MacBooks, 14 iPhones and 9 iPod touches were stolen last night in a smash and grab burglary. The burglars hit the in Marlton, N.J., at 2.05 a.m. Thursday night and went away with the goods, which have an estimated value of $46,345, [...]
