Steve Jobs retires as CEO of Apple

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The name says it all. More to come. Now a letter from Steve Jobs himself:

Apple Board of Directors and the Apple community:

I've always said if ever came the day when I can no longer meet my responsibilities and expectations, Apple's CEO, I'd be the first to let you know. Unfortunately that day has come.

I hereby resign as Apple CEO. I would like to serve at the discretion of the Council, as Chairman of the Board, Director and Apple employee.

With regard to my successor, I strongly recommend that we carry out our plan of continuity and the name of Tim Cook, Apple'S CEO.

I think Apple's brightest and most innovative days are ahead of him. And I look forward to watching and contributions to his success in the new role.

I did some of my best friends lives in Apple and I thank you all for many years the opportunity to work together with you.

Steve

Update: Apple confirmed that Apple COO Tim Cook will replace jobs as Director, the seats. In view of the fact that Cook filled in for jobs during his medical leaves (including the fact that it was in this year), it's widely expected if and when the time came for jobs to resign.

Also in accordance with the request of jobs was elected Chairman of the Board and will remain with the company in this capacity. Cook will join the Board.

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Apple's Steve Jobs resigned from the post of Director-General and Apple just announced that COO Tim Cook took over as Director.

As COO Cook will be responsible for all the company's worldwide sales and operations, including the Office until the end of Apple's supply chain, commercial activities and services and support in all markets and countries. He also headed the Department of the Apple Macintosh, and plays a key role in the further development of a strategic facilitator and relations with suppliers, providing flexibility in response to an increasingly demanding market.

Prior to joining Apple, Cook was Vice President of corporate materials for Compaq and is responsible for procurement and management of all Compaq inventoried products. Prior to his work on Compaq Cook was chief operating officer of the Division reseller in intellectual electronics. Cook also spent 12 years with IBM, most recently the Director of North America, where he led the production and distribution functions for the IBM personal computer company in North and Latin America.

Jobs will be Chairman of the Board of Apple and Cook would take the post of Director-General on board. Jobs actually submitted his resignation to the Board today, and "strongly recommended" that the name of Tim Cook as Director.

In January takes places an indefinite medical leave from the company and while he remained as CEO, Cook took the day-to-day operations for Apple.

Jobs previous medical history includes cancer of the pancreas and liver transplant. In 2004, the work contract, pancreatic cancer, which he won. Then jobs underwent a liver transplant in 2009, and made a full recovery. Then during the absence of jobs in the 2009 year, COO Tim Cook took over Apple's day-to-day activities.

Check out my colleague mg Siegler analysis since January: a few thoughts on Apple's 2011 year, stock, Tim Cook and the future

The full release is below:

Apple's Board of Directors today announced that Steve Jobs resigned as CEO and the Board named Tim Cook, Apple's former chief operating officer, as new CEO of the company. Jobs was elected Chairman of the Board and of the Council, will join Cook immediately.

"Steve extraordinary vision and leadership saved Apple and in keeping with its position as the world's most innovative and valuable technology company," said Art Levinson, Chairman of Genentech, on behalf of the Board of Apple. "Steve has made countless contributions to the success of the company Apple, and he drew and inspired by Apple's extremely creative professionals and Executive Group world class. In his new role as Chairman of the Board, Steve will continue to serve as Apple with its unique ideas, creativity and inspiration. "

"The Council has full confidence that Tim is the man to be our next Director-General," added Levinson. "Tim 13 years of service, Apple highlighted outstanding results, and he showed remarkable talent and sound solutions in everything he does.

Jobs, submitted his resignation to the Board today and urged the Commission to carry out its plan for the continuity and the name of Tim Cook as Director.

COO Cook, formerly in charge of all the company's worldwide sales and operations, including the Office until the end of Apple's supply chain, sales and service and support in all markets and countries. He also headed the Department of the Apple Macintosh, and plays a key role in the further development of a strategic facilitator and relations with suppliers, providing flexibility in response to an increasingly demanding market.

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Apple releases iOS 5 Beta 6 for developers

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It's that time again! Right on schedule (the "schedule" means "approximately 2 weeks since the last"), Apple has just released the sixth beta build iOS 5 for developers.

