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Just last week, a recent photo of David Ortiz and President Barack Obama started going viral. This was due to the nature of the photo which was basically a ‘selfie’ taken by Ortiz with the President in the photo. It showed everyone having a good time, laughing and smiling but things quickly soured when the White House voiced their displeasure of the incident.

Due to Samsung’s sponsorship of Ortiz, many felt that this was a marketing stunt and that the President was an unwitting participant in a marketing ploy by Samsung. Ortiz denied this and claimed that the photo was a spur-of-the-moment shot, but apparently that wasn’t enough as the White House has since spoke to Samsung regarding the legality of the matter at hand.

This was revealed by Obama’s senior advisor, Dan Pfeiffer, who made an appearance on Face the Nation where he was asked about the photo. According to Pfeiffer, the claims that the President did not know anything about Samsung’s connection/sponsorship of Ortiz. Pfeiffer revealed that the White House has since spoken with Samsung and that the outcome of that conversation will be between their lawyers.

Yikes, who would have thought a simple selfie could have gotten so out of hand! Whether it was really a marketing ploy or not, it doesn’t really put Samsung in a very good position. Could this be an end of Samsung-sponsored selfies? Pfeiffer certainly hopes so.

White House Had Legal Talks With Samsung Over Recent Selfie , original content from Ubergizmo, Filed in Cellphones, legal, Samsung,

Apple’s competitors, namely Android OEMs, have been releasing phones with much larger displays for a very long time now, and it was only with the iPhone 5 that Apple finally stepped up to the plate and made some changes, even though it wasn’t exactly a huge leap from 3.5-inches to 4-inches.

On the surface it seemed that Apple was not too fussed about the competition and the decision to stick to their guns, even in the face of the original Samsung Galaxy Note, was pretty apparent. After all Apple has long had a history of doing whatever they wanted, but apparently it seems that internally the company was worried.

It was revealed in the courts today that according to an internal email, it showed that there were some at Apple who were concerned about the company’s lack of large screened devices, and that they might have trouble growing in a market where large screen phones are currently a popular choice amongst customers.

It should be noted that the email does not necessarily represent Apple as a whole, but it was instead sent from one member from Apple’s sales team which was titled, “Competitors have drastically improved their hardware and in some cases their ecosystems.” When providing testimony, Apple’s Phil Schiller stated that he didn’t agree with the document and stated that it did not represent Apple policy.

However that being said, there are rumors that Apple could be prepping a 4.7-inch iPhone for launch later this year, and that there are apparently plans for a 5.5-inch iPhone as well that could be launched after that.

Internal Email Reveals Apple’s Sales Team’s Worry About The Competition , original content from Ubergizmo, Filed in Apple, Cellphones, iPhone, legal, Samsung,

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Due to Apple and Samsung unable to come to an agreement with one another and settling their ongoing lawsuit, both companies are back in the courtrooms once again. Apple’s chief of marketing is the Cupertino company’s first witness and has recently taken the stand where he provided testimony against Samsung.

According to Schiller, he has expressed how Samsung’s alleged copying of their products has led to the public questioning Apple’s ability to innovate. “I believe it has caused damage for Apple in the marketplace. It has caused people to question some of the innovations we’ve created and Apple’s role as the innovator. That challenge is made harder in the copying.” (more…)

Phil Schiller: Samsung’s Copying Causes People To Question Apple’s Innovativeness original content from Ubergizmo.

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