Apple Seeds is iSource’s daily roundup of Apple-related stories for the most diehard of fans, or for the news junkie that has to have all of the day’s news:
Apple and Others Facing Class-Action Suit Over eBook Pricing
A class-action suit has been filed against Apple and five out of the six major book publishers under the claim that these companies “colluded to increase prices for popular e-book titles to boost profits and force e-book rival Amazon to abandon its pro-consumer discount pricing.” This will be interesting to watch pan out. The pricing of ebook does seem to be high, but are these companies really artificially inflating the price? [Read More]
Apple Moves to Samsung and Chimei Innolux to Manufacture iPad 2 Displays Over Quality Issues
Apple has been forced to shift their manufacturing of the iPad 2 display from LG to Samsung and Chimei Innolux over quality issues. This was due to LG’s unacceptable level of output and failure of those panes to survive a drop test. So there’s that. [Read More]
Apple Suing Motorola Over Xoom Tablet Design
News broke today that Apple has sued Motorola in Europe, where just yesterday they won an injunction against Samsung for a similar reason, over the Xoom’s design, and how it closely matches the iPad’s. Amazing how Apple is involved in another suit. [Read More]
Apple Threatened to Leave Intel Over Chip Power Consumption
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that in Intel’s $300 million effort to produce lower-powered chips for their Ultrabook initiative, was spurred on by Apple’s demand for low-power chips. Of course, Apple uses these chips in their MacBook Air line of computers, and if rumors are correct, will be using them in thinner MacBook Pros. A long story short, Apple threatened to go to another chip manufacturer if Intel couldn’t produce. [Read More]
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