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Apple Moves to Add Samsung Galaxy S4 to Patent Case
Apple informed U.S. Federal Court Judge Lucy Koh late on Monday that it wants to add the Galaxy S4 smartphone to its patent infringement case against Samsung. With a 22 product limit imposed on each company by the Judge, however, that means Apple will have to drop one of the devices it has already targeted in its complaint.
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The Galaxy S4 is Samsung's newest big thing in the smartphone world, so it isn't a surprise that Apple wants to add it to this patent infringement case. Of course, Samsung would like to see the S4 left off the list, but it's pretty likely the company won't get what it wants.
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Don’t Like Creative Cloud? There’s a Petition for That
When Adobe announced that it will be dropping its traditional perpetual license model for Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, and the rest of its professional creative apps in favor of the Creative Cloud software subscription model, the public response was less than enthusiastic. The reaction from at least some Adobe app users was so negative, in fact, that an online petition quickly popped up urging Adobe to keep the Creative Suite perpetual license model alive. But that petition may not matter.
The iPhone’s Hidden Image Editor
Your iPhone or iPod touch makes for a handy camera, and both can take nice images. That doesn't, however, mean you won't need to make some quick adjustments on the go. You can turn to a long list of apps designed to help with that, including Apple's own iPhoto, but if you only need to make some minor adjustments, the Photos app has a nearly-hidden editor just waiting to help out.
Amazon Targets Photo Stream with Cloud Drive Photos
Amazon unveiled its Cloud Drive Photos for the iPhone and iPod touch over the weekend along with a companion Mac app in what looks like a move to compete with Apple's iCloud Photo Stream feature. Cloud Drive Photos includes 5 GB of storage and lets users upload images to their Amazon Cloud and then download them to other devices.
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Several companies offer individual solutions that compete with iCloud features, but they aren't tied in at the system level like Apple's service is on iOS and OS X. Even still, competing services like Cloud Drive Photos tend to offer more storage for free, and that may be enough to turn some iCloud users to alternatives.
Licensing Fees May be Stalling Apple’s Streaming Music Service
Apple has apparently signed up Universal Music for its rumored online music streaming service, and is close to wrapping up negotiations with Warner Music, but can't move forward because it hasn't been able to reach an agreement with Sony Music over royalty payments.
Judge Orders Google to Give Apple Info in Samsung Patent Case
Apple won another small victory in its ongoing patent infringement fight with Samsung on Thursday when Magistrate Judge Paul Grewal ordered Google to hand over the search terms it used when providing court ordered documents related to its Android OS code. The order came in Apple and Samsung's second patent infringement case in the United States where Google has been resisting requests for information while claiming it is an impartial third party that shouldn't be involved.
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It's understandable that Google wouldn't want to reveal any more than it has to, but if the company intentionally sandbagged its searches there's a good chance we'll see Judge Grewal order a new search that compels the company to release far more than it wants to.
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Facebook Ready to Drop $1B on Waze Purchase
Social networking giant Facebook is apparently in negotiations to buy the social map app Waze in a deal that could hit US$1 billion. The companies are said to have been in negotiations for the past six months and are close reaching an agreement.
ACM 203: Adobe’s New Cloud Maneuver & Apple’s Lost Message
Adobe announced the end of its traditional licensing model for Photoshop, InDesign and the rest of the Creative Suite apps, and just like all of those app's users, Jeff and Bryan have plenty to say on the subject. That, and Bryan says Apple lost control over its message, but has an opportunity to recover.
