Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is countersuing Nokia Corporation (NYSE:NOK) over patent infringement. This past October, Nokia Corporation decided to sue Apple over 10 patents. Now Apple is suing Nokia back over 13 patents.
“Other companies must compete with us by inventing their own technologies, not just by stealing ours,” stated Apple General Counsel and SVP Bruce Sewell.
Mozilla Director of Community Development Asa Dotzler was not very happy with the anti-privacy comments that Google CEO Eric Schmidt made. As a result Dotzler suggested that Firefox users switch to Microsoft’s Bing.com and gave instructions regarding how to switch from the default Google search engine.
“I think that the thing that bothers me most about Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s comment is that it makes clear that he simply doesn’t understand privacy,” stated Dotzler. “That a company with so much user data on its servers is led by someone who just doesn’t understand privacy is really scary to me and it should be scary to you as well.”
Dotzler was referring to an interview that Schmidt had on CNBC when he was asked if Google users should trust their search engine as a “trusted friend.” Schmidt responded “If you have something that you don’t want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn’t be doing it in the first place.” Dotzler added that Bing has a better privacy policy than Google too.
What are your thoughts about Dotzler’s statements? Do you think his words are convincing enough to switch your default search? Let us know in the comments.
The Wolfram Alpha iPhone application price has just became more reasonable. Originally the price of the application is $49.99 and now the price is $19.99, just in time for the holidays. However the application cost will go back up to $49.99 on January 1st.
Although the company does not reveal financial details of how well the app is doing, the company said that they are beating expectations.
Nokia is getting ready to launch the Nokia 5235. The Nokia 5235 has unlimited access to the Nokia Music Store catalog. The 5235 has a touchscreen device with 33 hours of music playback and the memory can be expanded to 16GB using microSD. The Nokia Music Store can be accessed from the homescreen. Music for the phone can also be downloaded from the Nokia Ovi Player. The Nokia 5235 has a 3.2″ touchscreen, 2 megapixel camera, and has 18 days of standby time. Other specs include a 3.5mm audio output, Ovi Contacts, Ovi Share, Ovi Maps, GPS, and Ovi apps. The Nokia 5235 will cost €145 ($211).
Michael Arrington, the powerhouse blogger and founder of CrunchPad Inc. is suing Fusion Garage. Fusion Garage is basically the company that he believes screwed him over with the development of a touchscreen tablet. Both Fusion Garage was the manufacturer behind the tablet and the device was supposed to be called CrunchPad, a name that Arrington owns the trademark of. Fusion Garage decided to rename the device JooJoo and sell it for $499. Arrington planned to sell the original CrunchPad for $199.
Arrington has filed a lawsuit against Fusion Garage through a company called Interserve Inc. Interserve is doing business as TechCrunch and CrunchPad Inc. Below is the document of the filed lawsuit.
HarperCollins Publishers has announced that they are delaying their ebook publications. The HarperCollins e-books will start in January or February 2010.
“We’re going to experiment with this. Each new e-book represents a potential new marketing opportunity at a time when we need every possible hook to get consumer attention” stated HarperCollins CEO Brian Murray.
Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) Street View has found some bizarre stuff as they roll around in the Google cars with the 360 degree cameras. This picture is probably the most disturbing I have seen. NY1 anchor Pat Kieman pointed out the Street View picture this morning. Google Street View has removed the picture shortly after. The picture was taken at the corner of 29th Street and Park Avenue in New York City.
The Florida Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee went over a case about whether judges are allowed to accept “social networking” friendship on Facebook. It turns out that it is not acceptable. That means there may be some un-friending of lawyers by judges in Florida in the near future.
Although the debate points out that accepting a friend request these days are the equivalent of exchanging business cards, but that wasn’t a good enough metaphor. BusinessInsider interestingly questioned whether following lawyers on Twitter is similar to friending people. Mull on that, Judicial Board.
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