Federal Trade Commission officials are preparing to review allegations that Apple “is trying to trammel rivalry in mobile advertising,” people familiar tell “Bloomberg” (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?sid=aqUPm1Bx7jJI&pid=20601087). Regulators were already weighing a probe of Apple’s treatment of Adobe Systems over Flash and the U.S. Justice Department has made preliminary inquiries into Apple’s behavior in the music market.
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The US International Trade Commission will investigate HTC’s allegations that Apple is infringing its patents. Its answer could see the iPhone banned from American stores, according to “The Register” (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/14/apple_itc/) — although I personally can’t see this happening.
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Native Instruments has introduced Session Strings (http://www.native-instruments.com/#/de/products/producer/powered-by-kontakt/session-strings/), a virtual string ensemble for Kontakt 4 and the free Kontakt Player. It provides acoustic string sounds for pop, soul, R&B, disco, house and other contemporary music styles.
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On the new “MacVoices” (http://www.macvoices.com), the founders of The Mac Roundtable discuss the group’s origins and evolution.
The Mac Roundtable is a collaboration by 14 independent Mac content creators. It wasn’t always that way, however. The four founding members of The Mac Roundtable — Adam Christianson, Joseph Nilo, Steve Stanger, and Tim Verporten — talk about how and why it got started and who created the group’s assets.
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Beginning June 15, Best Buy Mobile, the mobile specialty retail unit of Best Buy, launches its pre-sale of iPhone 4 from Apple. Pre-sale orders can be placed at any Best Buy or Best Buy Mobile standalone store nationwide. The iPhone 4 will land in Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile stores June 24.
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