You know what that means: developers get to upgrade (remember: OTA update work now!) Non developer to developer pretends to be (just don't be a jerk and go to applications). And all the rest? Will be happy to know that iOS 5 is one big ol' step closer to gold current and hitting your phone.

Now with regard to what's new in this build ...

Although most just crackin' in beta 6 right this second, we are not hearing a lot of new stuff here — it's basically an itty bitty slick Polish and bug fixes at the moment. Which, of course, it makes sense: Apple supposedly was in the beta phase here, so that less about adding new material and more about how to make sure everything is working as expected.

In view of the above, we will update you if we hear anything new and noteworthy lurking around in this version.

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Apple Sneaks big changes in iOS 5: progressive from the developer access to UDID

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Apple makes a lot of big changes to its mobile operating system with iOS 5, dribbling in beta to developers ahead of general release later this year. But there is one big change, some developers are just starting to take notice of that Apple is not to say that much. In iOS documentation last updated 5 (which is only available to registered Apple developers, but a copy was sent to me), Apple said that it would gradually abolish access to unique identifier or device UDID, iOS devices such as iPhones and iPads.

This is a big deal, especially for mobile advertising networks, gaming network or any app that relies on the UDID to identify users. Many applications and mobile ad networks, for example, the use of hash version or UDID to follow their users and what measures they have adopted. App publishers must now create their own unique identifiers to track users, go ahead, which means that they have to throw all their historical user data out of the window and start from scratch.

Here is the language from the Apple Developer documentation:

It is not recommended in iOS 5.0

uniqueIdentifier
Alphanumeric string that is unique for each device based on different hardware details. (read only) (Deprecated in iOS 5.0 instead, create a unique identifier for the application.)

Changes may be in response to the issues of confidentiality, or as a way to warn them. Mobile ad networks, for example, use the UDID of targeted ads. It is not clear whether Apple itself will stop relying on the UDID as a unique identifier for IADS, Playcenter or other services. "I guarantee that Apple will not renounce the use of UDID," predicts one mobile industry CEO. If Apple to continue to use the UDID for himself but denies it to developers who would be "extremely one-sided change." This would give the game Center and IADS has another advantage over competing services of third parties.

If you are a developer of the iPhone, please weigh in with your comments below. How much trouble would cause this change, or is it just a minor annoyance?

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HP to Apple: you win.

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As I write this, I’m sitting in a cafe. Around me, there are five people on laptops — four of them are MacBooks. Four other people are using tablets — all four are iPads. Welcome to the Post-PC world.

That phrase was one of the first things that jumped to my mind today when I heard the news that HP was not only killing off their TouchPad and Pre webOS-based products, but also trying to spin-off their PC business. The largest PC business in the world, mind you.

And HP’s statements during their earnings call today only further reaffirmed the idea of the Post-PC world.

“Consumers are changing the use of their PC,” HP CEO Leo Apotheker said. “The tablet effect is real and sales of the TouchPad are not meeting our expectations. The velocity of change in the personal device marketplace continues to increase as the competitive landscape is growing increasingly more complex especially around the personal computing arena,” he continued. He then repeated, “the tablet effect is real”.

But wait, then why is he exiting the tablet space after only a matter of weeks? Because when Apotheker says “the tablet effect”, he really means “the iPad effect”.

Put another way, “Apple, you win.”

And not just in the tablet space. Again, the largest PC-maker in the world is exiting the space. Think about how crazy that is for a second. It sounds like a completely irrational panic move. But maybe it’s not.

After all, while HP may be the worldwide leader in PC sales with massive revenues, their actual profit from those sales has already been far surpassed by Apple. Further, while overall PC growth continues to contract, Apple’s Mac sales continue to grow and have outpaced the rest of the PC industry for 21 consecutive quarters. That’s over five consecutive years. That’s certainly another way to interpret ”Post-PC world”.

The writing is on the wall. HP is perhaps reading it a bit early, but they may well be reading it clearly.

