Monday, May 19, 2014




Apple: The best "total yield" in America?






Think local, act global





Apple is beating Google & Samsung into settlements.

Google-sung are losing almost every single case in higher courts around the world (see below).




Apple and Samsung are talking settlement, reports Korea Times







Judge rejects Samsung bid to dismiss Rockstar patent suit








Japanese court rules Samsung abused FRAND patents against Apple



Outside of the U.S., E.U. and Japan, Samsung has been successfully backed by one country's antitrust authority in its practice of leveraging SEPs against competitors: the South Korea Fair Trade Commission, which issued a ruling in February that protected Samsung from a complaint filed by Apple.





Apple bought one, innovated around the other

Apple paid an unknown sum in 2001 to SoundJam, whose authors now work at Apple running iTunes development.

Apple settled patents with Creative for $100 M after releasing the iPod

The last time Apple felt itself falling behind in a key market ...







Remember what I said about making a deal with Jimmy Iovine?  

Count your fingers?

First, not only did Beats not develop their own headphones, Monster did Beat By Dre: The Exclusive Inside Story of How Monster Lost the World, but check out this guy's story.

Apple will make Beats resolve all these claims before making the deal.

Former Executive Sues for Stake in Beats Electronics, Object of Apple's Desire

David Hyman, the founder of Mog, a subscription music service that Beats bought in 2012 and turned into its own app, Beats Music, filed a $20 million suit against Beats this week, saying that he was cheated out of stock in the company because he was fired unfairly, before his shares could vest.






Behind the scenes, a frontman awaits a payday


will.i.am is a founding shareholder in Beats Electronics, the creators of Beats by Dre™ headphones.   Leveraging his experience in the consumer electronics industry, will.i.am hosted the world premiere introduction of his i.am+ foto.sosho camera accessory for iPhone4/4s and iPhone 5 in London in November, 2012.  Fusing the worlds of fashion, photography and mobile lifestyle, the i.am+ foto.sosho camera accessory line debuted in December, 2012 at retail, available exclusively at Selfridges & Co. department store in the UK.




Apple strikes a new chord in the future of music






Apple is making big moves with the automakers, so owning the keys to the music kingdom are important

It makes paying $3.2 B for Beats seem a little less offensive. 

Pioneer demos aftermarket Apple CarPlay units set to become available in 'a few weeks'






Apple meets Mercedes in new infotainment system





13th anniversary of first Apple Store: risky gamble to most profitable retail space in the world





The reinvention of Apple






Hmmmm?

Why not just make the deal with Comcast, who own hulu.

An Apple Acquisition That Could Squash Netflix





Apple is going to push the iPhone as a replacement for SLR and DV cameras!

They should sell this gear in the Apple Stores.

Behind the scenes of Bentley's iPhone-filmed, iPad Air-edited ad






Google buys developer of featured iPhone app 'Word Lens'


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