Now that you’ve survived the tricks and treats of April 1 it this is a good time to get back to the ever-changing truth of things in technology. Bits and Bytes this week do not fall into any particular theme but are scattered widely across the whole tech ecosystem. If any rise heads above the muck and mire it surely must be the mounting persistence and prevalence of patent suits and an increase in competitive attacks disguised as unsubstantiated rumors.
Let’s get down to it:
Bits & Bytes Friday 4.6.12
- Flashback OSX trojan concerns the Mac world
- Google innovates Eyewear with Project Glass
- Auto Innovator Ferdinand Porsche passes
- Comscore: Android has 50% of US market
- Philadelphia schools may get $35 Indian “Aakash” tablet
- Is Apple really at war with Android? Maybe
- Yahoo Lays Off 2,000 Employees — 14 % of Workforce
- HP Lab’s leader Prith Banerjee leaving
- Rumor: iPhone 5 going into production?
- Is RIM to ceding consumer markets? Maybe, maybe not!
- RIM launching BlackBerry Mobile Fusion (for businesses)
- Point of Discussion: Can RIM Make a Comeback?
- Massive VISA, MasterCard Breach reported
- Facebook goes after Google with new search functions
- Nokia Lumia 900 launching TODAY in NYC
- Barnes and Noble NOOK Audio coming soon
- MetroPCS’s New $70 LTE Plan (Throttling-Free)
- Facebook Striking Back at Yahoo With Patent Claims
- Google v. Oracle Patent Case going to Trial
- New HTC One X starting to gain traction
- iPad tops Consumer Report”s tablet list
- ESER presents $50 Android tablet
- HP’s Envy Spectre 14 Ultrabook is cool
- iPhone Outsells All Smartphones at Sprint & AT&T
- Dell buys Wyse Technology to get Cloud Patents
- Apple, DoJ May Settle re: Ebook Pricing
- Hyundai A7 Android 4.0 ICS tablet $110
- LivingSocial kills Instant deals
- Rumor: Siri to MacBook Pro by summer 2012
- iPhone market is red hot in Japan
- New HTC One S possibly to T-Mobile by 4.22