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Samsung Has a History of Copying Success

Samsung is notorious for their multi-billion dollar settlement, ordered and then held back by a court after a massive patent war brought on by Apple. The thing is, in the past they’ve copied much more blatantly. It’s a wonder they weren’t sued by any of these companies. Blackberry And The Samsung Blackjack II In the age of the keyboard smartphone, Samsung wanted in. As...

Does Microsoft have the [blank] To Release Office for iOS? Evidence Shows It’s Coming

Microsoft’s reluctance to release their Office suite of tools for Apple’s iOS is born less out of protection for their own platform than you’d think. That was the original reason for Microsoft holding back. They didn’t want to adopt a platform that was quickly making their own obsolete, but they’ve recently shipped many beta, and finished products for Apple’s iOS. The holdup on Office...

Breaking: Amazon Opens Affiliate/Associate Program Up To Connecticut Residents

Good news if you live in the state of Connecticut. The ban that’s been in place on Connecticut Amazon affiliates has finally been lifted, and Amazon is now accepting CT-based associates. Other banned states (Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, North Carolina, or Rhode Island) are still closed to affiliates. So what changed? Amazon hasn’t allowed affiliate from these states, because these states would consider these people...

Apple App Store Nears 50 Billion Downloads…And You Could Win $10,000

Just months after Apple hit the 25 billion app mark, that number has nearly doubled. The countdown to 50 billion downloads has begun, and in about 650,000,000 One person, who downloads the 50 billionth app, will walk away with a $10,000 itunes giftcard.   A Twist in prizes: The prizes for each milestone have changed dramatically. At the original 1 billion app mark, which...

Exclusive: Apple Reveals New Products Coming By June

In this week’s earnings call on Q2 of 2013, Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer explained his prediction of decreased margins by “a different product mix” in June, confirming multiple changes to Apple’s existing line of hardware. Other hints were dropped by Apple’s CEO Tim Cook on the call, who mentioned “new hardware and software services”, “exciting new product categories”- maybe Television, and a lot more...