Nobody Told Me Today Was “Apple Acts Like A Douche” Day

8:34 pm EST March 2nd, 2010 | Tech | 2 Comments

It’s like they’re filling Microsoft’s role now.

Apple Sues HTC, Claiming 20 Patent Infringements

Apple has lashed out at HTC with a lawsuit alleging 20 different patent infringements related to the iPhone’s user interface, underlying architecture and hardware. The violated patents center on touch and gesture features, including finger-swipe unlocking mechanisms, power conservation, touch-screen scrolling, and accelerometer capabilities. Apple seeks to ban the sale of HTC phones running Google’s Android operating system as it allegedly copies iPhone functionality.

Apple sabotaging Amazon MP3′s Daily Deal?

Several sources claim that iTunes representatives have been pushing the record labels to opt out of the Daily Deal promotions. Apple allegedly removes iTunes marketing support for albums included in Amazon’s promotion. The persuasion appears to have worked in certain cases, driving executives from Capitol, Capitol Nashville, and Jive to prevent several albums from becoming Daily Deals, according to the sources.

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2 Responses to “Nobody Told Me Today Was “Apple Acts Like A Douche” Day”

  1. White Whale says:
    March 3, 2010 at 1:18 pm

    Apple is great and all but they deserve to be taken down a peg IMO.

  2. Michael Cohen says:
    March 3, 2010 at 4:46 pm

    I’m not gonna argue with the daily deal thing, but you think a company protecting its intellectual property makes you a douche? Really? Do you think getting a patent in the first place makes you a douche?

    Mind you, I don’t know anything about the lawsuit or its validity, but if they have a case, they have a case.