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The inability of Apple and Samsung to agree on proposed jury instructions has hinged upon a few key issues, particularly the distinction between simple copying and patent infringement.

Hyong Shin Park, a designer for Samsung, won’t be taking the stand in the patent infringement because Apple successfully argued that her testimony has nothing to do with its infringement claims.

Sinds de lancering van de iPhone in 2007 heeft Apple in totaal 85 miljoen iPhones verkocht in de Verenigde Staten. Hier verdiende het bedrijf zeker 50 miljard dollar aan. Daarnaast verkocht het…

Apple, which is expected to formally introduce its latest iPhone to the world on September 12th, could begin shipping the device to customers and selling the handset in retail stores just a week or two later, according to a new report.

Among the more than 200 new features that Apple plans to incorporate into next month’s release of iOS 6 will be an update to the software’s alarm clock application that will have you stumbling out of bed in the morning to your favorite tune.

A mini Dock Connector expected to make its debut on Apple’s new iPhone next month sports 9 official points of contact and takes design cues from the company’s patented and ‘idiot proof’ MagSafe adapters, AppleInsider has learned.

A handful of Apple’s authorized iPhone resellers have joined the company’s brick-and-mortar retail stores in offering discounts on existing iPhone models ahead of a media event next month that’s expected to serve as a launchpad for the so-called iPhone 5.

New photos claiming to show the logic board of Apple’s next generation iPhone hit the web on Sunday and, if legitimate, are some of the first images of functional circuitry for the much-rumored handset.

What do you think it is?

I’m a huge fan of Business Insider. I can’t think of any other media organizations that writes headlines as good as they do (Business Insider, if you’re reading this, pay your copywriters handsomely… they’re doing everything right). My daily email newsletter from them is always chock full of linkbaity headlines that get me clicking and clicking. This one, from yesterday, was one of them: And The Most Amazing Internet Stock In The Past Year Is… So, who do you think it was? LinkedIn? Apple? eBay? Priceline? Nope… it was AOL.

Called it.

Not really. I didn’t call it. I didn’t invest in AOL. And, if you click over to the Business Insider article, you can see the nice organic jumps and strides AOL made this year. That being said, I’ve been a massive fan of AOL since Tim Armstrong took over as CEO and Chairman in 2009. I’m not saying this because I’m a contributor to The Huffington Post (which AOL bought in 2011 for over $300 million) or because I have any kind of personal relationship with Tim Armstrong (I don’t). I’m saying this because I believe that Armstrong, Arianna Huffington and everyone else at AOL is building an interesting canopy of online properties that are diverse enough to give them a unique position in the new media landscape.

Breaking the rules.

I don’t think that AOL is necessarily breaking any new rules. I think they are, fundamentally, applying a very traditional media strategy to the Internet. They are buying and building properties, creating compelling editorial, building audiences and selling advertising on top of it all. There are sprinkles of newer thinking (like when The Huffington Post launched their GPS For The Soul app) and I’m hopeful that they can leverage everything they have with The Huffington Post coupled with their acquisition of Patch to crack the code on local (and hyper-local) content. There will be challenges in monetizing their current strategy as the world becomes increasingly more smartphone and tablet enabled. Advertising on these devices is still nascent and the formula doesn’t seem to be as effective as it is when compared to Internet advertising. So, this will be no cake walk, but – to date – I’ve been a big fan.

It’s what other media properties wished they had done.

You have to figure that The New York Times would love to have been the ones to have these types of properties that AOL now has in their portfolio. And let’s not kid ourselves, it’s not just The New York Times. Look at any kind of traditional publisher or broadcaster from newspaper, magazine, television and radio (there was a reason that Time Warner merged under the name AOL Time Warner in 2000 – even though that deal went south for a plethora of reasons). AOL now covers a lot of digital space when it comes to content. They’ve come a long way from the days of inundating your mailbox with CD Roms.

It says something.

It says something about how we see the Internet. I’m sure if you surveyed some of the smartest people in Internet land, few of them would have guessed that AOL had performed this well. We keep our preconceived notions with us. We think that businesses (especially, big businesses) can’t change. AOL isn’t perfect (I’m quite certain the comments below will be laced with commentary about AOL and their mishaps). I’m sure AOL is no golden child. AOL still has a ways to go until they have a war-chest of cash like Apple. The point is that it’s quickly becoming an interesting company (again) – especially in a world where we hold quality content in such high regard.

It’s one to watch…whether you own the stock or not.

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