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ParkerVision prosecutes Apple for patent infringement

The publisher of RF, ParkerVision that comes from Florida submitted the application to ITC and Florida regional court to prosecute Apple, Samsung, LG and Qualcomm Incorporated as they infringed its wireless networking patent.

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ParkerVision claimed that the wireless receivers made by Qualcomm and Samsung violated its wireless networking patent. Apple, Samsung and LG all apply the infringed Qualcomm chips for their mobile devices. The Sahnnon 928 RF reciever which is made by Samsung will be further checked as well.

The involved patents inlcude No.6879817,No.7929638, No.8571135 and No9118528. They are related to the wireless radio frequency technology and its applications usage. ParkerVision respectively sues Qualcomm and Samsung concern the patent infringement.

ParkerVision sued Qualcomm in 2011 for the first time, but it could not prove the evidence. In 2013, the Jury of Florida court ruled Qualcomm infringed ParkerVision’s patent and fined $173 million, but this judgment was objective later.

In the document ParkerVision submitted, it asked for prohibiting to export those infringed products to overseas. The involved Apple products are iPhone 6, iPhone 6, iPad Air 2 and other products.

ParkerVision is a listed company that established in 1989 and it specializes in designing wireless chips. Most of its revenue is from the technology licensing business. The infringement damages its advantage in this industry, so it has to appeal to the court.

ParkerVision’s future seems to be negative. It only signed one contract in the first three quarters this year. The revenue only has $55 million.

Advanced 3D Touch is upgrading: compatible with different screen sizes

The current 3D Touch is only compatible with iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus. The iPad users are discontented with this, especially for those who bought iPad Pro or iPad mini 4.

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Due to the difference of screen sizes, iPad series do not support 3D Touch sound reasonable. The key is how long we need to wait for a compatible 3D Touch for iPad.

AppleInsider posted an exclusive report today and indicated the confirmed source provided that Apple is now studying an advanced 3D Touch technology that supports all screen sizes on iOS devices.

It is reproted that the new 3D Touch will be able to apply on iPhone, iPad, iPad mini and iPad Pro. It suggested that the current 3D Touch technology on iPhone 6s is hard to apply on bigger mobile screen.

The performance and features of the “advanced 3D Touch” has not much difference from the current one. It mainly syncs to integrate on iPhone and iPad screens. The report claimed that iPad users need to wait for while to experience the 3D Touch. It won’t be realized until the release of iPhone 7.

3D Touch is the selling point for iPhone 6s &6s Plus. The ads for iPhone 6s mentioned this selling point every now and then. Besides iPhone 6s series, Apple Watch and MacBook have alike function as 3D Touch does.

KGI analyst reported that iPad Air 3 will be released next March, but it won’t match with 3D Touch either.

Facebook at Work will be officially released to rival LinkedIn

Julien Codorniou,the director for Facebook Worldwide partner Platform claimed that the firm will officially introduce the Facebook at Work to its enterprise users in a few months. The Facebook at Work has been testing for about one year.

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It is similar with the ordinary Facebook version, Facebook at Work offers message stream, likes and chatting functions. It aims to enhance the cooperation between enterprises and employees.

Codorniou claimed:” I can admit that 95% of Facebook launched functions are integrated to Facebook at Work.”

To experience the Facebook at Work, the uses need to create a special account that is different from the personal ones.

Facebook customized a special function for Facebook at Work version, for example, it launched the information safety tool.

The company started testing this service from January,2015 and it offered to use for free during the trial period. It was introduced to the enterprises by using the “Invited” mode.

Facebook at Work will be open to all enterprises after it is being released. Facebook plans to obtain profit by months by promoting advanced services, such as data analysis and customer technical support.

According to IDC report, the annual revenue of Linkein and Monster Worldwide are about $6 billion.

So far, Heineken, Royal bank of Scotland, Stella and Dot are using Facebook at Work. It is said that Club Mediterranee SA will join the membership.

Codorniou said nearly all the features of Facebook at Work are the same with the ordinary version. It only has a few special features, for instance, users can play Candy Crush Saga on Facebook at Work.

 

HTC announced to postpone the release of HTC Vive till next April

HTC announced on Tuesday that it would delay the release of HTC Vive till next April. It was supposed to be launched before this Christmas according to its schedule.

