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Apple iPad Trademark Battle Most Recent China Issue
Apple's battle in Chinese court over the iPad trademark is the latest issue it faces in that country, which include controversies surrounding Foxconn. - Apple and Chinese technology firm Shenzhen Proview
Technology are battling in Chinese court over the “iPad” trademark.
Shenzhen Proview Technology argues that, while Apple indeed
purchased that trademark from its Taiwanese affiliate in 2009, those rights are
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Google Docs For Android Gets Native Editing Google has boosted Docs for Android with native editing and real-time collaboration functionality. The company also improved presentations in Google Apps. - Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Docs for Android received some much longed after features Feb. 22, including native editing and real-time collaboration capabilities. Prior to this upgrade, available now in the Android Market for Android 2.1 devices and up, the native Docs for Android app was a read-only...>
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A $199 iPad: 10 Reasons Apple Should Discount its Tablet NEWS ANALYSIS: Apple is facing off with a growing number of tablets that come with a $199 price tag. Maybe its time the iPad maker follows suit. - Apple is the most dominant tablet maker in the industry. The company sold more than 15 million iPads during the fourth quarter, and secured an unbeatable share of the tablet space. All other companies are left to pick up scraps that, in the coming years, Apple might just try and grab. To say tha...>
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HP Cites HDD Shortage, Poor Execution for Downer Earnings Report IT giant reports on its earnings call that its revenue, profit and profit margins were all down from the previous year and that it will undertake a long-term process of recovery. - Even IT companies need to upgrade their own internal systems every so often, and it looks like Hewlett-Packard -- the world's largest supplier of IT hardware, software and services by sales volume -- may soon become one of its own best customers. Admitting that it needs to improve its supply chai...>
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Juniper Networks Buys Mykonos Software for $80M Web application attacks are the biggest threats facing enterprises, and Juniper Networks hopes to fill that gap with its $80 million deal for Mykonos Software. - Juniper Networks acquired Mykonos Software for $80 million in cash to add Web application security to its end-to-end portfolio of security products. The company said it acquired privately held Mykonos to expand its security footprint to include intrusion quot;deception quot; systems that protec...>
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Google Docs For Android Gets Native Editing Google has boosted Docs for Android with native editing and real-time collaboration functionality. The company also improved presentations in Google Apps. - Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Docs for Android received some much longed after features Feb. 22, including native editing and real-time collaboration capabilities. Prior to this upgrade, available now in the Android Market for Android 2.1 devices and up, the native Docs for Android app was a read-only...>
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A $199 iPad: 10 Reasons Apple Should Discount its Tablet NEWS ANALYSIS: Apple is facing off with a growing number of tablets that come with a $199 price tag. Maybe its time the iPad maker follows suit. - Apple is the most dominant tablet maker in the industry. The company sold more than 15 million iPads during the fourth quarter, and secured an unbeatable share of the tablet space. All other companies are left to pick up scraps that, in the coming years, Apple might just try and grab. To say tha...>
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HP Cites HDD Shortage, Poor Execution for Downer Earnings Report IT giant reports on its earnings call that its revenue, profit and profit margins were all down from the previous year and that it will undertake a long-term process of recovery. - Even IT companies need to upgrade their own internal systems every so often, and it looks like Hewlett-Packard -- the world's largest supplier of IT hardware, software and services by sales volume -- may soon become one of its own best customers. Admitting that it needs to improve its supply chai...>
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Juniper Networks Buys Mykonos Software for $80M Web application attacks are the biggest threats facing enterprises, and Juniper Networks hopes to fill that gap with its $80 million deal for Mykonos Software. - Juniper Networks acquired Mykonos Software for $80 million in cash to add Web application security to its end-to-end portfolio of security products. The company said it acquired privately held Mykonos to expand its security footprint to include intrusion quot;deception quot; systems that protec...>
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Tech firms agree to privacy protections for mobile apps
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HP Ceo pleads patience as earnings fall 44 pct
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Maryland awards $297M Medicaid contract to CSC
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Rise in identity fraud tied to smartphone use
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Dell Earnings and Forecast Fall Short of Wall St. Views
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California's Office of the Attorney General has gotten agreements from Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Hewlett-Packard, and Research In Motion to improve privacy protections on mobile apps.
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HP Ceo pleads patience as earnings fall 44 pct
This Feb 21, 2012 photo shows a Hewlett Packard logo in Frisco, Texas. Hewlett-Packard Co.
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Maryland awards $297M Medicaid contract to CSC
The state's spending board approved Wednesday a $297 million contract with a Virginia-based IT company that is expected to improve Maryland's process for paying tens of millions of dollars in Medicaid claims each month.
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Rise in identity fraud tied to smartphone use
Nearly 12 million Americans were victims of identity theft in 2011, an increase of 13 percent over 2010, according to a report released on Wednesday by the research firm Javelin Strategy & Research.
