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Apple overtakes Acer, gets 10.6% US computer market share
Oct 14th
Apple achieved a rare feat and outsold Acer in the US this summer, new IDC estimates showed today. The company is estimated to have shipped almost exactly 2 million Macs just to the US in the quarter, beating out the combined Acer and Gateway’s 1.95 million. Apple grew more than twice as quickly as any other US vendor, reaching 10.6 percent of the market after it shipped about 24.1 percent more Macs over the same time last year.
Acer’s 10.3 percent was a rare decline for the Taiwan PC builder and represented its backlog of unsold inventory as it overestimated More >
Apple has Meizu freeze M8 sales over copycat claims
Oct 11th
Meizu chief Jack Wong today reported that Apple had effectively stopped sales of the similar-looking M8 in China after claims of design copying. The American company initially struck a deal with Meizu to stop just production of new models but allegedly turned on the deal and ordered Meizu to stop selling any models that were already in store. China’s Intellectual Property Office wasn’t legally enforcing the deal but could shut down factories without a warrant if it felt the move necessary.
The move could be catastrophic, according to Wong. While Meizu itself wouldn’t be unrecoverable, many of the resellers would More >
Good Tech: Apple, Google making huge strides in enterprise
Oct 7th
Enterprise mobility company Good Technology has released a report highlighting the recent successes of iOS and Android devices in enterprise markets. Both platforms are credited with helping to drive changes in businesses, many of which are now catering to employee requests for choice between different mobile devices.
“More than ever, consumers are strongly influencing IT decision makers based on their personal mobility choices,” said Good Tech senior VP of corporate strategy John Herrema.
In less than two months following Apple’s iPhone 4 launch, the device quickly became the most frequently activated device on Good’s enterprise systems. The iPad also showed similar More >
Microsoft talking to Adobe about teaming vs. Apple, merger?
Oct 7th
Adobe and Microsoft have been talking about possibly collaborating against Apple or even a union between the two, sources said on Thursday. Their respective CEOs Shantanu Narayen and Steve Ballmer reportedly met for over an hour recently and discussed the possibility of teamwork to counter Apple’s influence in the mobile world. Consultants and workers told the New York Times that they had gone so far as to float the option of Microsoft buying Adobe, although how serious this was isn’t known.
Adobe senior corporate communications lead Holly Campbell would only say that Ballmer and Narayen “meet from time to time,” but More >
Motorola sues Apple over patent infringement
Oct 6th
Motorola has filed a lawsuit against Apple, accusing the iPhone maker of violating 18 patents related to a variety of products. The International Trade Commission complaint argues that Apple’s iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Mac computers each utilize technology protected by Motorola’s range of patents.
The patents include several claims related to wireless technologies, such as WCDMA, GPRS, Wi-Fi and antenna design. Other patents involve smartphone software features, including wireless e-mail, proximity sensing, app management, location-based services and synchronization between multiple devices.
Aside from the mobile patents, Apple is also accused of using Motorola’s intellectual property for other services such More >