On Sunday, South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission on Sunday ordered both Google and Apple to make changes to their Android and iOS app store policies, to make after-purchase refunding more friendly to consumers.
Under the new terms, Google will need to establish a refund system based on developers’ individual policies, while Apple must send out notifications to App Store users every time the company updates its contract terms and conditions.
Everyone knows that the Apple vs. Samsung patent war has been raging for what seems like forever, but would you be any the wiser to hear that Samsung is invoking “Alice” to try and beat two Apple patents?
The patents in question are Apple’s “slide-to-unlock” patent, which describes swiping your smartphone’s home screen to unlock it — and “universal search,” which refers to a universal interface for retrieving information in a computer system.
In May, a jury found Samsung to be guilty of infringing on the first patent, but let it off the hook for the second.
But while Apple was only awarded an underwhelming $119.6 million (compared to the $1 billion it was awarded from Samsung in 2012) Samsung lawyers think they’ve come up with a way to invalidate the whole lawsuit: by taking advantage of a recent legal precedent called Alice v. CLS Bank.
Many Community fans were upset at the news back in May that the popular sitcom was being taken off the air.
Well, Yahoo has come to the rescue, announcing that it is picking up the show for a sixth season to be screened on little-known video streaming site Yahoo Screen.
Like warring divorcees who are trying to make it work “for the kids” Apple and Samsung are reportedly attempting to find “common ground” that will let them end their ongoing legal battles.
The report comes from the Korea Times, which cites sources “familiar with the negotiations.” According to the newspaper, both sides are trying to be “more practical” about finding a solution, since Apple would ideally like to continue using Samsung as one of its main parts suppliers — possibly for the long-awaited iWatch.
Better late than never! Two years after it launched on iOS, Nike has finally gotten around to releasing an Android version of the Nike+ FuelBand app, making Nike wrist-based fitness tracker and activity monitor available to those without an iPhone.
The app functions with the company’s FuelBand SE wristband. It links to the online Nike+ profile, which periodically updates with the user’s score from the device, courtesy of its Bluetooth 4.0 connection. Users have the option of setting and updating daily goals from inside the app. There’s also an activity function for reminding you about specific activities, as well as a scoreboard that lets users match up with others in their social network.
