Weekly News Roundup – 23 November 2012

Once again the week is coming to an end and that means it’s time for a roundup of the past weeks news!

Judge orders Apple to disclose details of HTC licensing deal – A federal judge on Wednesday ordered Apple must show Samsung the details of its agreement with HTC, which recently brought an end to ongoing litigation by striking a ten-year patent cross-licensing deal.

Glif Tripod Mount Updated For iPhone 5, Preorders Start Shipping Next Week – Hip startup Studio Neat announced the original Glif on Kickstarter back in 2010, and the innovative iPhone tripod/mount hybrid became a huge success. Today Studio Neat announced that the iPhone 5 version of the Glif will start arriving to customers next week.

Microsoft rumored to take on Apple TV with Xbox-branded set-top box in 2013 – Microsoft may compete more directly with the Apple TV next year with a new low-cost set-top box that will access the company’s Xbox entertainment services.

Turkey Day Bodes Well For Instagram: Record 10 Million Photos Shared During Thanksgiving – There’s something about good food that inspires people to whip out their iPhones, snap a pic, apply a retro filter, and share it with the world on Instagram. Turkey Day was a massive successful for the Facebook-owned social network. Today Instagram revealed that a record-setting 10 million photos were shared yesterday, with an upwards of 200+ uploads per second

Holiday shopping guide: great Lightning accessories – For those of you looking for a Lightning dock, car chargers, adapter, or any other accessory before the holidays, we’ve put together a guide to all the Lightning accessories currently available to order.

AT&T first to offer refurbished iPhone 5 – AT&T is offering the first refurbished iPhone 5 units for resale that we have seen since the product launched just two months ago.

Samsung looks to add 4th-gen iPad, iPad mini to upcoming patent infringement suit – Samsung on Wednesday filed a motion to include Apple’s fourth-generation iPad and iPad mini in its running list of iOS devices that allegedly infringe on certain wireless patents, tacking on even more product claims to be heard in an upcoming patent lawsuit.

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