By Greg Mills
Recent interviews with Google executives have pandered to the notion that Apple is doing something inherently evil asserting patent rights. Nothing could be further from the truth. Without the ability to gain an advantage over competitors in making a profit from new ideas, innovation will not be sustainable.
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ComScore (www.comscore.com), which “measures the digital world,” has released data from the comScore MobiLens service, reporting key trends in the U.S. mobile phone industry during the three month average period ending July 2012. Among the results: Apple’s share of the U.S. smartphone market grew to 1-in-3 subscribers.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook has published a public letter on the much-maligned Maps app in iOS 6. It reads:
To our customers, At Apple, we strive to make world-class products that deliver the best experience possible to our customers. With the launch of our new Maps last week, we fell short on this commitment. We are extremely sorry for the frustration this has caused our customers and we are doing everything we can to make Maps better.
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According to a new survey from OnDevice (www.ondeviceresearch.com) — as reported by “TechCrunch” (http://macte.ch/uzFkS) — iOS 6 is actually leading to a decrease in satisfaction among iPhone users.
The research group’s survey of just under 16,000 iPhone owners in the U.S. found that compared to iOS 5, those with iOS 6 were slightly less satisfied with their devices. The drop is small, “but still noteworthy because On Device says this is the first time it’s seeing a drop in satisfaction,” notes “TechCrunch.”
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Adobe has announced Adobe Photoshop Elements 11 and Adobe Premiere Elements 11, newly designed versions of its consumer photo- and video-editing software.
Photoshop Elements 11 offers a solution for editing, organizing and sharing photo creations, while Premiere Elements 11 lets you create home movies. Available as stand-alone products, they can also be purchased together. Both solutions are available for Mac OS X and Windows.
According to Lea Hickman, vice president products, Creative Consumer Business, Adobe: Photoshop Elements 11 offers: