Apple wins several design patents
Apple has won patents from the US Patent & Trademark Office involving the Mail app, the Mac OS X interface, Time Machine and multi-touch displays.
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Year: 2010
NPR: Ping one of the worst ideas of 2010
NPR has named Apple’s Ping — a social network for music — one of the worst ideas of 2010. The reason, says NPR, relates to Apple’s inherently closed nature, reports “Ericric” (http://erictric.com/2010/12/21/npr-names-apples-ping-one-of-the-worst-ideas-of-2010/).
“Why Ping has floundered can be summed up in a sentence: Apple doesn’t like sharing, thus, it is difficult for them to build a social network,” says Latoya Peterson.
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Mac OS X Downloads site will no longer offer apps as of Jan. 6
Apple has sent an e-mail message to registered developers, telling them that on Jan. 6 — when the Mac App Store launches — the Mac OS X Downloads site will no longer offer apps.
Apple tells developers to submit their software to the Mac App Store instead. Said store “will be the best destination for users to discover, purchase, and download apps,” the company says.
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Israeli hospital equips its doctors with iPads
Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center (MYMC) is the first Israeli hospital to give iPad technology to its doctors, for use both on and off-site. Medical staff can now check patient records, test results, hi-resolution X-rays and CT scans, report on patient progress and plan ongoing treatment using the Apple tablet.
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Greg’s bite: Net Neutrality and Apple
By Greg Mills
The FCC is preparing to make rules for what is called “Net Neutrality.” This is important to those of us who use the Internet and particularly those who might want to innovate in new services related to broadband, like Apple.
There will likely be a vote today, and it is expected the FCC will move to ban wired broadband Internet providers from blocking or slowing down traffic they don’t like. The notion is to make wired broadband unrestricted by ISPs to the benefit of streaming services.
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