Retailers will be able discount e-books, according to a Justice Department settlement with publishers, but the long-term outlook of digital publishing remains uncertain. HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster and Hachette agreed to tear up current contracts and renegotiate pricing with outlets like Amazon and Barnes & Noble, while the DoJ’s lawsuit against Apple, Penguin and Macmillan continues. Apple [...]
Continue reading...14. April 2012
Facebook shelled out $1 billion for photo-sharing service Instagram, while Apple faced off with the Justice Department in an e-pricing showdown. News Under the Sun is a weekly column rounding up all the events in the mobile industry. Want the news but don’t want it every day? Subscribe to our weekly Facebook or Twitter page. Facebook Buys [...]
Continue reading...13. April 2012
A French designer says he’s working on a revolutionary Apple design; meanwhile, Apple paid a Japanese couple after their iPod caught on fire. In other news, AT&T was accused in a lawsuit of helping cell phone thieves, a Brazilian city named a street after Steve Jobs, and Sprint outlined its LTE goals. AT&T Accused of Aiding Phone [...]
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20. April 2012
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