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• Apple acquires HopStop to integrate public transit directions in Maps app
• Apple, Samsung still trying to settle patent dispute, but without much success
• Budget iPhone’s plastic rear shell compared to iPhone 5 [Photos]
• iOS 7 Preview: Siri
• Microsoft continues to attack iPad in the latest Surface RT ad

Apple acquires HopStop to integrate public transit directions in Maps app Posted: 19 Jul 2013 10:34 PM PDT Apple seems to have been on a major buying spree. Bloomberg reports that Apple has acquired HopStop.com to improve its mapping service. This comes hot on the heels of news that Apple had acquired Locationary, a crowdsourced location data startup. Continue reading →

Apple, Samsung still trying to settle patent dispute, but without much success Posted: 19 Jul 2013 02:43 PM PDT While Apple and Samsung have tried to settle their patent disputes multiple times, the two companies haven't been able to arrive at a deal that is acceptable to both parties. Samsung needs a number of UI and design related patents owned by Apple, and Apple needs some of Samsung's standards related patents widely used in the telecom industry. Continue reading →

Budget iPhone’s plastic rear shell compared to iPhone 5 [Photos] Posted: 19 Jul 2013 12:53 PM PDT We've already seen several photos and schematics of the budget or lower-cost iPhone, dubbed iPhone Lite. Folks at Japanese magazine Weekly ASCII have shared some new closeup photos of a yellow version of the plastic rear shell of the lower-cost or cheap  iPhone. Continue reading →

iOS 7 Preview: Siri Posted: 19 Jul 2013 09:52 AM PDT Apple launched Siri, the virtual assistant feature in 2011, and was initially only available on the iPhone 4S. However, Apple has added Siri to the iPad 3 with the release of iOS 6, and is included on the iPhone 5, iPod touch 5, iPad 4 and iPad mini that were launched last year. In iOS 6, Apple introduced a number of improvements to Siri such as the ability to respond to your sports, restaurants and movie related queries, give you turn-by-turn directions, open apps and update your status on Facebook and Twitter. Continue reading →

Microsoft continues to attack iPad in the latest Surface RT ad Posted: 19 Jul 2013 07:53 AM PDT Microsoft continues to poke fun at Apple’s iPad, despite the embarrassing $150 price cut it had to make to sell its Surface RT tablet. The new Windows 8: Surface RT vs. iPad ad makes use of Siri’s voiceover to highlight some of the shortcomings on the iPad compared to Surface RT such as the lack of an integrated kick stand, a USB port, and the TouchType keyboard accessory. Continue reading →

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