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Dell Earnings and Forecast Fall Short of Wall St. Views
Dell Inc. issued on Tuesday a forecast for fiscal first-quarter revenue that was below Wall Street's expectations, stoking fears that the personal computer industry had not fully emerged from its downturn.
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OS X Mountain Lion Developer Preview
Apple today released a developer preview of OS X Mountain Lion — the ninth major release of the world’s most advanced operating system — which brings popular apps and features from iPad to the Mac and accelerates the pace of OS X innovation. Mountain Lion introduces Messages, Notes, Reminders, and Game Center to the Mac, as well as Notification Center, Share Sheets, Twitter integration, and AirPlay Mirroring. The preview release of Mountain Lion is available to Mac Developer Program members starting today. Mac users will be able to upgrade to Mountain Lion from the Mac App Store in late summer 2012.
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Mooresville’s Shining Example (It’s Not Just About the Laptops) The New York Times reports that a MacBook Air one-to-one program is helping raise student attendance, engagement, and performance at North Carolina’s Mooresville Graded School District, which “has quietly emerged as the de facto national model of the digital school.” The article notes, “Mooresville ranks 100th out of 115 districts in North Carolina in terms of dollars spent per student — $7,415.89 a year — but it is now third in test scores and second in graduation rates.”
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Fair Labor Association Begins Inspections of Foxconn Apple today announced that the Fair Labor Association will conduct special voluntary audits of Apple’s final assembly suppliers, including Foxconn factories in Shenzhen and Chengdu, China, at Apple’s request. “We believe that workers everywhere have the right to a safe and fair work environment, which is why we’ve asked the FLA to independently assess the performance of our largest suppliers,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. A team of labor rights experts led by FLA president Auret van Heerden began the first inspections Monday morning at the facility in Shenzhen known as Foxconn City.
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Apple Scores with Digital Textbooks and App USA Today reviewer Edward C. Baig describes his experience using the first Multi-Touch digital textbooks published for the iBooks 2 for iPad app, noting that they are “engaging in ways that were simply not possible with the textbooks I grew up with.” Baig likes the portability, updatability, and low pricing of iBooks 2 digital textbooks and touts specific features like instant search, highlighting, bookmarking, and interactive graphics. Writes Baig, “It’s better to see an animated tour of the genome in E.O. Wilson’s Life on Earth than just to read about it. ”
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Apple Invades Corporate Market with iPad Bloomberg’s Peter Burrows reports that Apple is making rapid headway selling into corporations — especially financial services and pharmaceutical firms. Burrows writes that Apple’s corporate sales are being driven chiefly by iPad, which “has become a standard business tool.” The article quotes Matt Wallach, co-founder of Veeva Systems, who says: “I’ve seen a lot of devices come and go over the years. Nothing touches the speed of adoption of the iPad.”
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Mooresville’s Shining Example (It’s Not Just About the Laptops) The New York Times reports that a MacBook Air one-to-one program is helping raise student attendance, engagement, and performance at North Carolina’s Mooresville Graded School District, which “has quietly emerged as the de facto national model of the digital school.” The article notes, “Mooresville ranks 100th out of 115 districts in North Carolina in terms of dollars spent per student — $7,415.89 a year — but it is now third in test scores and second in graduation rates.”
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Fair Labor Association Begins Inspections of Foxconn Apple today announced that the Fair Labor Association will conduct special voluntary audits of Apple’s final assembly suppliers, including Foxconn factories in Shenzhen and Chengdu, China, at Apple’s request. “We believe that workers everywhere have the right to a safe and fair work environment, which is why we’ve asked the FLA to independently assess the performance of our largest suppliers,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. A team of labor rights experts led by FLA president Auret van Heerden began the first inspections Monday morning at the facility in Shenzhen known as Foxconn City.
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Apple Scores with Digital Textbooks and App USA Today reviewer Edward C. Baig describes his experience using the first Multi-Touch digital textbooks published for the iBooks 2 for iPad app, noting that they are “engaging in ways that were simply not possible with the textbooks I grew up with.” Baig likes the portability, updatability, and low pricing of iBooks 2 digital textbooks and touts specific features like instant search, highlighting, bookmarking, and interactive graphics. Writes Baig, “It’s better to see an animated tour of the genome in E.O. Wilson’s Life on Earth than just to read about it. ”
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Apple Invades Corporate Market with iPad Bloomberg’s Peter Burrows reports that Apple is making rapid headway selling into corporations — especially financial services and pharmaceutical firms. Burrows writes that Apple’s corporate sales are being driven chiefly by iPad, which “has become a standard business tool.” The article quotes Matt Wallach, co-founder of Veeva Systems, who says: “I’ve seen a lot of devices come and go over the years. Nothing touches the speed of adoption of the iPad.”
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