Let’s look back at what Steve Jobs said last March when unveiling the iPad 2:

I’ve said this before, but thought it was worth repeating: It’s in Apple’s DNA that technology alone is not enough. That it’s technology married with liberal arts, married with the humanities, that yields us the result that makes our hearts sing.

And nowhere is that more true than in these post-PC devices.

And a lot of folks in this tablet market are rushing in and they’re looking at this as the next PC. The hardware and the software are done by different companies. And they’re talking about speeds and feeds just like they did with PCs.

And our experience and every bone in our body says that that is not the right approach to this. That these are post-PC devices that need to be even easier to use than a PC. That need to be even more intuitive than a PC. And where the software and the hardware and the applications need to intertwine in an even more seamless way than they do on a PC.

And we think we’re on the right track with this. We think we have the right architecture not just in silicon, but in the organization to build these kinds of products.

And so I think we stand a pretty good chance of being pretty competitive in this market. And I hope that what you’ve seen today gives you a good feel for that.

What’s perhaps most noteworthy about HP’s move today is that they, more so than any other company attacking the tablet space, seemed to have a grasp of what Jobs was talking about — undoubtedly thanks to Jon Rubinstein, the longtime Apple general leading webOS. The Post-PC device is about the combination of hardware and software all built and integrated by one company. Google doesn’t get that. RIM can’t execute. But with the Palm/webOS purchase, it seemed that HP had both the vision and resources to possibly compete with Apple.

In fact, a year ago, that’s exactly what we had heard the plan was. The subsequent talk about webOS integration across their entire product line as well as the unveiling of the TouchPad and a new Pre seemed to reaffirm this. But something funny happened on the way to the battle with Apple. Amid scandal, then-HP CEO Mark Hurd was forced to resign.

This happened just three months after HP acquired Palm for $1.2 billion. At the time of the deal, HP told us very clearly: “our intent is to double down on webOS“. Again, while they wouldn’t explicitly admit it at the time, the plan was to compete with Apple.

But with Hurd out, HP turned to Apotheker, the man who previously ran SAP. He had been with the enterprise company for 20 years. This whole “HP as Apple” plan must have sounded like Latin to him.

Since the wheels of this plan were already in motion when he came on board, Apotheker stuck to it. But while he watched for any sign of shakiness, he scooped up some data companies like Vertica. It was probably clear to those inside HP what was going on. Last month, Rubinstein switched roles, to be an executive at HP instead of the guy in charge of webOS.

When the TouchPad launched, and subsequently floundered out of the gate, Apotheker had what he needed. He landed Autonomy and it was set. HP wasn’t going to be the next Apple. They were going to be the next IBM.

Not IBM, the PC juggernaut, mind you — IBM the company that cut loose the PC hardware division and focused on data and enterprise. That’s what so jarring about today’s news: HP just did a full stop and then a 180 before our very eyes. Apple and IBM both resurrected themselves in recent years, but each did it in opposite ways. The Apple plan didn’t work for HP, Apotheker decided. He now clearly believes the IBM plan will.

During today’s earnings call, Apotheker also cited the threat their “business critical services” were facing from Oracle. That’s interesting since Hurd landed at Oracle as a co-President. The two companies hate one another. In choosing the IBM resurrection model over the Apple one, Apotheker has also better aligned his company for a full-on battle with Oracle.

So where does all of this leave webOS? The TouchPad is dead. The Pre sleeps with the fishes. HP seems to be open to all options including licensing out webOS for others to use. But the simplest solution will probably end up being the one they go with: a sale of webOS to some other entity that can actually use it. HP VP Richard Kerris made this option pretty clear in a tweet today.

HTC? Samsung? Facebook? Google?! One thing to consider: Jon Rubinstein sits on Amazon’s board…

Something else to consider: when HP bought Palm for $1.2 billion last year, the world was a different place. These days, companies are paying $4.5 billion for a group of patents. Google is paying $12.5 billion for Motorola, a large portion is which is also for patents. Along with Palm and webOS, HP got Palm’s 1,500+ patents last year, as they emphasized to us at the time of the sale.

If those patents are as important in the mobile space as some believe, they alone could be worth more than the $1.2 billion Palm sale price now. If HP can flip those for north of that price, the whole acquisition won’t look like nearly as much of a disaster as it does right now.

