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Apple News: How to help iOS 7 run faster on an older iPhone Q: Ever since I downloaded iOS 7 onto my iPhone 4, typing has become very slow. Any solutions coming out for that? A: First off, you’ll have to forget about reinstalling iOS 6. Whatever you might think of iOS 7, reverting to its predecessor vanished as an option days after 7’s debut last month, when Apple stopped…

Apple News: German appeals court lifts Google’s bogus patent injunction over push email against Apple’s iCloud Google wasted a ton of money on Motorola’s patents. As of today, it has zero – I repeat, zero – enforceable patent injunctions in place against Apple and Microsoft, after almost three years of litigation. By contrast, Apple and Microsoft have scored a number of real wins against Motorola Mobility. I already mentioned in…

Apple News: Microsoft, Intel, Oracle & AT&T come to Apple’s defense in looming iPhone 4 ban High stakes in an impending iPhone 4 ban by the International Trade Commission have created some unlikely bedfellows, with a trade group representing Microsoft coming to the defense of rival Apple. Microsoft is part of BSA, which also represents Oracle and Intel. The group has argued that the use of standard-essential patents to ban…

Apple News: Apple’s TV Won’t Be a TV The people who believe Apple will sell a TV set are right. And the people who believe Apple won’t sell a TV set are also right. Here’s why. Apple’s rumored TV set has been in the news a lot lately. Digitimes reported this week that Apple is looking to make a deal with either LG or Sharp to manufacture 55- and/or 65-inch…

Apple News: Analyst demonstrates how skipping songs quickly inflates Pandora’s royalty past Apple’s Since the contractual terms of use for sound recordings by Apple for its forthcoming iTunes Radio became public (our coverage is here, and you can read the actual contract here), there’s been a rush to determine how Apple royalties compare to those of other webcasters, like Pandora. Will song plays on iTunes Radio be more lucrative for…