In the world of patent wars, Apple has enjoyed quite a few victories, something that may make the latest ruling by the International Trade Commission a little extra painful. According to a ruling posted by the ITC, Apple is staring down the barrel of an import ban in the United State against several of its
You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past 24 hours — all handpicked by the editors here at the site. Click on through the break, and enjoy.
Samsung got a big win in the International Trade Commission today, as the ITC handed down a final ruling finding that several models of AT&T-compatible iPhones and iPads infringe a Samsung patent, and issued an exclusion order preventing them from being imported, sold or distributed in the US. This final ruling comes months after an ALJ determined that Apple did not infringe any of Samsung’s IP, but clearly, the commission felt differently upon its review. This final determination holds that AT&T models of the iPhone 4, 3GS and 3G, plus AT&T iPad 3G and iPad 2 3G models infringe four claims of Samsung’s patent number 7,706,348 for encoding mobile communications.
The ITC reversed the ALJ’s ruling in part based upon modified construction of several key terms in the claims at issue, but upheld the prior decision regarding the other three patents Samsung asserted in the action. So, what does this mean for Apple? Not a tremendous amount, truthfully, as the newly banned devices are no longer Cupertino’s standard bearers and account for little of massive profits. Plus, Apple will, no doubt appeal the decision in court. Still, Samsung’s bound to feel pretty good about the victory, and every little bit helps in its quest to remain atop the smartphone heap, right?
Source: ITC [PDF]
Now that the Android version has officially (past the APK, even) arrived on smartphones, tablets, and in web browsers for all [Android] devices, Google’s iOS edition of the new category-laden Gmail has been pushed to iPhones, iPads, and iPod touches galore. This update brings largely the same experience to Apple’s mobile operating system that we
Desktop? Check. Android? Check. iOS? Check that one off too. The refreshed Gmail design is now officially available on the App Store for both iPad and iPhone. The update not only brings the new category-based, multiple-tab inbox — bringing it in line with Google’s new interface on other platforms — but throws in the ability to set notification options for individual accounts. According to the change log, you’ll now get “notified for all messages, only important messages, or none at all, on a per account basis.” You’ll also be able to view YouTube videos and Google Maps links through the appropriate app, rather than the browser. Lastly, you can turn off the multiple tab interface if you’re not a fan, but unfortunately Google has restricted the new notification options so they’ll only work with the new inbox. Just as we noticed with Android, we wouldn’t be surprised if it’s not available to everyone yet — it likely is undergoing a similar rollout effort. Either way, it doesn’t hurt to click the source link to see if you can grab the update sooner rather than later.
Filed under: Cellphones, Tablets, Wireless, Mobile, Apple, Google
Source: iTunes
While the radio-control tanks are the latest from JTT (Japan Trust Technology), they have a lot of other interesting (and disgusting radio-control stuff).
Another type which you can control by your iPhone/iPad is the Goki-Raji – the radio-controlled cockroach. “Goki” is part of the word for cockroach in Japanese which is “Gokiburi”. I think this is one of the most unappealing and least desirable products on the market in Japan. But I know that some people would love to play with this – especially to give their girlfriend a hard time…
Possibly worse than Japanese “gokiburi” are the poisonous centipedes found in the Japanese countryside. These are called “mukade” and JTT has a radio-contolled version of these too… the “Muka-Raji”. Not only are these things disgusting, they are poisonous and indestructible.
The “Muka-Raji” has its own handheld controller and is not controlled via an iPhone/iPad.
I have no idea why anyone would want something like this either but here you go…
JTT (Japan Trust Technology) just released that world’s smallest radio-controlled tank called the “Raji-Combat” that you can control with your iPhone or iPad and battle against other mini tanks. There are 2 historically famous real tanks they modeled the “Raji-Combat” on: “Tiger I” and “T-34″
You will be able to control the tank with your iPhone/iPad after installing a dedicated application.
If there are more than 2 sets of Raji-Combat, you can have a battle against each other. When you give 4 damages to the sensor on the upper part of the turret of the other tank by blasting with an infrared ray cannon, you win.
It’s a very powerful tiny tank that can ascend a 30-degree uphill slope…
Price: ¥2,980 for each model/ ¥5,280 for a set of “Tiger I” and “T-34″
Size: Approx. 56 x 39 x 39 mm
Weigt: Approx. 30g
Charging time: 30-50 minutes by USB
Battery life: 5 minutes
While the Google Search app brought the voice recognition and smart responses of the most recent update to the Google Search engine to iOS, this week it goes in-browser with Chrome as well. The Chrome web browser update comes in with natural voice recognition and searching without typing – sort of like what you get with Siri. Here voice recognition gets a boost, quicker recognition with text streaming as you chat, and responses spoken aloud.
Like what the Google Search app does on iOS, here Chrome offers the advanced system straight through the browser. This system also works with Google Now, showing results for weather, sports scores, and Google-provided connections to your social networking circles through Google+.
Version 27.0.1453.10 of Chrome was pushed today to all iOS users, both iPad and iPhone – and iPod touch, of course – and this update is entirely free, as always. Inside you’ll also find what Google touts as faster page reloading as well as stability and security improvements along with bug fixes galore. As with past updates to Chrome, this June 3, 2013 update will require a tap of the “update” button inside the App Store.
Google continues to make pushes into the iOS universe with their systems such as Google Now, Chrome, and soon Google Music, as well. This update is only the latest in a string of efforts to bring the innovations shown at Google I/O 2013 to both Android and Apple’s mobile operating system iOS.
Chrome iOS update brings chatty Google voice search is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Apple‘s annual Worldwide Developers Conference starts in just one week, and to help attendees prepare for the week-long event, the company has released a WWDC app that includes all sorts of information that should prove useful for conference goers. The app includes session info, videos, and maps of the convention floor at Moscone West.
The app works on both the iPhone and iPad, and it lets attendees keep track of all the different sessions that are taking place, including when and where they’re happening. The maps are essentially layouts of Moscone West, and it gives users a visual view of where sessions are taking place, and they can help attendees find their way around if they ever get lost.
The app also provides videos of the sessions for those who want to watch a session over again, or for those who aren’t able to make it to the conference. They can also be great for attendees who weren’t able to go to some of the sessions, as they’re are plenty of them, and some of them even overlap with one another.
One of the more interesting sessions that will be going on during the conference is a talk with Bill Nye the Science Guy who will be leading a session called “Twenty Years Exploring the PB and J (Passion, Beauty and Joy) of Science. That should be rather interesting, and other notable speakers during WWDC also include Star Trek actor LeVar Burton, and director JJ Abrams.
WWDC kicks off next week on Monday, with an opening keynote from CEO Tim Cook and company. That’s the time when we should be seeing some new hardware from Apple, including new Macs, as well as iOS 7, which designer Jony Ive has taken over the reigns for recently. Of course, no one is positive as to what Apple will announce, but we’ll be their live to report back the details to you as they happen.
VIA: CNET
SOURCE: iTunes App Store
Apple outs WWDC app with session videos, maps and more is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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