by Amy Gillentine Published: April 13,2012
Tags: Apple, Attorney General, Colorado, John Suthers, publishers
The Colorado attorney general, John Suthers, has joined a multi-state lawsuit against publishers and Apple on suspicion that they engaged in price fixing and other anti-competitive practices in the market for electronic books. [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 11,2012
Tags: Apple, electronic books, lawsuit, United States
The U.S. government has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple Inc. and book publishers. It said Wednesday that the publishers conspired with Apple to raise retail electronic-book prices to limit competition. The government also filed papers saying it has reached a settlement with publishers Hachette, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster. It says it will proceed [...] [...]
Apple iPad sales are expected to exceed 100 million this year and eclipse desktop computer sales within a few years. Analysts believe when Apple debuts its sharp, new, lightning-fast tablet this week, consumers will turn out in droves to purchase them, pushing sales to the milestone. The tablet was introduced in April 2010, and this [...] [...]
by Rob Larimer Published: February 9,2012
Tags: Apple, Sam's club
Apple is in talks with Wal-Mart Stores about adding retail stores inside Sam’s Club discount warehouses. The news was reported in 9to5 Mac, a magazine for Apple enthusiasts. The move would expand an existing partnership between the two retailers. Sam’s Club already sells Apple’s iPhone, iPad, and iPod. The move would also expand Apple’s reach [...] [...]
Apple Inc. on Thursday launched its attempt to make the iPad a replacement for a satchel full of textbooks by starting to sell electronic versions of a handful of standard high-school books. The electronic textbooks, which include “Biology” and “Environmental Science” from Pearson and “Algebra 1″ and “Chemistry” from McGraw-Hill, contain videos and other interactive [...] [...]
Apple Inc. unveiled a new iPhone on Tuesday that is faster and more powerful but stops short of a more radical upgrade. It said Sprint customers will now be able to use one. The new iPhone 4S has an improved camera with a higher-resolution sensor. The processor is faster, which helps run smoother, more realistic [...] [...]
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on Wednesday showed off the Kindle Fire, a $199 tablet computer , challenging Apple’s iPad by extending its Kindle brand into the world of full-color, multipurpose devices. Bezos also took the opportunity to show off a new line of Kindle e-readers with black-and-white screens and lower prices, further pressuring competitors like [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 25,2011
Tags: Apple, Steve Jobs
Apple fans: Company is more than Steve Jobs Apple fans and would-be customers seemed to agree that while Steve Jobs’ charisma and innovative genius is one-of-a-kind, the company he built will survive without him. After he resigned as CEO of the iconic gadget maker, Jobs was not the topic of conversation. On the display computers [...] [...]
A jury in Texas has ordered Apple to pay $625.5 million for violating patents owned by a firm founded by a computer science professor. Apple Inc. is challenging Friday’s verdict from the federal court in Tyler, Texas, saying the court has not yet looked at some of its counterclaims. If upheld, the verdict would be [...] [...]
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) – The once-cuddly relationship between Google Inc. and Apple Inc. is morphing into a prickly power struggle as the ambitions and ideas of the technology trendsetters increasingly collide. The growing use of high-powered phones for Web surfing has become a flash point in the brewing battle because both Google and Apple [...] [...]
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