Very interesting article from Benedict Evans.

Samsung lost an appeal in the Netherlands over its infringement of Apple’s bounce-back patent, resulting in a broad injunction against selling accused devices and all other infringing devices that Samsung has introduced or will introduce.

This is what should happen to stealing scumbags. What’s wrong with the U.S.?

Samsung said that Apple were “jihadist” and that this was “Apple’s Vietnam.” Samsung is fucking crazy.

Jim and Dan return to have a deep analysis of beats, music subscription technology, music discovery, a list of people Jim will destroy, Apple settling with Samsung and Google, iMessages SMS issues, and more.

In a joint filing late Monday, the two companies blamed each other for the failure of the talks initiated on May 5 by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, San Jose Division.

Good. Sue those copying scumbags into the ground.

I’m going to need to think about this one for a bit. I use services from both companies, but I’m not sure how they fit together.

I’ll be honest, I don’t own a GoPro, but it’s one of those devices that I always think about buying.

The device features a 12-inch screen and kickstand, and supports a stylus. In addition, the tablet comes with support for USB 3.0 and Microsoft’s popular Type-covers in multiple colors. The Surface Pro 3 features an Intel Core i3, Core i5, and Core i7 processor to boost its performance compared to the previous Microsoft slate.

They are comparing it to a MacBook Air. That’s an odd comparison for me, almost like Microsoft still doesn’t get what this is all about.

Ember makes it incredibly easy to capture and organize screenshots, entire webpages and other images that inspire you; and syncs them between all your favorite Apple devices.

I’m sure Dropbox sync will be a popular feature.

From the auction listing:

Two original exterior office building signs, approximately 46 x 49 x 1 1/2 inches and 33 1/2 x 36 x 6 inches, each with separate stem piece; the larger sign made of stiff foam with 6 vinyl applied colors; the smaller sign made of fiberglass backed with metal, vinyl applied colors; edgewear to both signs, some colors with slight pealing at transitions, larger sign with one color showing significant craquelure, both with stray marks and outdoor wear.

Provenance: Removed from company headquarters in 1997 and given to a longtime Apple employee.

If only the original pirate flag was up for auction.

For some reason, this just makes me happy.

Korea Times:

Samsung Electronics and Apple have recently agreed to begin talks to settle patent disputes out of court, according to people directly involved with the matter, Monday.

“Samsung has recently resumed working-level discussions with Apple and the key issue is how to dismiss all lawsuits,” they said, declining to be named.

They added that the recent verdict in the U.S. that admitted Apple’s infringement on some Samsung patents made things much better for the resumption of talks.

If true, an interesting development. [Via 9to5mac]

Reuters:

The Central Government Procurement Center issued the ban on installing Windows 8 on government computers as part of a notice on the use of energy-saving products, posted on its website last week.

The official Xinhua news agency said the ban was to ensure computer security after Microsoft ended support for its Windows XP operating system, which was widely used in China.

Not clear exactly what prompted this, but it is a big deal to Microsoft.

Apple’s new retail boss, Angela Ahrendts, reportedly plans to focus on China, mobile payments and the experience. All things that Apple should focus on.

XLTE supposedly doubles the 4G LTE bandwidth.

[Via iMore]

Conor Friedersdorf keeps a list of the best longform nonfiction published each year. This is his list of more than 100 articles for 2013.

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This is an interesting trend for Line 6—a piece of hardware controlled by an app on your iPhone or iPad.

AT&T Inc plans to pay $48.5 billion to buy DirecTV, in the latest sign that the wireless industry and the U.S. television market are set to converge as customers consume more video on their mobile devices.

Frozen in time since the 1950s, Bellosguardo, the estate of reclusive heiress Huguette Clark in Santa Barbara, has been kept up for $40,000 per month.

There was enough money in the estate to keep a full staff employed, while the owner spent the last 20 years of her life in a hospital room. Fascinating.

Ars Technica:

Galloping Ghost, an arcade located in the western suburbs of Chicago, was said to house well over 400 vintage games. $15 gets you all of the gaming you can stand until closing time at 2am—no quarters needed.

This place would have made my 14 year old self weep with joy. If I ever find myself in Chicago, I’ll have to make a pilgrimage.

About a minute into Apple’s recent Powerful ad, there’s a shot of two bikers who come up to a sign, in Spanish, that reads “estrada desmoronada”. They hold up their iPhone and the sign is helpfully translated to read “road collapsed”.

That’s Word Lens at work. Google just bought ’em.

Yesterday Samsung announced that they’d be kicking off a “revolutionary” campaign that would involve them “taking over signage, wayfinding, website, and every digital screen” at Heathrow’s incredibly busy Terminal 5 and “rebranding” it as “Terminal Samsung Galaxy S5”. iMore has since been informed that Samsung’s “take over” is actually a far more reasonable, more standard form of advertising.

Samsung lied? Shocking.

Kyre Lahtinen takes you on a video tour through text expansion, a feature that’s been around OS X and iOS for quite some time, yet still seems to be a big unknown for a lot of people.