How Apple is playing hardball with Microsoft

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	Scot Finnie: How Apple is playing hardball with Microsoft Tucked in amongst Apple's several hardware debuts last month was word that the company will stop charging for OS X and iWork. Why is Apple willing to forgo this small revenue stream? How might it affect IT buyers? The move is interesting on several fronts. Read More WHITE PAPER: Salesforce.com 5 Steps to Better Sales Performance: How to Coach Your Team In 5 Steps to Better Sales Performance we reveal the proven methods the best sales managers rely on to close the sales performance gap between average performers and All-Stars. Download now. Read now! In this Issue Still got a first-gen iPad? Don't ditch it yet PrimeSense buy would open 'world of apps and services' for Apple As promised, Apple adds real-time collaboration to iWork for iCloud Retina iPad Mini inventory tracker returns from dead Retailers to slash prices of Apple, Microsoft tablets on Black Friday Once-pilloried Apple Maps gets the last laugh First Look: iPad Mini with Retina display Apple demands $380M, Samsung says $53M as iCourt resumes Apple experts seek to justify $380M damages claim against Samsung Apple's Schiller testifies in case against Samsung Apple, Samsung rest case in multimillion-dollar patent fight Google to pay $17M to states in Apple cookies case Samsung smartphone sales surge, while Apple gets a small boost from iPhone 5S Jonny Evans: Quick look: Using Apple's new iWork for iCloud collaboration tools Jonny Evans: 9 great gifts for iPhone using cyclists Jonny Evans: iOS 7 tips: taking better iPhone photos Jonny Evans: Quick guide: How to improve Siri in iOS 7 Jonny Evans: 3 reasons Apple's Mac Pro is ultimate choice for video pros Richi Jennings: Obama: Unlock or jailbreak hack of iPhone to be ILLEGAL under TPP WHITE PAPER: Exablox Taneja Group Solution Brief: High-End Storage For Everyone Learn what SMB and departmental storage buyers should both require and expect from storage solutions to meet their business goals, and how traditional mid- market storage based on old technologies can fall short. Read now! Still got a first-gen iPad? Don't ditch it yet In the life of every device, there's a moment when you wonder whether it's finally obsolete. If you're wondering that about the original iPad, columnist Michael deAgonia has some advice. Read More PrimeSense buy would open 'world of apps and services' for Apple Apple has moved a step closer to acquiring the Israeli chip design company that provided the motion sensing technology used in Microsoft's first-generation Kinect video game controller. Read More As promised, Apple adds real-time collaboration to iWork for iCloud Apple yesterday updated its online iWork for iCloud productivity apps, adding collaboration tools that let users simultaneously edit documents, spreadsheets and presentations. Read More Retina iPad Mini inventory tracker returns from dead A pair of inventory trackers, including one resurrected after Apple demanded it stop collecting data from its online store website, are helping buyers locate scarce Apple smartphones and tablets. Read More Retailers to slash prices of Apple, Microsoft tablets on Black Friday Several of the largest retailers in the U.S. will sell older-generation Apple and Microsoft tablets at cut-rate prices during their Black Friday sales drives. Read More Once-pilloried Apple Maps gets the last laugh Even after its extraordinary rough start last year, Apple Maps was used by nearly six out of every 10 U.S. iPhone owners during September, according to data recently published by metrics firm comScore. Read More First Look: iPad Mini with Retina display Jason Snell gets his hands on the new iPad Mini with Retina display. Can its small size beat out the iPad Air for a place in his heart and his backpack? After half a day with it, he shares his first impressions. Read More Apple demands $380M, Samsung says $53M as iCourt resumes While the impact of Apple's iPhone is obvious to anyone who follows the tech industry, attorneys Wednesday took a California jury back to the phone's 2007 unveiling to remind them just how important the device was, as Apple and Samsung began arguing over patent infringement damages that could run into hundreds of millions of dollars. Read More Apple experts seek to justify $380M damages claim against Samsung How much value do you put on certain features in the cellphone you buy? Most consumers probably don't assign a dollar value to specific items, but the detailed calculations handset manufacturers make were at the heart of arguments Thursday as Apple and Samsung fight over hundreds of millions of dollars in patent infringement damages in a California court. Read More WHITE PAPER: Verizon Wireless As Data Grows, IT and Business Turn to Cloud Businesses are choosing the cloud to help control IT costs, build and deploy applications quickly, and more easily expand the size and scale of their infrastructures. Despite these benefits, however, moving to the cloud also involves challenges. Learn More Apple's Schiller testifies in case against Samsung Apple's global marketing chief told a California courtroom on Friday that Apple had a tougher time selling the iPhone after Samsung launched its own smartphones with a similar design. Read More Apple, Samsung rest case in multimillion-dollar patent fight Experts hired by Apple and Samsung explained and justified their differing damages claims to a California jury Monday as the latest battle between the two smartphone giants moves closer to a conclusion. Read More Google to pay $17M to states in Apple cookies case Google has reached a $17 million settlement with 37 states and the District of Columbia over its unauthorized placement of cookies on devices running Apple's Safari browser, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said. Read More Samsung smartphone sales surge, while Apple gets a small boost from iPhone 5S Samsung Electronics widened its lead over Apple in worldwide smartphone sales during the third quarter, while China's Lenovo also gained ground thanks to growth in its home market, according to research firm Gartner. Read More Jonny Evans: Quick look: Using Apple's new iWork for iCloud collaboration tools Apple introduced several important improvements to its iWork for iCloud service last night. I've taken a look at the new collaboration, print and document management features -- this is what I found: Read More Jonny Evans: 9 great gifts for iPhone using cyclists Whether you're a twice-a-day commuter or a rufty-tufty mountain biker, you probably carry your smartphone when you ride. With this in mind here's the Appleholic's essential gift selection for the cyclist or bikers in your life. Read More Jonny Evans: iOS 7 tips: taking better iPhone photos iPhones are the most popular cameras in the Flickr community, so here's some tips iPhonographers can use to take better pictures. Read More Jonny Evans: Quick guide: How to improve Siri in iOS 7 We spent the evening trying to get sense out of Siri last night, which kept my girlfriend briefly entertained before she grew frustrated it wouldn't pronounce her name. Here's how to train Siri. Read More Jonny Evans: 3 reasons Apple's Mac Pro is ultimate choice for video pros Apple will set the video industry ablaze when it introduces the Mac Pro in the next few weeks. Here are three reasons why these most discerning PC users will be stoked: Read More Richi Jennings: Obama: Unlock or jailbreak hack of iPhone to be ILLEGAL under TPP White House secretly caves to corporations. The secret Trans-Pacific Partnership treaty (TPP) draft, leaked last week, appears to outlaw jailbreaking, and even carrier-unlocking. So your iPhone or other smartphone needs to stay locked to its carrier and your iPad or other iOS device needs to stay within Apple's family-friendly walled garden of pomaceous monetization. Amazingly, if ratified, this is said to have the force of international law, tying the hands of future constitutional democracies in North America and beyond. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers wonder if the tinfoil-hat-wearing, world-government-fearing oddballs were right all along. Read More
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