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    Posted on April 21st, 2009

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    Apple refusing royalty-free license to widget patent

    Apple believes it has a patent that could potentially throw a wrench into an effort to develop a Web standard for updating widgets.
    Last month Apple disclosed the patent (No. 5,764,992) to the W3C Web Applications Working Group, which is trying to come up with a standard entitled “Widgets 1.0: Updates,” as spotted by MacNN. Apple’s [...]

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    Posted on March 30th, 2009

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    Apple Raises Its iPhone Ante

    Apple is making it easier for developers to create iPhone applications, which could increase its smartphone market share
    Scott Forstall, senior vice-president of iPhone Software, speaks during a Mar. 17 Apple event announcing the new iPhone operating system. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
    By Peter Burrows

    For the past two years makers of powerful, Internet-connected smartphones have been [...]