Apple's Court Loss Could End the Book as We Know It: The Justice Department is hailing a judge's finding yesterday that Apple and publishers conspired to fix e-book prices as a victory for consumers, who are paying less since the alleged cabal was thwarted
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Thursday Highlights: Fallout continues over Apple's loss to the US Department of Justice on ebook price fixing; Wired's Marcus Wohlsen fears the ruling could hail the end of the book as we know it, handing pricing control over to Amazon, Joab Jackson at Macworld UK wonders if the ruling will make Apple more cautious in approaching new markets, killing "aggressive expansion"; case-watcher Philip Elmer-DeWitt offers his "post-game analysis" as he was under the belief Apple would prevail; Apple is appealing the case, but "prominent legal scholars" give Apple a slim chance of winning; Jonny Evans looks forward to Apple's Fall product releases, sees cause for concern concluding it "will be a make or break point for the company" where the "new devices must ignite the market, or Apple's fall will truly begin"; Matt Asay calls Wall Street "shortsighted" in their view on Apple, Samsung when it comes to mobile growth; Macworld UK reviews Photo Recovery 5 from Stellar Phoenix; and Chris Breen adds 20 more technical terms Mac users should know; tip from Cult of Mac for Mavericks beta users on how to get password suggestions with iCloud Keychain, Safari; interesting article in today's Los Angeles Times that Verizon could owe Apple up to $14 billion due to an iPhone sales shortfall; Samsung beats Apple for mobile supremacy; Apple is building a new store in Madrid, Spain on top of ruins dating back to the 15th century; another round of leaked images show more colored, plastic iPhone shells; and will Apple use IGZO displays in future Apple products?; and also in our Hardware/Software section are Apple's latest patent applications, rounded up at Patently Apple and including unibody magnet-coated MacBook lid, hybrid device input, among others; review of the Pebble smartwatch at AppleDailyReport; iDownload Blog shows how to create auto-reply Messages for iPhone; meanwhile, over at TechNN, Microsoft's Steve Ballmer releases company's massive reorg plan which aligns around devices and services.
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"Apple's Court Loss Could End the Book as We Know It: The Justice Department is hailing a judge's finding yesterday that Apple and publishers conspired to fix e-book prices as a victory for consumers, who are paying less since the alleged cabal was thwarted. But readers shouldn't rest easy. More than anything, Apple's defeat in court reinforces the key fact of bookselling in the 21st century: Amazon has more power than anyone else to dictate what Americans pay for books."" Wired
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