Mac Early Bird 012915 © Mac Reseller Association 2015

Mac Early Bird  012915 © Mac Reseller Association 2015

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1. TaiG jailbreak closed off in iOS 8.1.3 update

http://www.macnn.com/articles/15/01/28/apple.credits.taig.team.in.release.notes/#ixzz3QAutRqM3

2. FCC nixes petition by hotels, disallows Wi-Fi hotspot blocking

http://www.electronista.com/articles/15/01/28/preceding.rm.11737.resolved.with.public.notice.against.blocking/#ixzz3QAv4QfcP

3. R&D at Apple increases by 42 percent, hits $1.9B

http://www.macnn.com/articles/15/01/29/increasing.figure.still.a.fraction.of.cost.incurred.by.rivals/#ixzz3QDCtKcAt

4. Apple and Samsung Tied as World's Largest Smartphone Makers in Q4 2014

http://www.macrumors.com/2015/01/28/apple-samsung-strategy-analytics-q4-14/

5. Microsoft launches revamped Outlook mail app based on Acompli for iOS

http://9to5mac.com/2015/01/29/microsoft-outlook-ios/

6. Microsoft delivers public preview of OneDrive for Business for Mac

http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-delivers-public-preview-of-onedrive-for-business-for-mac/#ftag=RSSbaffb68

7. Apple Invents a Superheterodyne Pen Stimulus Receiver to Overcome the Classic Stylus Latency Problem

http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2015/01/apple-invents-a-superheterodyne-pen-stimulus-receiver-to-overcome-the-classic-stylus-latency-problem.html

8. China has Adopted new Rules that Could Require Apple to Build Back Doors into their Mobile Products

http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2015/01/china-has-adopted-new-laws-that-could-require-apple-to-build-back-doors-into-their-mobile-products.html

Note: I expect soon the US, British etc will require the same.

9. Apple's iPhone Targeted in a Patent Lawsuit Filed by Rosetta Wireless

http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2015/01/apples-iphone-targeted-in-patent-lawsuit-filed-by-rosetta-wireless.html

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