The most aggressive and noisy patent owner, Apple has received a shot in an attempt to force their own prices for licensing essential patents in Motorola Mobility’s portfolio, now owned by the rival Google, the lawsuit being openly rejected.

Apple ad complaints imposing too high prices for the desired patents, Motorola claims rising to 2.25 percent of the final price of the Apple product. Apple’s lawyers have argued, however, that the licensing cost is too high, the company is …

Apple is said to be thinking of altogether ditching Intel-made chips for its Mac line of computers, reveals a new rumor.
According to Bloomberg, the switch may be made by Apple once its A-line of chips are powerful enough to be used not only in mobile devices but also laptops and computers.
Citing unnamed “people familiar with the company’s research,” the publication says that:
“Apple engineers have grown confident that the chip designs used for its mobile devices will one day be …

Apple paid $713 million in foreign income tax on $36.8 billion of revenue outside the US for fiscal year 2012, the company’s filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reveals.
That amounts to only 1.9 percent in income taxes, notes The Washington Post.
The amount paid by Apple was revealed in its Form 10-K filing with the US SEC.
Nonetheless, according to the Form 10-K filing, Apple paid more foreign earnings tax than for fiscal year 2011 when it earned $24 billion outside of …

The prices of factory unlocked iPhone 5 units have allegedly been hiding in plain sight inside the Apple website.
First noticed by AppleInsider, the prices offer a glimpse as to what the factory unlocked iPhone 5 will cost when they do get released this fourth quarter.
According to the publication, all one needed to do was search for “iPhone 5 factory unlocked” on the Apple website and you’d get the prices displayed for you.
Once you search for the factory unlocked iPhone 5, the website …

Apple has had a successful opening weekend for its iPad Mini  and iPad 4 after selling more than 3 million units of the tablets during the first three days the tablets were made available.
The new development makes us ask whether the new iPad Mini and iPad 4 will help stem the ongoing decline of Apple in terms of market share in the tablet industry.
Two research firms have confirmed through reports for the third quarter that Apple is losing market share in the tablet market.
In a report …

Apple released, last night, the 6.0.1 update for its iOS operating system, which is designed for all mobile phones, tablets and media players. Being a minor update, it does not bring any new feature, but corrects a number of problems with the 6.0 version, especially for the iPhone 5.
The list of changes includes fixing some graphical artifacts that sometimes appear when using the keyboard, correcting the stability authentication problems and stabilizing the WPA2 encrypted wireless networks, …

Apple delivered the latest iPad, the iPad Mini to customers during the 2nd of November. The new product, however, is Wi-Fi only. There would be a separate Wi-Fi + 4G LTE version, but Apple, through its official website announced its delivery to customers who pre-ordered the said units would still be by mid-November.
Despite the date being undisclosed on its website, clients who ordered the said iPad in advance found that the delivery dates would be on November 21 for expedited shipping, and 2 …

Apple’s revised message to Samsung has appeared in UK papers.
On Thursday, November 1, the High Court of Justice of England and Wales ordered Apple to rewrite its original message to the South Korean smartphone maker. The American tech giant wangled words from the first version to take a jab at its rival for releasing products nowhere near the iPad and for losing similar patent infringement cases in other courtrooms.
While Apple claimed it would take two weeks to create a revised copy …

Apple has always been known for its very loyal customers for its Mac, iPod, iPad and iPhone products – a fact which may soon change.
For the first time ever, iPhone owner loyalty is said to have declined, research from Strategy Analytics reveals.
Strategy Analytics details in its Wireless Device Lab Report titled “iPhone Owner Loyalty Declines: Is Apple Losing its Innovation Edge?” the first ever decline in iPhone user who say they are likely to buy another Apple smartphone.
Accordin …

Current iPad owners in the US “feel disgruntled” over the timing of the iPad 4 debut which was announced by Apple together with the iPad Mini on October 23.
According to a new survey from Toluna QuickSurveys, 45 percent of US iPad owners feel disgruntled that Apple launched a new iPad only seven months after “The New iPad” was launched.
Apple officially christened the iPad 3 “The New iPad” when it launched the tablet earlier this year.
Apple iPad 3 owners are the most displeased …