A judge has refused to triple Samsung’s (financial) penalty of $1.o5 Billion Dollars against Apple (which if set-down could’ve in all probability bankrupted the firm if it actually paid said amount out).
(Source) Information Week: http://goo.gl/kBUW8
“A free Nation can rise no higher than the standard of excellence set in its schools and colleges.” – JFK.
Perhaps long overdue…
(Source) Huffington Post: http://goo.gl/P6klr
In short order, Vine just might go from achieving an overwhelming vindication (for their creators) to being vilified (from Apple) due to the proliferation of adult content (e.g., p*rn) therein and the high likelihood said application will get removed from iTunes as a result.
(Source) Slashgear: http://goo.gl/ZrLOc
Antigua could be the next (big) P2P base if the nation’s plan to be granted permission to run a piracy web-site is granted (by the WTO of all entities!)
(Source) BBC: http://goo.gl/Jc3kS
Look for Vine to potentially be the ‘next big thing’ within the Social Networking space… as Facebook seems to be playing catch-up again…
(Source) Techcrunch: http://goo.gl/F7Ydb
With roughly 700 million Smartphones sold (1/2 of the overall market was dominated by Samsung & Apple – in that order globally last year)… the market is indeed slowing down.
Potentially the biggest caveat in all of this is simply: what next? In other words, where do the market leaders go from here? Will 2013 see RIM largely fade away? And, can the Win-kia alliance begin to gain significant traction against their behemoth competition?
(Source) CNET: http://goo.gl/0lHqQ
With more than 2/3 of all governmental requests for individual / end-user data originating from within America (aside from continuing to increase globally) two points are worth noting: one) how unaware the vast majority of people are the world-over regarding this reality; and; two) the implications that this is having on civil liberties (and/or the lack thereof).
Granted, in the Facebook-era whereas Social Networking has become ubiquitous, end-users also ultimately are contributing their data (for mining). However, that also calls into question how pre-existing Public Domain laws are in all probability obsolete regarding this relatively new phenomenon.
(Source) Computer World: http://goo.gl/NfQLK
Add 500px to the list of (now) former iTunes’ applications that Apple has removed due to inappropriate content.
(Source) Digital Trends: http://goo.gl/G6cFi
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. – MLK.
