U.S. ITC to investigate Apple claims against Nokia

It's a busy time at ITC headquarters: news has it that the trading body, already busy with a number of smartphone-related claims, will also investigate Apple's claims of patent infringement against Nokia.

TV Networks Continuing to Resist Apple’s Effort to Slash iTunes Pricing

The New York Times reports that television networks are continuing to resist Apple's push to lower episode pricing for their shows to $0.99, down from the current $1.99 price point for standard definition content. The networks reportedly con...

Apple Ranks Third in BusinessWeek Customer Service Rankings

In Bloomberg BusinessWeek's fourth annual customer service rankings released late last week, Apple placed third behind catalog retail site L.L. Bean and insurance company USAA, a new high for the company. According to the report, which combi...

Rivals aim to slow mobile gains by Apple, Google

Of the three IT powerhouses that last week unveiled new mobile operating systems, Microsoft faces the most difficult task.

Loopt Adds Curated Restaurant, Bar Recommendations via TastingTable

Loopt [Free - iTunes link] has added curated restaurant and bar recommendations via a partnership with TastingTable. With more and more location-based apps and services becoming available on the iPhone, we’re once again seeing a lot of crowd-sourcing (where users enter locations, ratings, tips, and recommendations) used to power it. Loopt, one of the original location apps, is going the other direction and using TastingTable’s team of editors to provide an expert level of detail for potential customers.

Crowds can typically cover more, curators can typically cover better. If you try out the latest version of Loopt, let us know how the new recommendations work for you!

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Review: SlingPlayer for iPhone adds 3G support

With the addition of 3G support, SlingPlayer Mobile has suddenly become much more useful.

New Apple iPhone Ads Go After Boredom, Parents’ Hearts

Apple began airing two new iPhone ads last night during the Olympics (what hockey game?), one going after boredom by showing what you can do with your iPhone while you wait, and the other going after the hearts of parents (and grandparents) everywhere. Interestingly, neither featured the “app for that” or “app for almost everything” tag lines Apple has been using since 2008.

“On hold” starts off with the male caller being placed on hold, though he doesn’t mind because his iPhone means he can use the internet while he waits. He checks email, uses the Bank of America app [Free - iTunes link] to pay bills, and then the App Store to buy, download, and play Monopoly [$4.99 - iTunes link]

(Also interesting, they show the iPhone on Wi-Fi and not 3G, and don’t take any more swipes at Verizon for not being able to handle simultaneous voice and 3G data. Then again, Monopoly is too large to be downloaded over 3G even with the new 20MB limit ) He finishes with “I need my iPhone for, well, everything”.

“First Steps” has a new mom use Camara to video record her baby son’s first steps, then Messages to MMS the video to everyone. Next, she uses Phone to easily set up a conference call to discuss said first steps. It ends with “we would never have shared all that without the iPhone”.

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TiPb Apps 2.2 — QuickOffice for iPhone and iPad (Macworld 2010)

Live from Macworld 2010, Rene and Leanna talk to David Halpin about QuickOffice [$9.99 on sale - iTunes link] for the iPhone… and iPad! We also chat about their latest update which lets users access documents stored on popular cloud-services like Box.net, DropBox, Google Docs, and MobileMe.

Watch along after the break and let us know what you think!

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