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Apple Plans Construction Of New Campus In Santa Clara
The Oakland Tribune reports () that Apple concluded a deal with developer Peery Arrillaga for constructing a campus consisting from two buildings in Santa Clara, California, a short distance from Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino. The report said:
Samsung Working to Keep Design Dispute Separate from Component Contracts
Several Samsung senior executives were reportedly holding an emergency meeting yesterday to discuss Samsung's next moves in the case. Samsung CEO Kwon Oh-hyun not present at that meeting trying to save the company’s component supply contracts with Apple. Kwon's primary responsibility is to oversee the company's component business, a division that maintains a close relationship with Apple.
Shipments Of iPad mini And New iMac Will Be Constrained Until 2013
DigiTimes, shipments of the iMac and iPad mini are expected to be limited in 2012 due to display production issues.
Reportedly, the panels for the iPad mini have seen low yield rates. As a result, Apple may fall short of 10 million target and reach only 6 million mark for the shipments of the iPad mini in the fourth quarter.
New Apple Print Ads Show Off Newsstand And iPad Mini
Apple has published set of print ads in several popular magazines. The ads show off the capabilities of the iPad mini’s Newsstand on the back covers of print magazines like Time and The New Yorker.
iOS Moved Android Into Second Spot In US Smartphone Market
By virtue of iPhone 5 sales, iOS reached the top spot on the smartphone market in the United States, research company Kantar Worldpanel Comtech. According to the report covering smartphone sales over the 12-week period ending October 28, iOS accounts for 48.1% of the smartphone market in the U.S (up 25% year-over-year) and has officially moved Android into second spot.
Best Buy Airs Apple Ad: 'Finding Santa' [Video]
Best Buy has aired a new ad for Apple products entitled, 'Finding Santa'.
You can do anything with your gifts - including track down Santa Claus with all of your Apple products. All things Apple. All at your local Best Buy.
Take a look:
Apple had to acquire Lightning trademark from Motorcycle manufacturer Harley-Davidson
In order to put the new Lightning technology on the market, Apple had to purchase the trademark “Lightning” from the motorcycle manufacturer Harley-Davidson. Patently Apple that two Apple trademark applications published by EU Patent & Trademark Office show the transfer of the trademark officially occurred on Saturday.
Polaroid Photos Of The First Apple Computers
Circuit board hooked up to a monitor and keyboard
Technologizer's Harry McCracken on some photos taken in 1976 by Paul Terrel from the Byte Shop in Mountain View. The Byte Shop was one of several computer stores in the world at that time and later become the first dealer for a startup company called Apple Computer.
Weekend Sales from Gameloft, Sega, Namco, Tin Man Games and Gamerizon
Here is what's on sale from Gameloft, Sega, Namco, Tin Man Games and Gamerizon. Take a look at these 77 games that are on sale this time:
Game Sale from Electronic Arts
Here is a list of games that are on sale this weekend from EA as well as the EA-owned Chillingo, Firemonkeys and PopCap. Take a look, some are as low as FREE:
Adults and children prefer iPad to other devices
According to a research conducted by Nielsen in the United States, over the course of the next 6 months, consumers between the age of 6 to 12 years are interested in buying iOS products form Apple. New Nintendo Wii U took the second place on popularity, but rated behind the iPad. However, iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad Mini entered the top 5 most popular products for this age group.
Siri will soon speak and understand Arabic, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian, and Swedish
Apple is hiring new team members to help make Siri available in Arabic, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish, according to a company job posting.
Apple’s official list of currently supported languages and availability by country for Siri is below:
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Apple airs new iPhone 5 ads
Apple airs new iPhone 5 ads showcasing Shared Photo Streams for Thanksgiving and noise canceling microphone
The first ad is a Thanksgiving special that demonstrates the iOS 6 Shared Photo Streams feature.
The second ad shows off the new iPhone 5′s noise canceling microphone:
Nokia Launched Free Mapping Service Called HERE Maps
, last night Nokia launched an alternative to Apple’s Maps service for iOS – a cross-platform app called "HERE Maps". Here is based on HTML 5 and now it is available on the iTunes Store for iPad, iPod touch and iPhone. The service offers users different map views, Facebook login integration, ability to work in offline mode and features allowing users to share their location information.
Arbitration court can resolve Apple-Motorola patent dispute.
The arbitral court was considering Apple and Google issues which were about the infringement of patents. Bloomberg reported on Friday that details of preliminary discussions were revealed during the court filing. The two companies exchanged proposals in which they proposed a mandatory arbitration trial to reach a licensing agreement.