Apple sued over iPad cover
A Colorado man says Apple’s smart cover for the new iPad and the iPad 2 violate his 2005 patent for a “Portable Computer Case.” Read more »
E-book bestsellers breakdown: Desert island romance
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This new weekly feature tells the backstory of how one e-book became a bestseller, and highlights bestselling titles that are selling better in digital than in print. This week: Two castaways find romance on a desert island…and other bestsellers. Read more »
“Why I break DRM on e-books”: A publishing exec speaks out
Calls for big-six publishers to drop DRM have increased in recent weeks, coinciding with the DOJ price-fixing lawsuit. In the meantime, one publishing industry executive tried breaking the DRM on purchased e-books — and isn’t going back. Read more »
The bestsellers breakdown: Titanic takes it
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Breaking down the e-book bestsellers list: A new weekly feature. Read more »
The Samsung-Apple patent showdown isn’t over yet
Despite having agreed to send their CEOs for an in-person talks for a possible settlement in their long-running, multi-country mobile patent dispute, Samsung and Apple aren’t quite done flinging patent-related accusations at each other. Late Wednesday, Samsung filed eight more claims of infringement against Apple. Read more at GigaOM »
Canadians file class-actions against e-book publishers
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Canadian law firms are filing class-action suits against Apple and book publishers for allegedly colluding on e-book prices. Read more »
Note to publishers: Your addiction to DRM is killing you
Book publishers argue that Amazon is a vicious monopoly that has too much power over them and their content. But they need to realize they gave Amazon much of that power themselves when they agreed to shackle all of their books in DRM chains. Read more at GigaOM »
What the DOJ e-book lawsuit means for readers now
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Last week, the Department of Justice sued Apple and five book publishers for allegedly colluding to set e-book prices. What does the suit mean for readers today and in coming weeks? Read more »
Apple slams Amazon for behaving just like Apple
Apple says it had to cut an agency-pricing deal with publishers in order to weaken Amazon’s monopolistic control over the e-book industry. But wait — didn’t Apple behave exactly the same way towards the record labels as it is accusing Amazon of behaving towards book publishers? Read more at GigaOM »
Plot thickens in Apple “bait apps” case
Apple came under fire last year from parents whose children racked up credit card charges on apps that were supposed to be “free.” Apple tried to throw out a lawsuit over the apps but a judge found the parents suffered sufficient harm to pursue the case. Read more »
After two days, Apple responds to DOJ: We didn’t collude
Nearly two days after the DOJ filed suit against Apple and publishers for allegedly colluding to fix e-book prices, Apple has released a short statement denying the accusations and criticizing Amazon’s “monopolistic grip.” Read more »
The DOJ’s half-baked explanation of Apple’s role in the e-book case
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The Justice Department is pouncing on statements by Apple like “aikido move” and “trounce Amazon” to prove its case that Apple was the hub of a illegal conspiracy to fix the price of e-books. While the statements sounds serious, the government’s overall explanation of Apple’s role […] Read more »
Everything you need to know about the e-book lawsuit in one post
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Our primer to today’s DOJ lawsuit against five publishers and Apple — how we got here and what comes next. Read more »
States pile on, claim Apple e-book conspiracy cost consumers $100 million
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Apple and book publishers already have their hands full after the Justice Department sued them in New York today for allegedly fixing the price of e-books. Now, state governments are seeking their own pound of flesh. Read more »
It’s on — US sues Apple, publishers over e-book prices
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The Justice Department has at last filed an anti-trust complaint in New York against Apple and five publishers over an alleged price fixing conspiracy. Read more »
All-you-can-read tablet mags…unless you have iPad or Kindle Fire
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Magazine joint venture Next Issue Media goes live with its long-delayed digital newsstand. Users will be able to read popular magazines for a flat fee — if they have a tablet running Android 3.0 or later. For now, iPad and Kindle Fire users need not apply. Read more »
Lawsuit Says Circumstantial Evidence Enough To Prove e-Book Conspiracy
The plaintiffs who are accusing Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and publishers of fixing e-book prices say they don’t have to show an actual meeting took… Read more »
WSJ Pulls Down Paywall For 24-Hour 'Digital Open House'
The Wall Street Journal (NSDQ: NWS) is running a 24-hour “Digital Open House.” For today, all subscriber content on the website, mobile site… Read more »
Pottermore, Day 2: Here Come The Complaints