But the big picture item of today remains what HP is no longer doing: making Post-PC devices and even PCs themselves. In less than the span of a year, the biggest PC maker in the world realized not only that they couldn’t be Apple, but that they couldn’t even compete with Apple. And they admitted it. It was a first-round T.K.O.

The question is: does this make HP look foolish, cowardly, or smart? The answer today may be different from the one tomorrow.

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Apple, it's time for a block of iOS 5 Beta users from the revision of the annexes

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Yes, each new ad iOS – very ... bittersweet. We love it, because it means new APIs for us to develop fixes for the things we were around, and, ideally, more people buy the platform we are building for. But then we months get spend slammed bad reviews, all written by people who just don't understand: before the release goes gold, beta specific errors are is not our fault. "— the developer, who asked not to be named.

Last night, our sister site TUAW (this is still a kind of strange to write that) posted by PSA. The message was simple: If you're not a developer, but you ignored warning signs and ' its way into provisional iOS 5 Beta, you need to stop. Why? Because people crushing developers with horribly unfair feedback, sinking their oh so important rankings of errors they couldn't possibly have prepared for.

The overall message was fair enough, but their proposed solution is to tell developers not Disabling download iOS 5 — can never work. But there is a solution (quite simple, actually), which would be: just don't let the people running things review of beta versions of iOS.

You see, not to tell people to download IOS 5 Beta, as the world's most delicious cookies in a jar labeled "AWESOME people only, and then tell your child they can have one if they promise that they indeed are an awesome person. Everyone wanted to put on their awesome shirts and their awesome hat, walking to the Bank handles with the hand extended. And why not? Nobody really checks just how awesome the self-proclaimed awesome people — plus, the definition of "awesome" (read: the definition of "Developer") it is somewhat loose.

It's just the way it works: we as a population, rather self-entitled. When something new becomes available for a small group and other outside this group are aware of it, they will try to find a way to get it (in this case, it usually means buying a developer from someone selling their extra space for profit that.) Apple could theoretically kill this gray market fully open access a beta version of iOS for those who are willing to jump through some hoops and cancel some rights — but this is a post for another day.

It seems there are at least two ways to fix this, one is a bit easier than others:

1) Block people running iOS 5 from consideration any applications they've downloaded on iOS 5 (difficult route): Apple knows what applications you have downloaded — if they didn't, they could not show you the history of all purchases (like they do in later builds of the App Store). Why not discover what users version working, when booting, the store is a bit of information in the database, and then block them to consider the application to the new OS has officially launched for all?

They account for applications that were installed with sync has backups — but while it is not trivial, it seems that this is possible. Apple already detects installed applications for other reasons (for example, replace the "Download" button is grayed out and read "installed")

2) Simply block any iOS 5 from the revision of the annex (easier): just as above, but after the discovery of an iTunes account be running iOS Beta 5 this account temporarily blocked all together, review the application whether the applications were loaded to iOS 5 or not.

This route is a bit clunkier, but it's also a bit simpler to implement and easier on the servers of apples, as it does not require additional call a database for each user for each application. It is also slightly less complicated in terms of privacy, because there are fewer message back to the mothership.

Sound harsh? This is possible. But it comes with the territory: the pre beta not intended for daily use (even for developers, Apple recommends that only the beta version on devices dedicated to testing.) If you are not a developer and would like to tinker, hell, I wouldn't try to stop you: you just have to hold your rants, until it would be wise to do otherwise.

Probably there will be some libel open outcry that Apple somehow blocking freedom of expression — which, of course, is not really here. These reviewers beta hungry jumping on their soap box without any understanding of why things don't work and maliciously affect survival of developers — many of which, like most of us are just some dudes looking to ditch the cubicle and do something cool for life.

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German court suspends Messier for Apple ban tab-Samsung

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Hope you got some popcorn and a book of German law at the ready because this back and forth between Apple and Samsung just gets better and better. Today, the preliminary injunction, banning sales of Samsung's Galaxy in tab 10.1 EU was partially lifted. Now before you go to the same conclusions as I did, let me say that this suspension has nothing to do with false evidence, discovered yesterday in Apple's complaint. At least it's not the reason for the Düsseldorf Regional Court to lift.

