
Samsung beats Wall Street estimates
It is actually selling smartphones
While its rivals, like Apple, are suffering, Samsung is doing rather well – in fact much better than the cocaine nose-jobs of Wall Street have predicted.

Microsoft wants to get into this PC lark
It has heard it is a money spinner
Software giant Microsoft is not the best at picking where the industry is going, it missed the Internet and failed to get into mobile so the news that it is thinking of getting into the PC hardware business just as it is dying is not surprising.

Apple leans on its suppliers
Cut your prices to keep our ridiculous margins
Those suppliers who thought they were onto a good thing scoring a contract with Apple might be starting to regret it.

Apple clamps down on Free Speech
Cease and desist for a bloke for teaching people how to repair its gear
Fruity cargo cult Apple has ordered a take-down of a video of a bloke explaining to Apple fanboys why the gear is pants.

Spotify slams Apple for anti-trust
Expect a court case
Music streaming service Spotify has accused Fruity cargo cult Apple of refusing to approve its iPhone App because its service competes with Apple Music.

Dell walking away from Tablets
“Game changing Dream” becomes nightmare
Tin box shifter Michael Dell has given up on the “game changing” dream touted by Steve Jobs and consigned tablets to the dustbin of history.

Apple patents tech to stop iphone users videoing concerts
Acting in its users’ interests.
Fruity cargo cult Apple has come up with a method to switch off all the iPhones at a concert to stop Apple fanboys recording live acts.

Samsung Display continues to dominate AMOLED
Will run things for years
Beancounters at Digitimes Research claim that Samsung Display will continue to be the king of AMOLED panels for smartphones for years.

Florida man claims to have invented the iPhone
Even down to its rounded rectangle shape
Florida resident Thomas Ross claims he invented the “iPhone” and has filed a $10 billion lawsuit against Apple claiming it nicked his idea.

Qualcomm not worried about losing the Apple modem deal
Keen to talk about its 100 other design wins
While the Tame Apple Press has made a big thing about Intel’s winning of a slice of the iPhone modem production, Qualcomm is keen to talk about all the other orders it has won this year.