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Apple planning to launch the long-rumored "iPad Mini" in October - Talking Technology 2012 - Ep31
Category: Technology
Duration: 00:43:23
Publish Date: 2012-08-31 18:12:52
Description: Leon and Garry talk about issues including: The fallout from Samsung just about losing everything in its battle with Apple over who ripped off whom. The jury has ruled almost entirely in Apple's favor, with damages so far totalling a whopping $US1.05 billion. Microsoft, Nokia and RIM might be the big winners out of this case. Judge Lucy Koh discussing the next stage in the trial with both sides: a preliminary hearing on injunctions based on the verdict while Apple is seeking quick bans on eight of Samsung's phones Apple's piece of China's smartphone market almost halving to just 10 per cent. For the first time, more people in China were interested in buying smartphones than feature mobiles, but Apple's iDevices were only the third favourite in the country, bean-counters at IDC said Apple planning to launch the long-rumored "iPad Mini" in October. BlackBerry users are being targeted in a new round of phishing emails that try to infect computers with malware Google developing algorithms to recruit more women. Executives had been concerned that too many women dropped out in the interviewing process or were not promoted at the same rate as men, so they created algorithms to pinpoint exactly when the company lost women and to figure out how to keep them. Google is planning to let businesses integrate their services into its Wallet mobile payments app. A new report from IHS says that smartphones will account for half the market in 2013, two years earlier than the firm had earlier predicted. Dozens of Netflix users are filing objections to a class action settlement that would see Netflix pay $9 million to be released from claims that it illegally retained customers video records. HP's shares falling under $17, marking a new eight-year low for the stock. Amazon announcing that its library of Kindle-exclusive ebooks has seen more than 100 million downloads to date. Dropbox following through on an earlier promise and is rolling out two-factor authentication for its Windows, Mac, and Linux users. With only a few months until the presidential election, CNN is partnering with Facebook to present "real-time Election Insights." This data promises to reveal the number of people talking on Facebook about President Barack Obama, Vice-President Joe Biden, Mitt Romney, and Ron Paul at any given time. Facebook and Twitter are sharing the same facilities at the Republican Convention. In order to pay back creditors and survive as a company focusing on printing, Kodak is looking to sell its film business Sony Mobile, the mobile handset division of Sony Corp., announced it will slash 1000 jobs in an effort to save on operational costs and compete more aggressively in the global smartphone market. NASA testing the Microflow, a breadbox-sized device that instantly detects cancer and infectious diseases, and can even sense the presence of rotten food Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) genetically altering soil bacteria to convert carbon into an alcohol replacing petrol.
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