Instead, the representative of the Court stated that the issues of whether the German court has the right to prohibit the company based in South Korea from the sale of its products throughout the European Union, reported the Wall Street Journal. Suspension of the ban is only valid until 25 August appeal hearing in the course of which Samsung will present its argument to reverse the original decision. Unfortunately, things did not change much for German clients-ban continues in Germany. In the rest of Europe will be able to capture the GalTab, until he comes through the Korean parent company, but Samsung Germany group would still be prohibited from selling the device throughout the EU.

According to the FOSS patents patent infringement cases must be handled by each European country, whereas intellectual property rights and trademarks, may be issued by the European Union. These IP rights may then be applied in its entirety to the EU, as in the case of Apple. Apple's original complaint was based on their own rights, intellectual property 003781832 of the design community, which you can find after the break.

The German judicial system are usually more meat aside from the copyright owner than the alleged perpetrator, so Apple already knew that it was a very good chance to win this prohibition. Because his complaint was based on the IP rights granted to EU Agency (not a patent issued by the national patent office), Apple also knew that the ban be achieved outside Germany for the entire EU. In fact, the company only excluded the Netherlands because he was even more extensive case there to submit in mid-September.

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Apple will sell IMAC sub $ 1000 for education

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Apple and education always went hand in hand, from the first Apple IIs gracing the libraries across the country in countless aging machines currently in schools around the world. Now however, a new version of the iMac (not shown here) may allow schools to upgrade on the cheap.

9to5 advises that iMac sub $ 1000 will be released on or around August 16 with a slower and less RAM. Machine will not compete with the "real" entry-level iMac, for a price of $ 1200 and instead primarily to training clients.

9to5 writes that the machine will be a:

3.1 Ghz dual-core 3.06 GHz (rounded), 2 GB of DDR3 RAM, 250 GB of disk storage space and graphics processor AMD Radeon HD 6750M with 256 MB of memory allocated.

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CableKeeps keep your Jumbled mass of Chargers Apple nice and tidy

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I think we can all agree that one of the worst parts about buying a new gadget is the fact that this is just one more thing we have to charge more than one electrical socket that we must release and one more charger pace with a new Kickstarter project, however, is designed to help you cope with that. From the start under the name Nice I am proud to introduce you to CableKeeps.

CableKeeps are little molded rubber Santoprene pockets that hold your different Chargers Apple in a compact, orderly manner. So far, Nice came up with three different models. "Goldie," for the iPod and iPhone charger is able to prop up your iPod or iPhone as a little kickstand, suspended on the wall. Depending on where your electrical outlets may be pretty cheap way to watch the movie while your iPhone/iPod. Just a thought.

Then we have "Nibbles", which is intended to be a little more iPad USB power adapter. Unfortunately, Nibbles has the same functionality kickstand that Goldie, but it's still here a little color to your shots. And finally to our European friends with wacky, tri destinations electrical outlets, Nice offers "Breath."

What is cool — and made a video that all CableKeeps are made right here in the United States seems really Nice genuine on the conservation of eco-friendly stuff, and we are all in order, but it won't make a difference if funding does not pick up. The project is $ 6580 this time but should reach $ 35000 to 8 September.

Pledge $ 18 or more you will get a special edition of the CableKeep of your choice, while $ 28 + help you two different CableKeeps and $ 40 + points, you have all three models. If you are outside the States, nice requests to add the extra $ 10 on your deposit for the cost of transportation.

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Fake Apple Store currently store "smart"

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MICGadget has several action shots of Kunming "Apple" store that caused so much Internet ire and fun a few weeks ago. Although the insides are the same, you will notice a big difference: apple's still there, but the text was replaced by nail salonesque sign dubbing in shop "Shop Smart". They still sell products Apple, but now they're smarter.

As we remember, the store owner Kunming before official dealer until he began to respond to fluctuations in the market and sell stuff at a premium. He now sells grey market novelties as its license was pulled. However, the store is still open for business needs and can supply all Kunming at Apple.

