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Updated: App Maker Uses GPS Patent To Sue Zillow, Trulia

By Jeff John Roberts Jan. 20, 2012, 12:13am 2 Comments

After suing media site TechCrunch in 2008 over a controversial GPS patent, Chicago-based Earthcomber is at it again. This time it’s accusing… Read More »

Supreme Court Hears Privacy Case On GPS Tracking

By Jeff John Roberts Nov. 8, 2011, 10:07pm Comments Off

GPS is great if you’re hiking or looking for a restaurant on your iPhone. But how you do feel about letting the police place the tracking te… Read More »

Mobile Lowdown 6-28-11: Apple/Samsung; Microsoft/Android; Skype; TouchPad

By Ingrid Lunden Jun. 28, 2011, 1:55pm Comments Off

A look at some of the big stories in mobile today: Samsung/Apple: Looks like the two companies’ legal disputes over trademarks, patents an… Read More »

Mobile Lowdown 6-15-11: Acer; Facebook Photo App; Garmin; LightSquared

By Ingrid Lunden Jun. 15, 2011, 3:55pm Comments Off

A look at some of the big stories in mobile today: Acer cuts its tablet forecast; Facebook apparently lining up a new photo app; some consol… Read More »

Updated Mobile Lowdown 6-10-11: Apple v Lodsys; IDC Microsoft; LightSquared

By Ingrid Lunden Jun. 10, 2011, 2:49pm Comments Off

A look at some of the big stories in mobile today: Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) fights back on the Lodsys patent claims on developers, while getting e… Read More »

Mobile Lowdown 6-6-11: Apple WWDC Spoofs; Carrier App Billing; Foursquare

By Ingrid Lunden Jun. 6, 2011, 2:21pm Comments Off

A look at some of the big stories in mobile today: hours before we start to hear the real news, some spoofed speculations on what we might s… Read More »