Once again the week is coming to an end and that means it’s time for a roundup of the past weeks news!
US Judge Grants Apple’s And Samsung’s Requests To Include Newer Devices In Lawsuits – Today, both Apple and Samsung were given the go ahead to include newer devices in their continuing legal battle over mobile smartphone and tablet supremacy, raising the stakes between the two tech giants. Samsung was granted the ability to include the iPhone 5 in its lawsuit against Cupertino-based Apple.
BioShock 2, Call of Duty 4 and more OS X games on sale – With Thanksgiving just a week away in the US, several Mac game publishers already are dropping the prices on their Mac App Store titles in celebration. We’re talking some steep discounts on some triple-A games.
LTE iPad mini pre-orders begin arriving – If you’ve been waiting on the delivery of a shiny new iPad mini with LTE capability, you should probably get ready to sign for it. That’s because, as MacRumors and some of our readers report, pre-ordered LTE iPad mini units are starting to arrive at the homes and businesses of Apple aficionados.
Twitter updates iOS app with more personalized Discover tab, improved search, account management – Soon after Facebook issued a fairly major update to its iOS application, social network Twitter hasreleased an update to its iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch application with new features for the Discovery tab, searching, and account management.
Aaron Sorkin’s Steve Jobs Biopic: Three 30-Minute Scenes Taking Place Before Three Product Launches – Aaron Sorkin, screenwriter of the movie based on Walter Isaacson’s Steve Jobsbiography, has shared some details behind the structure of the upcoming film.
New iMac Deliveries to Be Delayed Until Early Next Year? – Apple may not begin shipping the new iMac until early 2013, according to the French siteMacBidouille [Google Translate]. When the new lighter, thinner iMac was introduced three weeks ago, Apple said the 21.5″ model would ship by the end of November, with the 27″ model shipping by year-end.
Facebook Brings Its Own Version Of The Retweet To iOS In Latest App Update – Facebook just rolled out a big update to its iOS app in the App Store. Most notably, version 5.2 of Facebook’s app brings the long-awaited “Share” button.
Google Putting Finishing Touches On Official Google Maps App For iPhone [Report] – Google is putting the finishing touches on its standalone Maps app for iOS, according to a new report today from The Wall Street Journal. A beta version of the app has reportedly been distributed to select testers within and outside Google as the search giant gets ready to submit the final version to Apple’s App Store.
JBL releases iOS docks with Lightning connector – Audio accessory manufacturer JBL has released a pair of docks with Lightning connectors for the iPhone 5, iPad mini, iPad (fourth generation), iPod touch (fifth generation) and iPod nano (seventh generation)
Flash finally sandboxed in Google Chrome for OS X – The fastest web browser on the Mac just got a little safer. With Chrome 23, Google has introduced a “sandboxed” version of the Adobe Flash plug-in, which helps prevent its use in exploits that could allow harmful code to be run without the user’s knowledge.
