Google’s Been Bullying Android Developers [Block Quote]

Google uses Android compatibility standards to suppress fast-rising developers. At least that's what the latest court docs say in the lawsuit between the Skyhook (who specialize in location-based services) and the Big G. More »

Lawsuit accusing Google, Apple, amongst others for fixing wages

A new lawsuit has accused Pixar, Lucasfilm, Intuit, Adobe, Intel, Google, and Apple of conspiring to suppress and fix compensation of their employees. It was launched yesterday by Siddhart Hariharan, a former software engineer at Lucasfilm and it is focusing on the agreements of ‘no solicitation’ that companies in question have agreed between the year 2005 and 2009. It is claiming that the tech companies have violated the California antitrust statues but it isn’t seeking relief under U.S. Clayton Act of 1914 which is quite interesting. This assures that the case is dealing only with California law instead of the federal statues of antitrust.

These accusations might sound familiar and it is because Pixar, Intuit, Intel, Google, Adobe, and Apple settled with Department of Justice last year for an investigation in to the anti competitive solicitation agreements. This lawsuit says DoJ investigaton as wrongdoing evidence. A few companies including Google said that they would be ending the policies of ‘no cold call’.

There are mentions of different relationships and agreements between the companies. It is said that Lucasfilm and Pixar entered in to an agreement which was done to eliminate competition between them for the skilled labor. Pixar had originated from Lucasfilm division which Steve Jobs, the Apple CEO bought in 1986.

The Seamless, Automagical Future of Software Updates [Rant]

OS X Lion is coming to the Mac App Store, ushering in a new era of digital distribution for their desktop operating system. And rumors are flying that iOS devices will soon receive over-the-air updates. If we had to smash these two pieces of information together and speculate about the future a little bit, we'd say Apple is heading down a path to automatic background updates for all of their operating systems. Hardcore nerds would hate this to be sure, but for the average user, it's a good thing. More »

OS X Lion Will Be Downloadable Through The Mac App Store [Unconfirmed]

Apple Insider says that not only will OS X Lion be downloadable through the Mac App Store, it will be their main focus for distribution of the new operating system (the purported screenshot above supports that claim). More »

Apple Outs Update for OS X Lion Preview 2 [Apple]

One of the lucky ones who has OS X Lion preview 2 installed? Hie thee henche to your software updates. Still waiting to see what's new; anybody notice anything interesting? [9to5Mac] More »
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