In a note to clients — as reported by “AppleInsider” (http://www.appleinsider.com) — Global Equities Research analyst Trip Chowdhry says Apple has hired 20 to 25 of the engineers Cisco recently laid off.
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By Greg Mills
While much has been written about the Apple vs Android patent war going on in courts and trade commissions around the world, there hasn’t been nearly as much written about Oracle’s suit directly against Google over using Java code without a license. Apple has chosen to attack all the handset manufacturers in separate actions rather than going after Google, head on. Both points of attack are beginning to have some effect, if the level of retoric coming from Google is any indication.
Read MoreSeventy four percent of smartphone users in the United States are interested in a mobile operator-provided service that uses Wi-Fi to provide lower cost calls, according to a recent MarketTools Zoomerang survey of 420 smartphone owners. The survey, commissioned by Kineto Wireless, also showed 72% of smartphone users are interested in an application that uses Wi-Fi to improve cellular coverage.
Additional highlights from the online survey conducted May 2011 include:
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Posted by Greg Mills
Microsoft slept at the switch for so long, when they finally got into the smartphone operating system business many anayists speculated it was just too late. That may well be true, despite Microsoft throwing money hand over fist at the development of Windows Mobile 7. Things have not gone well lately for Windows 7.
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Here are the latest rumors circulating in the Apple blogosphere:
“AppAdvice” (http://appadvice.com) says Apple is almost ready to launch a full-fledged re-downloading and possibly streaming service for TV shows and movies named iTunes Replay. “In a nutshell, iTunes Replay is an extension to what Apple is already doing with iCloud and free re-downloads of previously purchased music,” the site says.
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