Mac OS Ken: 08.30.2010

Mac OS Ken

Ken Ray

Technology

4.7 • 997 Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2010

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Microsoft Cofounder Sues Apple and 10 Other Tech Companies for Patent Infringement / Decorations Go Up on Yerba Buena Center for Wednesday Music Event / App Trackers Says App Store Passes 250k iOS Apps / iPad Now Shipping Within 24 Hours from the Apple Online Store / Apple Ends Work with Silicon Valley Design Firm / FTC Settles with PR Firm Over Questionable Reviews in App Store / Apple Staffing Up iAd Division

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0:00.0	This is MacO-S Ken.
0:17.0	One of Mr. Softy's dads goes after Apple. Apple dolls up the Yerba Buena Center,
0:20.0	and there's finally a decent supply of iPads.
0:22.8	It's Monday, August 30, 2010.
0:26.0	I'm Kanray, and this is news from MacO-S-KAN.
0:30.8	Brought to you by yours truly and supported by listeners like you, subscribers to
0:36.1	MacoS.can Day 6.
0:38.6	More information is available at MacoScan.com. This show is also supported by the Maco
0:44.4	can podcast app for the iPhone and iPod touch available in the App Store now
0:49.4	for $2.99.
0:53.1	It's a great big lawsuit from a great big plaintiff.
0:56.2	The Wall Street Journal says Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is suing 11 companies,
1:01.0	including Apple, for infringingging on web search patents owned by one of his
1:05.2	holdings, Interable Licensing LLC.
1:09.0	According to the piece, the suit accuses the companies of violating four patents, including one that lets a website
1:14.3	offer suggestions for items related to what a user is currently viewing or related
1:18.9	to what other users are doing online. Sort of a people who like this also like this kind of thing. A second
1:25.7	patent, according to the journal, lets readers of a news story quickly locate stories related
1:30.3	to a particular subject, while the other to enable ads, stock quotes, news updates, or video
1:36.0	images to show up on a computer screen near a user's main activity.
1:41.6	That all sounds like stuff done by a lot of the biggest tech companies out there and don't think that that's escaped Mr.
1:47.1	Alan's attention also named in the suit Google Facebook eBay Yahoo.
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