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  • New lawsuit claims Apple infringed on lead-free solder alloy patent in iPhones

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    frac said:
    “The patent, issued in 2001, applies to "solder alloys with improved physical and chemical properties that comprise effective amounts of tin, copper, silver, and bismuth."

    Can an we say the word “broad” as in overly broad by including every possible combination covered by “effective”?

    i seriously think Apple will fight this. 
    You'd need to actually read the patent and the claims made in it to see if it's broad or not and not just the title. 
    gatorguycommand_f

  • Bethesda's new 'Elder Scrolls: Blades' arrives on iOS this fall

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    ascii said:
    I haven't tried playing an RPG on my phone before, could be interesting!
    Try Baldurs gate (and Baldurs gate 2 while your at it)
    They are faithful repros of the full game. Although it's better to play them on a tablet but you'll get so many great hours of play from them!


    Go for the eyes boo! Go for the eyes!
    watto_cobra

  • European Commission opens 'in-depth' investigation into Apple's acquisition of Shazam

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    maestro64 said:
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    seanj said:
    So Apple (an American company), wants to buy Shazam (a British company), pand the EU investigates because Austria, France, Iceland, Italy, Norway, Spain, and Sweden object!

    And people wonder why we Brits voted to leave the wonderful EU... 😏

    Could it be that both Apple and Shazam operate in all those countries as well? 
    If those countries have a concern then a complaint to the EU is correct, so they investigate and see if there are any issues.
    It's no wonder the UK voted to leave when they show such a profound lack of understanding of what and how the EU operates.

    Shazam does not operate in those country, they only make an app that runs on your phone, unless the EU claims running on someone's phone who lives in their country as operating in their country. Not sure what authority they may have.
    Of course it operates in those countries. You can download it from that countries app store, it sends you iTunes to buy tracks etc, in those countries. It sells ads etc.
    muthuk_vanalingam

  • Apple & Ireland's appeal of $16B EU tax ruling expected this fall, payments expected to st...

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    rob53 said:

    As for giving preferential tax treatment, that's common in the US and is probably common throughout the EU. It doesn't matter if it's for a US company or foreign owned. Ireland gave Apple better tax rates along with any other large company that asked for them. The EU is going broke and is mismanaged so they're simply trying to find ways to collect from whoever they can.
    Preferential tax treatment has to be done according to the rules. The accusation is that the deal between Apple and Ireland wasn't and was "illegal" state aid.
    If Apple loses then Ireland gets the money not the EU.
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  • European Commission opens 'in-depth' investigation into Apple's acquisition of Shazam

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    seanj said:
    So Apple (an American company), wants to buy Shazam (a British company), and the EU investigates because Austria, France, Iceland, Italy, Norway, Spain, and Sweden object!

    And people wonder why we Brits voted to leave the wonderful EU... 😏

    Could it be that both Apple and Shazam operate in all those countries as well? 
    If those countries have a concern then a complaint to the EU is correct, so they investigate and see if there are any issues.
    It's no wonder the UK voted to leave when they show such a profound lack of understanding of what and how the EU operates.
    muthuk_vanalingam