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Samsung steals march on Nokia with first Windows phone
Authored by: calris74 on Wednesday, August 29 2012 @ 11:34 PM EDT
Do they never learn - looks exactly like a iPhone
(seriously, even more so than any of their previous phones)

But is this a really clever ploy to get Microsoft dragged
into the fight? Think about it - Samsung are the highest
volume sellers of smart phones. If the Samsung Window 8
phones give Nokia a flogging in the marketplace, Microsoft
will be forced to back Samsung lest their precious platform
die a fast, horrible death. So when Apple comes-a-knocking,
Microsoft may be forced to step in and help...

Oh what a tangled web they are weaving...

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Galaxy S III Sales Spike After Patent Verdict
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, August 30 2012 @ 10:28 PM EDT
The article speculates on the rush on Samsung's phones being because people are
afraid the next batch will have less features thanks to Apple's litigious bend.

I hope it's a variant of the Streisand effect: Now Apple has the courts word for
Samsung being a too good copy of the iPhone, only costing a fair bit less, it
has opened people's eyes to the merits of the Galaxies.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect)

At least some of the purchases could also be sympathy buys and a sign that Apple
has lost some cool.

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Apple versus Samsung: Full interview with the jury foreman
Authored by: N_au on Friday, August 31 2012 @ 02:10 AM EDT
Can't this bloke see the idiocy of his statement. If the prior art doesn't
affect the apple patent by not being able to run on apples hardware and vice
versa, how come Samsung's code is when the code won't run on a fruitphone? It
should be the same argument applying to both. He is digging himself in deeper
every time he speaks according to my book!

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New ad tech to match your Farcebook identity with others' customer data
Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, August 31 2012 @ 04:05 AM EDT
Clucky
The article is written as if the "feature" hasn't been implimented yet, but I had an ad on Facebook several days ago from one of my employer's suppliers. The supplier deals in expensive equipment and related consumables that tends to be bought only by businesses in certain industries, so I doubt it was a coincidence. Although Facebook doesn't have my main email address (and the other company doesn't have my spam-trap address), my name is unusual enough to make the connection.

Of course, they might have found my Facebook page by using any half-decent web search engine, which is why I don't think the new mis-feature is particularly earth-shattering. It's also why I don't put any information on Facebook that isn't already publicly available.

That said, I do agree with PJ that it's not a good thing. I think it's potentially even worse than the underwear ads that various sites keep serving up to my wife's browser instances (she doesn't shop online much, so they keep picking up the cookie from a quick price check she made months ago).

- O4W

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Japan loss for Apple
Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, August 31 2012 @ 05:43 AM EDT
Another court tosses Apple. Also, Nobody should be surprised that the 'young'
are siding with Samsung. The US case has shone light in murky places and today's
youth has much dislike of 'dog-in-the-manger' bullying.

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Has Apple patented the color white?!
Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, August 31 2012 @ 10:20 AM EDT
Some person called Sandy McGill insists on Apple's influende over the color of cars.
"Sandy McGill, BMW Designworks' lead designer in color, materials and finish, attributed the popularity of white automobiles to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. He said in an interview with Motoramic (via Fortune) that though white is a "high maintenance" color for cars, it has become the most popular exterior car color for American buyers.

"Prior to Apple, white was associated with things like refrigerators or the tiles in your bathroom," McGill told author Brett Berk. "Apple made white valuable.""

Wake up Sandy. Bang & Olufsen (B&O) pioneered an even classier white at the time Apple wasn't even founded. Browse beoworld.org and you'll find plenty of examples from the time when all refrigerators or the tiles in your bathroom were either brow n or orange.

Did B&O inspire any white cars? Well, Ja mes Bond drove a classy white Lotus Esprit in 1976.

Sandy, dream on. /IMANAL (just didn't login)

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Apple-Samsung trial survey may worry
Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, August 31 2012 @ 11:33 AM EDT
As much I as think the trial was a farce, with around two thousand people
surveyed, and no mention of methodology of the survey, I wonder if this 55% who
said "no" is even significant enough to be called "most
people". Also, 41% said "yes". What happened to the other 4%?

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Samsung set to strike back against Apple
Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, August 31 2012 @ 05:03 PM EDT

I guess the Jury verdict was a bit too much for Samsung to handle. From the article:

It is also closely partnering with Microsoft (MS) to cut its dependency on Google Android, according to officials Wednesday.
Samsung: I hope that doesn't mean you're ultimately dropping Android. I would dearly love to continue being your customer in the future but I'm afraid if you end up with only Windows phones, that won't happen. I simply will not purchase a MS product - or a product that forces me to use MS Software.

Assuming it's what is happening:

It's too bad the Samsung leadership doesn't realize that by moving over to MS, they're still giving in to the anti-Android cartel. They might as well give in and pay Apple the licensing Apple demands.

RAS

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