Type of Article: MacTech Blog

By Greg Mills

Sometimes what I write hits a nerve, and I get email from readers giving me fresh information they found. My article regarding what I consider false claims that Apple has gone rogue drew an email from a reader.  

He sent me a link to an article and actually an embedded half hour Video TV news story that ran recently in Australia that loosely linked Apple with Chinese pollution in general and worker injury specifically. It turns out this is old news and not quite what it appears.

An Apple patent (number 20100289390) for a reinforced device housing has appeared at the US Patent & Trademark Office — as first reported by “AppleInsider” (http://www.appleinsider.com) that could result in even lighter, but even tougher, iOS devices.

Two Apple patents at the US Patent & Trademark Office indicate the company is looking into ways of beefing up radio services in other iOS devices besides the iPod nano — and perhaps teh Mac.

Patents 20100291861 and 20100292816 are credited to Apple’s Freddy Anzures and team mates Henry Mason and Lucas Newman. The patents were originally filed in Q2 2009. Assignee names don’t have to appear on patent applications until they’ve been grantted. 

By Greg Mills

I read an article that had me checking my calendar to make sure April Fools Day had not sneaked up on me. I was quite sure it is fall and April Fools Day jokes are out of season.  

“Electronista” is running a news article that indicated that, never learning from a good beating, Ballmer and the gang at Microsoft that can’t shoot straight is trying again to sell Kin, an underpowered/overpriced smart phones through Verizon. When you can’t sell a pile of cow crap because people understand what it is you are trying to sell them, cutting the price won’t help.