Microsoft Publishes A Smart Apple v Samsung Ad, Hopefully Remembers It Still Has To Work On Windows Phone

This is a really smart ad from Microsoft, showing Apple and Samsung/Android fans fighting, and a couple of Lumia 920 users calmly using their devices. The ad is going to air in the US later, but the video has been released on YouTube.

This comes on…

LG, Samsung, Google Rumoured To Be Readying To Compete With Apple’s Rumoured iWatch

This race is gaining runners by the day – First, it was Samsung which got itself pitted against the non-existent, rumoured Apple’s iWatch.

Wearable computing seems to be the next big thing, if these rumours are anything to go by. Although Samsung is credited with making a smartwatch as early as 1999, and again in 2009,…

Samsung Galaxy S3 US Launch On Schedule, i.e., June 21st

Remember Apple trying to get an injunction against the Samsung Galaxy S3 in the United States? Well, if you don’t, the Cupertino did try to prevent the Galaxy S3 from being sold in the USA. But, the launch will happen, according to Judge, Lucy Koh, who’s hearing the case.

The Judge has a rather trivial reason…

Apple’s Patents Cannot Be An Excuse For Samsung To Not Design Beautiful Devices

I’ve been reading a lot of opinions from people who have tried the Samsung Galaxy S3. 99% of them just hate it outright. Some people like it. I like the front of the device, for one. The back is fugly, though. Again, I’ve only seen the device in pictures, as of now. But I’ve also seen other devices, and they look better from every angle.

The Woz Speaketh: Android Is No Match To Windows Phone When It Comes To Intuitiveness And Elegance

When someone like Steve Wozniak speaks, the world takes note. And the co-founder of Apple had some words of appreciation for Windows Phone today. The Windows Phone fan in me chuckled.

According to an informal interview given to A New Domain, The Woz is known to queue up for the latest and greatest in…

Angry Birds, iPad And A 5 Year-old Girl – How Apple Has Won The Mindshare

I was at an exhibition a couple of days back. Or rather, I was one of the exhibitors, among a bunch of 3 dozen. There were people of all ages who came to the event, got stuff, and all. It was a lot of fun, I got to experience something new altogether. And there was something I witnessed, too. I witnessed how Apple has won the mindshare in the…

Nokia Gets Slide To Unlock Patent. Apple Has One Already. Google’s Applied For One. BS

Remember Apple’s much famous, although-silly-at-this-point-in-time patent, Slide To Unlock? Apparently, Nokia’s got one patent by the same name, as well.

I don’t generally blog about companies being granted patents, because a lot of times, they are just plainly silly, vague. This one though, is something interesting. Not just because Apple and Nokia now have this patent…

Apple Forces Google And Motorola To Hand Over Android Development Data

I didn’t see that coming, honestly. In a Chicago Circuit Court ruling, Apple has won a ruling in its favor. Google and Motorola have been directed to hand over the data relating to Android’s development. I’m not sure how it’s related to Apple’s patent claims, but Apple has managed to score another big victory this…

Apple Receives Injunction Against Motorola For Slide-to-Unlock, Google Files For Patent On Pull Down Notification Bar

It’s a comical morning, this. There are two kids up there, fighting with each other on silly issues (of course, them being kids and all..). Apple has received an injunction against Motorola (Google’s in the process of acquiring Moto, as of now) for a patent that would have made sense had it…

Mobile Web Usage Doubles, Nokia Leads All The Android OEMs Together Combined, Samsung Is Third

Smartphones (and some dumbphones) have become an indispensable part of our lives. They definitely have. I can’t imagine being disconnected even for a day. It’s no more an addiction, but need, I believe.

And, Statcounter reports that the total mobile web usage has doubled since the last year. It may still be about 10%…

[Video] Samsung Teases Superbowl Commercial, Again Takes A Jibe At Apple

Uh hei, Samsung has uploaded a video on Youtube, teasing us all for the Superbowl commercial (just curious, how many outside the US actually get to watch Superbowl and stuff? I definitely am not interested). And yet again, they have taken a jibe at Apple, which is getting sick, sort of.

That apart, it…

Infographic: The Problem With Patents

What was started as a means to protect interests of innovators and prevent the copycats from ripping off and benefitting from others’ innovations, has turned in to a problem. This infographic below highlights just that.

Now, I think the problems can be solved pretty easily – prevent companies from buying others’ patents, make sure…