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Penguin Pays $75 Million Settlement In Apple eBook Price Fixing Case

Posted by Buster Heine at 12:48 pm on 05-22-2013
Penguin announced this morning that the company has reached an agreement with the US State Attorneys General to pay $75 million as a settlement for the eBook price fixing claims that have been launched against Apple’s iBookstore. US authorities have called Apple out for collusion with electronic book publishers, saying that the Cupertino-based company conspired with publishers to raise eBook...

How to share a course with iTunes U for iPhone and iPad

Posted by Allyson Kazmucha at 12:33 pm on 05-22-2013
If you use iTunes U in order to subscribe to or download courses, you're probably already familiar with how it works and how to browse for items that interest you. There may come a time when you run across a course that you think may interest someone else. iTunes U makes courses easy to share it with anyone. Launch the iTunes U app from the Home screen of your iPhone or iPad. Tap on the Catalog button...

All-new iMore show debuts today at 12:30pm PT/3:30pm ET. Be here!

Posted by Rene Ritchie at 12:32 pm on 05-22-2013
The all-new iMore show, the one I told you about yesterday, with the new day, time, format, and features, kicks off today at 12:30pm PT/3:30pm ET. I'll be co-hosting the show with our own Peter Cohen, and joining us will be Derek Kessler of Mobile Nations, and special guest Michael Simmons of Flexibits. Want to be part of the show? Grab your iPhone or iPad, record a short (30 second) audio or video...

Tim Cook Endures Awkward Questioning About Steve Jobs Hologram [Video]

Posted by Buster Heine at 12:21 pm on 05-22-2013
Holograms are supposedly going to be the future of artistic performance. First there was the Tupac hologram at Coachella, and now Eazy-E and Ol’ Dirty Bastard are making a hologram comeback too. Tim Cook had to endure a barrage of silly questions at yesterday’s Senate hearing, but the most most absurd and tasteless came from none other than TMZ who was dying to know if Steve Jobs will...

Apple claims Google Now infringes Siri patents as it adds Galaxy S4 to ongoing Samsung patent suit

Posted by Jordan Kahn at 12:10 pm on 05-22-2013
Earlier this month we noted that Apple was asking courts to add the Galaxy S4 as an infringing device in its ongoing patent dispute with Samsung in California. Now, Apple has officially filed a motion (via FossPatents) outlining five patents infringed by the Galaxy S4 and another two Siri related patents infringed by the device’s Google Now voice controlled search feature. Apple had previously...

Apple Germany now accepting PayPal, gives you more ways to give them money

Posted by Richard Devine at 11:54 am on 05-22-2013
Apple it seems has added a new way to give them money in Germany by adding PayPal as a method of payment at the online store. First reported by Macerkopf.de, PayPal now sits alongside the regular credit card payments for purchases from the German store. So far it doesn't seem to have spread any further than this. 9to5Mac reports that they've yet to see it in any locations they've checked, and we've...

Next week we’ll tell you all about #TM13, today we’ll give you a chance to win a trip for two to NYC for the launch party!

Posted by Rene Ritchie at 11:00 am on 05-22-2013
Enter to win a free trip for two to the TM13 launch party in NYC - visit MobileNations.com/tm13 and sign up for email updates! It's just that easy! For the past month or so, we've been teasing you about our new online event, code-named #TM13. That ends next week, when we officially announce the event, and tell you all about it. In the meantime, here's one last tease: The tease If you liked our...

Penguin agrees to $75M settlement in Apple iBooks price fixing lawsuit

Posted by AppleInsider - Frontpage News at 11:00 am on 05-22-2013
Book publisher Penguin announced on Wednesday it has reached a $75 million "comprehensive agreement" with U.S. State Attorneys General and private class plaintiffs over e-book price fixing allegations connected to Apple and its iBookstore for iOS. This post was written by AppleInsider - Frontpage News from AppleInsider - Frontpage News. You can view the original post by clicking here.

Starting In Germany, Apple.com Is Now Accepting PayPal For Online Payments

Posted by John Brownlee at 10:52 am on 05-22-2013
This is interesting: along with their new redesign, in Germany, Apple has made it possible to pay for products ordered from their online store using PayPal. In Germany, it is very rare for consumers to have credit cards, or even for brick-and-mortar businesses to take credit card orders. Allowing German consumers to pay for purchases with PayPal may make the Apple online store more accessible to...

The Trunk: A Lightning Cable That’s Also An iPhone Stand

Posted by John Brownlee at 10:39 am on 05-22-2013
Here’s something for you: a bendable but still rigid Lightning-to-USB cable that can function not just as a charging and sync cable for your iPhone, but also as a make-shift stand, propping up your device on a coffee table, desk or even when it’s in a wall charger. $19.95. None too shabby. Related StoriesClassic Star Wars RPG Knights Of The Old Republic Could Be Coming To iPadIntel Creates...

Apple now offering PayPal for online store purchases starting with Germany

Posted by Jordan Kahn at 10:35 am on 05-22-2013
As first spotted by our friends over at German language publication Macerkopf.de, Apple appears to be rolling out an option to make purchases on the Apple Online Store using PayPal. The feature appears to be limited to Germany currently, but it could mark the start of a broader roll out to other users. Apple has never been opposed to offering the option to use PayPal for some services. Users in the...

Google Brings New Voice Search Features To Chrome

Posted by Killian Bell at 10:25 am on 05-22-2013
Google has brought the new voice search features announced at Google I/O last week to its Google Chrome web browser for desktops. The latest version of the app (version 27) puts a little microphone icon alongside the search bar on Google.com which lets you find the things you’re looking for without touching your keyboard. When you click the microphone icon, you’ll be taken to a dedicated...