I wonder if it's shipping its equipment using the same creative techniques used by its competitors. iPads shipment by air jetpack, perhaps?

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Apple patents hint at the compound gestures, bed, OS X

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Create the user interface for touch isn't an easy thing to do. At least it's not easy to do so. A large number and variety of possible gestures when four fingers and a thumb control pad hit well may cause paralysis of development and design. However, the gestures we see implemented often seems so simple and intuitive that once we do it once, we wonder how anyone coming up with it.

Apple's early success with a simple and intuitive gestures on iPhone actually worked against him in some ways, like adding gestures over complicates known accessibility in the user interface. On the other hand, this has prevented them from providing richer gestures like drawing shapes, creating spontaneous UI elements, and so on. But I doubt they ever stopped, looking into it. Some recently published patent applications, whereas questionable how patentable ideas go, chock-full of interesting ideas and promising new UI concepts.

Patent 20110197153 was found IP analyzers clearly Apple. Patent, filed in February 2011, covers a number of compound gestures which gesture is to create or call a specific UI element, and then the second action, using this element is enabled.

For example, "digging a hole". In this case, will use or "scratch" screen multiple times to create a "hole", which you can then drag and drop files, delete, hide, or what have you. The hole is expected to be complete, or second gesture can be used for this.

Another example: the opening of the portal, the trap door or window, draw a rectangle. This is a similar concept of drag and drop, but the gesture and the picture will be different, he could serve a different purpose: to create a folder or file, or add an attachment by e-mail.

More active involvement of the gesture, as described in the second patent application (20110193788) the user has to draw a circle or blob around a set of files that can then be enclosed in a bubble. The device can then be physically tipped and processed data "is poured in a second device.

I know what you think. How Apple can patent gestures that were used in games, applications, and other user interfaces (using the mouse, for example), in similar fashion, years? I should imagine that somewhere in the hundreds of thousands of games, there are for iOS, there is one where you have to dig a hole, scratches on the screen. If not at the iOS, then to 3DS, the platform is saturated with interesting user interfaces based on touch. And we even had a demo data "Lily" from one device to another to Disrupt in New York.

To be honest, I really don't know. Patent really approve "digging a hole and then dragging an item over to handle", as well as other, and it does not limit it to anything like the File Manager view or application icons. Apple seems to want to patent for digging the virtual holes and putting things in them.

There are examples of these user interface elements, returning a long time, and even with the authorization of the patent system that we have in place, I can't imagine Apple would be quite different, simply because this will be done on the touchpad. Drawing x to delete it? It is even possible that they can afford that fly? I certainly hope not.

Patent concerns aside, gestures very interesting from a user perspective. I had always favoured the rich touch interaction in tablets and were disappointed by the refusal of the creators of the tablet to things that are possible only through the touch interface. Games have made a much better job of exploring the possibilities than OS developers. It's nice to see someone goes beyond clicking and dragging. Given Apple's focus on the trackpad or touchscreen, it's always been a good bet that they will be among the first to integrate rich gestures, even if they are not even close to a first to create them.

Interestingly, the patent application uses very OS X-esque image in his tablet illustration. This should not mean anything; Patent author can just felt an explanation better served with more traditional desktop interface. But there is more than that. Control files, transferring them to the nearby devices, hiding, and deleting files and windows – this is not the things you do on Apple tablets. They're things you do in OS X.

Portal? Send window on another computer, on another "end of" tablet, perhaps where iOS lives? "Trap door"-this is a great metaphor for transfer things between two separate areas. Or is it to save things later as reading list in Safari?

How about X-ing items? Space for this in many places on the iOS-remove listed items, swiping, icons and Long pressing and raising their little boxes x. How would you do x without swiping over at another screen? Quick Flick is interpreted as directional wipes, stroke to the canvas touch. The gesture x requires one of the desktop screen, where there's dead space has not interacted with the same can be said about the "pinch" gesture, which requires a negative space on all sides of an element. There is very little space on iOS — but covered with desktop OS X.

Share files from one device to another near? Sounds familiar-oh right, it is a function of marquee lion. Creating a bubble on the device unlocked is tacit approval to transfer files, without going into any menu or by selecting network. Bubble up some files to another device, the device pair, and when you pour, it passes.

