Apple could be forced to pay damages totalling 27 billion won ($25.5million) if more than 27,800 Koreans successfully win their case against the iPhone-maker after it was accused of violating domestic laws on privacy. Korean law firm Miraelaw is representing the plaintiffs – the number of which stood at 27,802 at midnight July 31 – and will file the suit against Apple Korea in the middle of the month at the latest....
An Australian court has told Apple that it may need to reveal sales figures of its iPad and iPad 2 devices in the U.K and U.S to improve its chances of successfully invoking a ban on Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia. Bloomberg reportsthat Apple’s complaint that the Samsung tablet will affect demand for its iPad cannot be proven unless the Cupertino-based company provides records of its sales. Federal Court Justice Annabelle Bennett said in Sydney Federal Court today:...
According to a sales note by MF Global FXA Securities released on Wednesday, Sharp may get an infusion of about a billion US dollars from Apple for its LCD manufacturing plant in Kameyama. Apple routinely uses its massive cash reserves to shore up supplies of critical components from manufacturers in China, and is considering the investment in order to secure a stable supply of LCD panels for its iPads and iPhones....
As rumblings of the launch of OS X Lion get ever louder, we’re getting more information about the supposed rollout of Apple’s next operating system. Yesterday camethe newsthat the Golden Master version of OS X 10.7 may be being shipped out to stores on hard drives for an overnight install on store computers. Now, 9to5Mac isreportingthat Apple is shipping out Mac Pro workstations loaded with a cached version of OS X Lion that visitors to Apple’s Retail Stores will be able to download directly to their computers in minutes, instead of doing it over their own internet connections....
According to aTUAW report, there is a source sharing information that Apple may no longer be manufacturing the iPod classic and shuffle as early as this year. This could make way for a full on push of the iPod touch, iPad, and iPhone as the core Apple mobile products. The iPod classic was the last hard-drive based iPod, and seeing it go is a final transition to flash-based memory. The shuffle was really popular with runners and cyclists because of its smaller form factor and screen-less design, as well as younger consumers because of the price-point....