If you plan to buy this HTC Vive during Christmas holiday, you need to wait for much longer time as the Santa Claus will come late.

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According to its statement, HTC Vive will come 4 months later than its scheduled plan. It wrote on its official website that :” we will offer HTC Vive for large-scale content creator and cooperative partners. We still focus on offering better experience for the launch of HTC Vivv.”

HTC announced to cooperate with game company Valve to launch HTC Vive together in this March. The postponement of HTC Vive release indicates that it takes longer time to make Virtual Reality Technology come to real life.

So far, only Google and Samsung released their own virtual reality helmet products. Oculus Rift, Sony PlayStation VR and HTC Vive will be released until next year.

It is unclearn their release dates and prices so far. What we knew is that they focus on high end Virtual Reality games and videos application.

Even though there are not many details about those devices, they attract many fans and manufacturers to study them. It is said that Hulu and Netflix plan to team up for those devices. Microsoft,Harmonix and Sony prepare for providing VR games for those devices.

HTC plans to offer 7,000 specimen for publishers before HTC Vive will be released by next April.

Microsoft Surface share increased sharply in October

 

Apple iPad  series have  been criticized in the past few months. Microsoft Surface products are considered the prospective in the future. But iPad series are still in the leading position in the iPad market so for.

It turned out that the share for Microsoft Surface increased sharply in October. Its online tablet share is higher than Apple’s iPad.

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According to the statistics of 1010data, the sales for Microsoft Surface increased sharply started from the fall. It received an incredible increase in October. The online table share increased to 45%, and it was first that Surface series exceeded iPad series.

The sales for iPad declined in October, down to 17%. The statistics resource is from 100 American large scales e commercial channels.

Judged by the graph, Surface series keep a vigorous life for the tablet share trending this year. It received progressive increase.

The releases of Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book received positive feedback so that they attract many users. It is worth noting that this figure doesn’t include the sales of iPad Pro due to it was released relatively late.

If Apple requires the sales of iPad Pro to save the leading position of iPad series, it indicates that iPad gradually loses its dominant position.

Judged by the sales of past 12 months, iPad series still main in the leading position. In terms of share of selling tablet online, Apple takes up 34 %, Microsoft is 19%, while Amazon is 11%.

Facebook might invest $300 million to build the first Asian Data center in Taiwan

The Changhua officer from Taiwan revealed that Facebook has plan to build data center in Changhua, predicting it will invest 10 billion NTD($300 million), reports Digitimes.

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Changhua county is close to Changhua high-speed rail station. It is convenient for traveling.

It is reported that Facebook authorized consulting company to do investigation in Changhua concerned the land resource in October. It continued to send technical staffs to explore the local electric power and water supplies. They were negotiating with the local govenment concerned the investment.

Facebook confirmed that it is looking for the right location to build the data center. It doesn’t made the final decision yet.

Facebook plans to invest $300 million to built the data center. The Changhua officer claimed that the government will acution the land at 80,000 NTD per square meters. Facebook settles on a land of 6 hectare, valuing at 1.4 billion NTD. But the data center scale might reach to 20 hectare at last.

Its Changhua data center might become the 6th one that Facebook builds in the world. It will be the first one in Asia.

Facebook announced to build the 5th data center in Fort Worth, Texas in July, generating electricity with wind power. Mashable claimed that Fort Worth data center showed its ambitious to explore the international business.

Facebook revealed that its montly activate users in Taiwan is 15 million, considering as the most popular social networking service. It expressed its willingness to build a small-scale group in Taibei in January in order to provide better technical support for Taiwanese enterprises and app developers.

PPTV appoints Mi Xin as its new CEO

According to the confirmed information, PPTV employees received an appointed email that appointing Mi Xin as PPTV’s new CEO. However, PPTV doesn’t confirm this news yet.

Mi Xin worked as the vice manager of CIBN(Beijing) and was responsible for networking TV business operation before he joined PPTV.

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It is reported that Mi Xin will be in charge of PPTV’s daily operation management, including video business, copyright purchase, OTT and gaming business.