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J. K. Rowling’s Pottermore shop, the exclusive source for Harry Potter e-books and digital audiobooks, launched yesterday, and some muggles… Read more »
Pottermore Effect? Amazon's Kindle Store Hits The Wall
Within hours of the Harry Potter series going on sale as e-books for the first time, the Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) Kindle Store hit a wall: titles… Read more »
Update: Hasbro Can't Stop Sale Of 'Transformer Prime' Tablets
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(Updated to include Hasbro response)
In a court ruling that reads at times like a pop culture or consumer gadget review, a federal judge ga… Read more »
Video: Print's Not Dead, It's Getting High In The Sky
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So, this is how it ends for the printed word? Thirty-thousand feet up, back against a wall, with only a street poet’s meter to defend it? Read more »
Music Industry Can See The Light After 'Least Negative' Sales Since 2004
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The music industry enjoyed its best sales performance for eight years in 2011, as CDs’ collapse decelerated, digital sales continued growing… Read more »
Aereo TV Will Stream For Months As Court Case Simmers
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Aereo, the controversial technology that turns iPhones and iPads into portable TV sets and DVRs, will not disappear anytime soon despite eff… Read more »
Social Magazine Apps Grapple With Advertising
Now that Forbes has 460,000 subscribers on Flipboard and 900,000 across properties on Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Currents, the brand is close to ad… Read more »
Hearst Continues Push Into E-Singles With 'Seventeen' And Sex
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As more publishers experiment with e-singles, Hearst is unique in articulating a specific business strategy for the format: E-singles are “a… Read more »
Chinese Writers' Apple Book Piracy Claims Grow Louder
Twenty-two Chinese authors now plan to sue Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) for 50 million yuan ($7.9 million), claiming 95 of their books were published… Read more »
FAA Reconsiders Takeoff, Landing Policy On E-Readers, Other Devices
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Welcome news from Nick Bilton: the FAA finally is revisiting the policy that keeps Kindles, iPads and the like turned off during takeoffs an… Read more »
First Look: New iPad's A Pair Of Stylish Glasses You May Not Need
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The new iPad isn’t exactly like Oakland and Gertrude Stein – there’s a there, there — but it won’t be obvious to most people. Read more »
Californians Sue Google Over Faulty Android Apps
Two Android phone users who purchased defective products from Google’s app-store have filed a lawsuit, saying the company’s 15-minute refund… Read more »
Most U.S. College Students Now Prefer Digital Reading
The majority of U.S. college students now prefer digital formats whether they’re reading textbooks or “fun” books, according to a new survey… Read more »
Lawsuit Says Hacked Address Book Contacts Worth 60 Cents To $3 Each
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It can be hard to put a dollar figure on privacy. Unless, that is, you’re suing Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and app makers like Path for uploading a… Read more »
Should Apple Pay For The Bad Deeds Of Its App Makers?
A sprawling lawsuit filed in Texas this week targets Path, Instagram, Facebook and others for instructing their apps to suck up user address… Read more »
More Papers Put Faith In Daily Deals And Tablet Payments As Profit Shrinks
Some low-hanging fruit in newspapers’ shrivelling orchard – Trinity Mirror (LSE: TNI) says it is investing in a Groupon (NSDQ: GRPN) copycat… Read more »
Condé Nast Will Give Advertisers More Metrics On Tablet Editions
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Months after it began testing a program that provided select advertisers with information about the readers of tablet editions, Condé Nast… Read more »
FTC Subpoenas Apple In Google Antitrust Probe
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The Federal Trade Commission has reportedly asked Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) to supply information as part of its investigation into whether Google… Read more »
E-Reader Shipments Are Declining…Unless They're Increasing
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A look at two new reports about shipments of media tablets and e-readers shows that nobody really has any idea yet whether tablets are canni… Read more »
European Union, U.S. Coordinate On E-Book Pricing Cases
As regulators on both sides of the Atlantic investigate publishers and Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) for allegedly colluding to fix the price of e-book… Read more »
For Connected TV, The New Last Mile Is Dining Room To Living Room
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Last week, I lambasted Virgin Media for taking two years to launch its iPad TV guide for its TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) set-top box.
I have since le… Read more »
E-Book Smackdown: Who Should Control Pricing — Publishers Or Amazon?
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A couple of years ago, with Amazon steadily pushing down the prices of e-books, the fortunes of the big book publishers were sinking fast. T… Read more »
