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Catalyst launches dog collar for AirTag & rugged iPhone 15 cases
There are lots of AirTag holders for dog collars already. We use one on our doodle Emma who is a door dasher. The issue is localization in areas away from a lot of iPhones, and having only a Bluetooth link. That is limited. Still better than nothing but less than a full GPS collar that requires monthly fee and frequent charging.
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Department of Justice antitrust filing against Apple said to be imminent, for the fourth c...
This continues to not make sense to many of course. Once again, Apple is not a utility or a charity or an NGO... it is a for profit company. People have other choices. Apple does not have a market monopoly. Android has a market monopoly. Google has a market monopoly. These complaints are mostly coming from companies that want Apple's customers on their terms so that their profits can go up. Not because they are protecting Apple users who have chosen to buy Apple products. We do not need their sham protests. If we were not happy with Apple, we could vote with our wallets. Many developers (but not Beeper LOL) bring huge value to Apple and should be recognized 'fairly' but I honestly do not know that formula should be. Again these software developers are interested in getting Apple's customers on terms that increase their profit. Understandable but seriously some of the demands are just ludicrous (side load with no cost?). They are not providing an unpaid public service by writing for iOS.And the DOJ working for justice and the consumer? How's the eBook market going after Bezos triggered the sham collusion investigation, sham court case, a huge Apple fine and leaving eBook market to Amazon? Amazon now has a protected monopoly, yet prices have not gone down, and authors are underpaid for their work, ... nicely done DOJ.
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DoJ's Apple App Store probe is 'firing on all cylinders'
Apple has grown too big and does not provide enough payola to Washington.'That's a nice tech company you have there Tim.. would be a shame if somethin' was to happen to it... '
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Masimo has spent $100M in Apple Watch patent infringement fight
Masimo's remaining patents on O2 saturation sensing seem to be continuation patents with slight changes from the parent patents awarded over a decade ago. Most have been invalidated and makes me wonder how Masimo managed to get over a billion dollars in damages in the 2 cases past 10 years. No one questioned the prior art that existed for technology that is now 80 years old? The one patent that the ITC ruled was being infringed on by Apple was awarded in 2021... and imo is a rather trivial improvement. However I am not sure if a software change will get around it. The ITC has lawyers with engineering backgrounds, but they really are over their heads on this one. This needs to go to a proper court with patent experts. Finally if/when Masimo's remaining patents are invalidated, will they even have an O2 sensing business left - apart from the audio companies they have recently purchased?
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Apple still pursuing software fix to avoid Apple Watch import ban altogether
coolfactor said:I haven't looked closely at the patents in question, but isn't it the general idea of using light that's at issue? That makes it a hardware violation, not software. I can't think of any other way it can be done, so if it is this light-based approach, it sounds like Mosimo holds the cards no matter how Apple changes the software.
The basis of O2 saturation sensing is 80 years old. Masimo acquired patents that describe data acquisition from the sensor and their remaining patents (most have now been invalidated by the USPTO) are a 'continuation' with slight modifications. So Apple could very well have a software solution.
