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Understanding software patents
NFC and Google Wallet. Most people have heard of one, or the other. Some even tried it before. And there are the very few that actually use it in their daily lives. When a person uses Google Wallet to pay for purchases at a McDonald’s or a 7-Eleven, the tapping motion and the payment are [...]
Android Overload: Customizable Motorola X-Phone, Nexus Smartwatch...
Hey there, Phandroids. We had some technical difficulties yesterday and weren’t able to upload your Android Overload video of the week. We are back in the game now, though. Here is your weekly Android Overload roundup, as well as some stories that didn’t make it to our home page. Enjoy! Eric Schmidt uses a BlackBerry [...]
Patent wars: America Invents Act
A long, long time ago, in the world we currently live in, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) was established. For 60 years, it has ruled over the mostly unchanged laws of all patents concerning the United States of America. On March 16, 2013, everything will change (sort of). Remember last year when [...]
Nikon licenses Microsoft patent to use Android on cameras
Microsoft has made quite the reputation for itself in these patent wars. Its most notable claim to infamy in the mobile space has been the ability to strong-arm several Android manufacturers into paying a licensing fee for every device sold. Now, it looks to be getting another piece from the point-and-shoot camera pie. Renown camera [...]
Samsung innovation exec sees patent wars as ‘a loss’ ...
While Apple’s triumph over Samsung in a US court can definitely be classified as a blow for the Android maker, David Eun, executive vice president for Samsung’s Open Innovation Center sees it as “a loss” for the entire mobile industry. Speaking at the D:Dive Into Media conference on Monday night, Eun delved into the precarious [...]
Google Glass Laser Keyboard: will it further fuel patent wars?
At CES 2013, I showed you the crazy eyesight controlled computer that could become a Google Glass partner. Many of you had your doubts, but as we reported yesterday, a recently filed patent by Google illustrates some of the exact functionality we predicted Tobii could bring to Glass. Look at your hand. Dialpad beams onto [...]
Apple and Google join forces to purchase Kodak patents
Apple and Google did what?! That is right, the two greatest smartphone rivals are said to be joining forces to purchase 1,100 of Kodak’s patents. Anonymous sources claim the two companies will spend over $500 million to jointly acquire these patents. Such deal could help ease tension between these enemies, as well as help Kodak [...]
Android Overload: ZTE Apache launching with 8-core processor, Par...
Amazon, once again, accounts for most of its own top-sellers list with Kindle products. [Amazon] Yelp conducting “sting operations” to catch businesses who unfairly solicit positive reviews. [BusinessInsider] Outlook now available in the Play Store. It’s essentially Hotmail with a new icon. [Google Play] Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini launches on US Cellular as the LTE-equipped [...]
Apple wants to add six more significant Samsung devices to patent...
Much can be said about Apple in these ongoing patent wars between itself and the likes of Samsung and HTC, but one thing that’s 100% undeniable is that the bitten fruit company has been ruthless. Apple is going after anything and everything it can from any company that poses to a considerable threat to its [...]
Microsoft Patents… Google Project Glass?
The patent wars never cease to push forward into realms previously thought too ignorant to explore. While tech companies blindly register for thousands of patents ranging from painfully general to weird and obscure, the US Patent and Trademark Office seems to approve said patents at an equally alarming rate. The most recent? A patent filed [...]
HTC and Apple end patent dispute with 10-year licensing deal
In a move that could signal a shift in the so-called smartphone patent wars, HTC and Apple have reached a settlement that shelves current legal disputes in favor of a 10-year licensing deal between the two companies. The exact details were not disclosed, but the agreement comes at a time when HTC desperately needs to [...]
Election Day: Obama or Romney?
Everyone seems to have their opinion on election day topics, namely Obama or Romney in 2012, but it isn’t as often we see tech-focused websites weighing in. But over the last few days, that’s exactly what we’ve seen from some of our favorite online publications. Take PandoDaily for example, whose Farhad Manjoo recently published an [...]
Microsoft bringing Google to court along with Motorola
The patent wars have been fierce and even annoying, to a certain point. Lawsuits are coming left and right, but until now Google has been left out of the court rooms. Even though they are the creators of Android, and sometimes the cause for these lawsuits. Microsoft is taking the next big step, though, and [...]
Motorola wins decision against Microsoft in Germany for at least ...
Motorola hasn’t exactly fared well against Microsoft in Germany in these patent wars, but it has won at least one decision against the Seattle-based company. German courts ruled that Motorola didn’t infringe on a certain Microsoft patent that we are still trying to identify, and Motorola won’t be faced with any injunction woes for the [...]
iPhone 5 vs Android: The Patent Troll Presentation
“This is unlike anything we or anyone else in our industry has made before,“ said Tim Cook regarding the iPhone 5 at Apple’s press conference in California today. That’s a bold statement considering the state of the current patent wars, with Apple filing silly lawsuits for things like making similarly shaped phones and having slide-to-unlock [...]
