by Topher Kessler February 21, 2012 3:22 PM PST Apple's upcoming release of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion will include a number of services from Apple's iOS such as notifications, reminders, notes, and Game Center; however, coupled with this focus on its own ...

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SHANGHAI — A Chinese firm involved in a trademark row with Apple over the iPad name is preparing for talks with the US technology giant, the Chinese firm's lawyer said Tuesday, raising hopes for a settlement. Electronics firm Proview Technology ...

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19 February 2012 Inspections Open at Apple Manufacturers in China TO DOWNLOAD the MP3 of this story, click on the MP3 link in the upper right corner of the page. Double-click any word to find the definition in the Merriam-Webster Learner's Dictionary ...

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Apple lets loose new big cat OS update Updated: 15:23, Sunday February 19, 2012 Computer giant Apple is releasing a preview of its updated Mac operating system called Mountain Lion that will incorporate features found in its mobile devices.

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18 (Bloomberg) -- The Fair Labor Association, a watchdog monitoring working conditions at makers of Apple Inc. products, has uncovered “tons of issues” that need to be addressed at a Foxconn Technology Group plant in Shenzhen, China, ...

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Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook wants to make its Mac more like an iPhone. CEO Tim Cook said the next version of Apple's Macintosh OS, "Mountain Lion," due in late summer, would incorporate features from the software that powers Apple's hit mobile ...

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By Gregg Keizer Computerworld - Shortly after two US Congressmen asked Apple to answer questions about iPhone and iPad apps that snatch users' contact lists without permission, the Cupertino, Calif. company promised it will address the issue with a ...

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Apple Inc. (AAPL) Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook said that the company takes working conditions seriously and that it's pressing suppliers to meet stringent standards or risk losing business. “We believe that every worker has the right to a fair and ...

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By CHARLES DUHIGG and NICK WINGFIELD | February 13, 2012, 7:20 pm Responding to a growing outcry over conditions at its overseas factories, Apple said Monday that an outside organization had begun to audit working conditions at the plants where the ...

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By John Ribeiro, IDG News Apple has asked a federal court in California for an order enjoining Motorola Mobility from suing the company in other courts for patent infringement in connection with its use of chips from Qualcomm in its products.

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To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com BY IAN SHERR AND JESSICA E. VASCELLARO SAN FRANCISCO--Apple Inc. is ...

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By Dan Levine (Reuters) - Apple sued Motorola Mobility in a US court on Friday in an attempt to stop Motorola from asserting some patent claims against Apple in Germany, according to the lawsuit. The suit, filed in a San Diego federal court, ...

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By Christina Bonnington and Beth Carter Sarah Ryan, left, and Shelby Knox, with Change.org arrive at the Apple store at Grand Central to deliver petitions asking Apple to change its manufacturing practices and to address criticism of worker conditions ...

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By JESSICA E. VASCELLARO Apple Inc. is again frustrating legions of application developers by replicating its regime for mobile devices in the world of desktop software. The company will soon enforce tighter controls over software built for Mac ...

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Apple's entrance into China has been occasionally rocky, as recent lawsuits on the iPad's name have emerged. But the company needs to persevere to keep growing, Rolfe Winkler discusses on digits. After weathering a legal challenge in China from Apple ...

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By Nathan Olivarez-Giles Will Apple's rumored iTV challenge Google's YouTube with a built-in video sharing service of its own? It's likely, says Jefferies & Co. analyst Peter Misek, who can be counted as a contributor to the ever-churning Apple rumor ...

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The 18-year-old student from a village outside of the southern megacity of Chongqing is one of more than one million factory workers at a Chinese company that helps manufacture products for Apple Inc.'s lucrative global empire, which raked in a record ...

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But are the numbers truly indicative of an Apple issue, or are they typical of what one might see in the app landscape shortly after a major iOS release? Crittercism's crash survey analyzed more than 214 million different app launches between November ...

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Well, here's more evidence reaffirming that rationale: Back in December, Motorola was granted a preliminary injunction in Germany against Apple (NAS: AAPL) that had the potential to block Cupertino's 3G-enabled devices. The key word was "potential" ...

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Enter Apple, the Great Disruptor, which recently announced with great fanfare that its iBooks 2 and iBooks Author software would “reinvent” textbooks by offering richer, interactive texts at a more affordable price. More importantly, new software tools ...

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By Edward C. Baig Apple's new iBooks software is meant to replace old textbooks with interactive ebooks stored on your iPad. Apple's new iBooks software is meant to replace old textbooks with interactive ebooks stored on your iPad.

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26 (Bloomberg) -- Google Inc., Apple Inc. and five other technology companies must face a lawsuit claiming they violated antitrust laws by entering into agreements not to recruit each other's employees, a federal judge said. US District Judge Lucy H.

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by Brooke Crothers January 30, 2012 8:11 PM PST Follow @mbrookec Will a company like Amazon be Apple's biggest rival in a few years? Canalys' CEO thinks it's possible. Apple is out-shipping traditional PC vendors by a wide margin on the back of strong ...

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A lawsuit filed in federal court in San Jose claims senior executives at Google Inc., Intel Corp., Adobe Systems Inc., Intuit Inc., Lucasfilm Ltd., Pixar and Apple Inc. violated antitrust laws by entering into secret anti-poaching agreements not to ...

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But this week, a federal judge ordered Google, Apple and five other high-tech companies to court over accusations they violated antitrust laws by conspiring not to poach each other's employees. CBS News correspondent Lee Cowan looks at this development ...

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