This table concept, iOS concepts. Or both? Lion to iOS interface elements like OS X, and half the population of the world thought we would be convertible, touchscreen MacBooks right now. No — Apple brings OS X tablet, although not entirely, of course. But I can imagine a second "face" for the iPad, for file management and sharing with the more familiar desktop metaphor, updated with gestures of this nature. Apple seems to be something along these lines, and there is still a good chance this patent is more than "just to be safe," a collection of interesting ideas that actually are not, you have to admit that it is compelling to think about how they can be used if they were actually executed.

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Google rips Microsoft, Apple, Oracle, for "Bogus patents and heavy" Suffocate "Android

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In the past I have been critical of Google is trying to dance around directly calling out their competitors who are trying to actively screw them. Today, they no longer dance.

In the post, just put on the main Google blog Google SVP and Chief Legal Officer David Drummond takes shot after shot at Google's competitors. The name he calls Microsoft, Apple and Oracle. What is it all about? What else? Patents.

"I have worked in the tech sector for over two decades. Microsoft and Apple were always at each other's throats, so that when they get in bed together, you have to start wondering what's going on, "is the way Drummond kicks off my post. He goes on to lay out what he believes is "hostile, an organized campaign against Android by Microsoft, Oracle, Apple and other companies, through fictitious patents."

He talks about not only the latest Nortel patent auction (which Google was lost during the Group's competitors, including Apple and Microsoft won) but Novell patent sale (which was also bought by the group, including Microsoft and Apple), Microsoft's insistance that Android OEM pay them $ 15 licenses for each device and Sue Barnes Noble &, HTCMotorola and Samsung. Patents were designed to encourage innovation, but lately they are being used as weapons, to stop it, "Drummond wrote.

While Drummond, said that their rival "anti-competitive strategy is driving up the price of patents on the market to insane levels, he believes the law will eventually prevail and this patent bubble will pop.

In this case, we thought it was important to speak out and make it clear that we are all determined to keep Android as competitive consumer choice, stopping anyone who tries to strangle him, "he notes, said that the Ministry of Justice is currently examining if Apple and Microsoft's acquisition of Nortel patents anti-competitive means.

"We also look at other ways to reduce anti-competitive threats against Android by strengthening our own patent portfolio. If we act, consumers may encounter cost increases for Android devices – and less options for their next phone, "is how to end this post.

Features. Their fighting words.

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Samsung believes InterDigital patent Trove together with Apple, Google

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Last we heard, that Google, which was eyeing from InterDigital in 8800 strong patent hoard.

Now Google is still in the structure, along with Apple, but according to people familiar with the matter, Samsung also entered into negotiations with InterDigital. South Korea-based company has expressed interest in possibly placing a bet on this stone patent portfolio, reports Bloomberg.

I'm not quite sure how to put this in perspective, but if you're not caught up with all patent fights and Nortel saga, it is necessary, I stress how important this is. InterDigital patent portfolio eats Nortel for breakfast. In fact many believe that Google just porazbirat'sâ around with Nortel drive up the price for their competitors while waiting in the wings for something bigger and better.

Well here it is. Arrived more and better, but there's just so happens to be a little competition, heating for this patent treasure. Mainly associated with the transmission of information on mobile PCs, InterDigital patent portfolio basically in a gold mine in the eyes of those phone makers. And we know that selling is most definitely on its way as InterDigital recently hired several bankers for transaction processing.

If Samsung wants to move ahead with the bidding process can take some or all of the portfolio from Google and Apple. This will be a huge boost company of South Korea, which is currently entangled in massive patent war with Apple. InterDigital's patents cover inventions used in devices like the iPhone, Google's Android OS and even RIM BlackBerry. Draw up the rights to this technology has the potential to swing the whole proceedings in Samsung's favor.

However, if Apple snags portfolio, Samsung is in a very risky situation. Although not released game-changing legal regulations, this claim has reached critical mass, with both companies, is trying to ban the importation of other goods. InterDigital portfolio most definitely affected by this case, though, in which the benefit has yet to be determined.

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