Among several Apple patents granted today by the U.S Patent & Trademark Office one of the most interesting is for an integrated speaker assembly for a personal media device. It involves an external multi-speaker system. Though the patent was filed in 2007, Apple has released no such system — at least not yet.
Read MoreThe potential for the rumored Apple-branded HDTV (the “iTV”) and a television-enabled iMac seems to be ripe. A new report from the Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com) says Internet television is growing faster than most folks realize.
Internet television is a new form of television service that is delivered over the internet to TV sets and other devices such as computers, smartphones and tablets.
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Last week a Southern California judge awarded US$850 to an iPhone user because AT&T Inc. reduced his download speeds in an attempt to manage usage on its network. Pro-tem Judge Russell Nadel found in favor of Matt Spaccarelli in Ventura Superior Court in Simi Valley. Spaccarelli filed a small claims case against AT&T last month, arguing the communications giant unfairly slows speeds on his iPhone 4’s unlimited data plan.
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Stand back. There’s no telling how big this iPad thing can get. A new report from Juniper Research (http://www.juniperresearch.com) finds that annual revenues from consumer mobile applications will approach US$52 billion by 2016 as consumer smartphone adoption accelerates in tandem with the emergence of a mass tablet market.
Read MoreI’m a telecommuter — and let me tell you that it’s great. Great for me, my family and the environment (I use little gas). Evidently, lots of folks would love to be telecommuting, as well.
TeamViewer (http://www.teamviewer.com), a provider of remote control and online meetings software, has announced the findings of its survey of over 2,500 American adults aged 18 and older, conducted online by Harris Interactive in January.
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