Samsung

Google Shares Dip as Microsoft Strikes Licensing Deal With Hon Hai

Mike Isaac in Mobile on April 17 at 9:37 am PT

Google gets dealt another blow in its ongoing struggles with Microsoft’s patent infringement claims.

Apple’s iPad Ad Makes an Oscar Bid

Mike Isaac in Media on February 24 at 7:07 pm PT

The Cupertino company’s latest ad makes its Oscar night debut.

Obsession

I think the outside world is more obsessed with our relationship with Apple than we actually are.

– Samsung Executive Vice President David Eun, in conversation at D: Dive Into Media

Setting Up Shop in the Valley and NYC, Samsung Aims to Boost Its Software Side

Mike Isaac in Dive Into Media on February 11 at 5:00 pm PT

Samsung’s new open-innovation center aims to court precious developers.

At CES, Chipmakers Go All In on Mobile

Mike Isaac in Mobile on January 10 at 5:00 am PT

The biggest names in the processor industry all want to power your smartphones.

President Clinton at CES: The World Needs More Smartphones (And Fewer Guns)

Mike Isaac in Mobile on January 9 at 11:46 am PT

The former president takes the stage in Vegas to talk about some things tech, and some things not so tech.

News Byte

Another Key Apple Patent Gets a Preliminary Rejection From USPTO

Mike Isaac in Mobile on December 19, 2012 at 5:59 pm PT

Just as it did recently in two other instances, the U.S. Patent Office today preliminarily rejected the claims of one of Apple’s important interface patents, this one dealing with multitouch actions and containing one element that figured in Apple’s billion-dollar infringement verdict against Samsung. Apple now has the opportunity to respond as part of the re-examination process, initiated by a Samsung request.