In a patent suit filed Friday, Apple claims that Samsung’s line of Galaxy tablets and phones willfully infringe on its own patents. Apple is seeking injunctions as well as actual and punitive damages. Samsung’s Galaxy Tab , which runs on Android, was released late last year . Apple claims the tab infringes on iPad patents and that the Galaxy S looks and feels a little too similar to the iPhone. The lawsuit doesn’t detail the damages it is seeking, but it also doesn’t pull any punches. A sample: “Rather than innovate and develop its own technology and a unique Samsung style for its smartphone products and computer tablets, Samsung chose to copy Apple’s technology, user interface and innovative style in these infringing products.” That kind of language suggests Apple may ask the courts to pull the Samsung Galaxy products from the shelves.
Zillow Joins LinkedIn, Pandora In Upcoming Tech IPO Boom
Real estate mapper Zillow has just become the latest Internet company to put an IPO into the pipeline. The company filed a statement with the SEC that will let it sell more than $50 million of stock. The Seattle-based company, which maintains interactive maps of house prices, did not reveal how many shares it would sell or what price it would sell them at. But its S-1 form indicates it generated $30.5 million in revenue in 2010, a 75% growth over the previous year. Zillow isn’t profitable yet, but it is closing the gap. In 2009, the startup had a net loss of about $21.2 million. In 2010, it lost $6.7 million. Zillow is only the latest tech company to file for an IPO
Twitter In Talks To Buy TweetDeck [REPORT]
Twitter is in talks to purchase TweetDeck Inc. for $50 million, according to the Wall Street Journal . TweetDeck is one of the most popular third-party Twitter clients, available in desktop, iPad, iPhone and Android versions. It displays your Twitter news feed, @mentions and direct messages, along with your Facebook feeds — all on the same screen, all updating in real time. TweetDeck can also support updates from MySpace, LinkedIn and Foursquare. The 15-person company, based in the U.K., has never revealed how many users TweetDeck has. The number may be small — but it is also likely to include the most obsessive power users in social media. The report comes days after CNN reported that UberMedia, the company behind Twitter clients Echofon and Twidroyd, was working on a potential Twitter competitor
Add New Tabs to Your Facebook Profile
It’s not easy to get creative or original when designing a Facebook page. This is why developers have created so many apps that allow users to customize their Facebook profile or fan pages. While there are so many services on the market for making Facebook page tabs, there is one new service that stands out from the rest: Static HTML.
Static HTML is a practical Facebook app that allows users to easily add tabs to their Facebook pages. The new app allows all Facebook users — including non-programmers — to create a new tab on any Facebook page.
Registering for the app is a simple three-step process. Once signed in to your Facebook account, go to the Static HTML page. Then you can register by selecting the app you wish to add. Once you’ve selecting Static HTML, you’re free to begin editing your new Facebook page. It’s that easy!
Why You Should Use a World SIM Card For Travel
So what is the big deal about using a world SIM card when you are traveling abroad?
For one, it is the reduced costs that you can benefit from apart from knowing that you will be seamlessly connected regardless of which country you are in. The number of countries that support certain international phones is about 230 plus in number so you can just imagine how easy it will be for you to have decent connection.
So your next question might be where you can find information pertinent to these phones and a global SIM card that is just right for you.
One place where you can find information regarding these services is over the Internet. There are certain sites that have been designed to showcase these products to interested buyers. Not only will you be able to find international prepaid cell phones but SIM cards as well apart from the costs involved in purchasing and using them regularly.
No matter what choice you make, you will find that these services can be customized to your travel needs, thus, ensuring you that you will end up saving a lot more money than you expected. In doing so, you can then rest easy as your family members and colleagues can both get in touch with you if they need to for any particular reason, and you can get in touch with them knowing that you would not be racking up a large bill once you get back home.