What is more, the email announced PPTV appointed Fan Zhijun as the chairman of Management Committee. He is in charge of resource sharing between the group and PPTV, work butting and management of important decisions. He is also responsible for PPTV sports, human resource, finance, external contact work and project management.

Zhang Xun was appointed as the vice president, responsible for operating management of PPTV sports.

Mi Xin also works as the president of PPTV. This is the third time that PPTV appointed new CEO after Suning became its shareholder.

Suning announced to invest PPTV with Lenovo at $420 milliom in October, 2013. Its former CEO Tao Chuang and some other senior managers left PPTV in March, 2014.

Suning claimed that PPTV board of directors appointed Fan Zhijun as chairman of Management Committee, acting on CEO’s behalf in November 25, 2014.

Suning announced in November that Sunning Commerce Group would transfer PPTV 68.08 % of share ownership to Suning Culture. Fan Zhijun said it would benefit both Suning and PPTV to split up. It will encourage the reorganization of retailed, cultural and creative industry.

Apple Personal Pickup service takes on British market

Apple launched the Personal Pickup service in America to get the orders by consumers. This service was launched to remit the peak hours during the rush season for shopping, reports Macnn on November 26.

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Personal Pickup service allows consumers to make orders online, and pickup their packages from the offline Apple retail stores. One can get its package within one hour.

Personal Pickup service was released in 2011 in America. The consumers can check the storage of nearest Apple retail stores online before they place orders. Apple company will send them the self-help pickup emails or text messages after consumers confirmed their orders.

It is suggested to pick up their commodities at the nearest retail stores around their residence. They might need to show their emails or text messages to confirm when picking up the goods.

Canadians and Australians are also allowed to use the Personal Pickup service to take their commodities, reported 9to5Mac lately. In the meanwhile, Apple offered training courses to its retail store staffs concerned the Personal Pickup service in Australia, France and other countries.

Apple owns 460 Apple retail stores in 18 countries, including 200 retail stores in United States. It was revealed that Apple planned to introduce the Personal Pickup service to more countries in November. It is possible that it carries out this plan later.

 

It reported Samsung sharply cuts research staffs

It is reported that two-thirds of Samsung research staffs in Seoul will make space for its design team staffs.

Fudzilla quoted the reported from ChosunBiz on November 23, Samsung made great adjustment for its research center. It reproted that two-thirds of staffs there might be fired.

Those staffs are in high risks to lose their job from Samsung DMC and MSC departments. The research center can hold 10,000 staffs, while the company cuts the workforce to 3,500 now.

Judging from this news, Samsung seems to cut workforce on software launching. It might focus on the research on hardware in the near future.

Samsung command headquarter-Samsung Future Strategy Office announced its software engineers and staffs belong to design department will move from Seocho office to Umyeon-dong research center on November 26, reported Korea Times on November 23.

Seocho headquarter has been an important branch for Samsung financial and sci-tech subsidiaries. Now Samsung seems to move out its sci-tech department and brings in the whole financial sector.

According to the confirmed information from insiders, Samsung initially planned to arrange more electrical employees to Seocho office. Finally it made new plan for bringing in Samsung securities and Samsung Card.

Samsung spokesman did not confirm the above news yet.

 

Google remote reset passwords for 74 % of Android devices

According to a document from New York prosecution office, Google can easily reset passwords for older version Android system to obtain more details for investigating officers on the condition that the court required.

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This document concerns the Android system complete encryption will make effect to the work execution of American judicial department in the future.

The document indicates the Android 5.0 or advanced one will not be able to reset passwords remotely due to the complete encryption function. The encryption function is not open by default on many other devices. However, the older Android versions have high risk being able to remotely reset passords.

The judicial investigators can make short cut for obtaining the passwords for some Android devices via some judicial expertise technologies. They need to apply for search warrant from the court on some Android devices.

They have right to ask for Google to assist the data collecting by reseting their passwords. Google is able to reset their passwords by remote so that the judicial investigators will check the backup content.

According to the data provided by the Android developers panel, 74.1% of Android devices still run the older Android system which are under high risk being reset passwords by remote.

Such situation works better to iPhone users. Apple can not skip the passwords on iOS or advanced version. These systems open the encryption function by default.

If Android users wish to open the complete encryption function, please setting options are normally located in “security” or “storage”menu.