Apple celebrates '5 years of App Store"

Whether you try to argue it or not, there is no denying how Apple - then shaped by Steve Jobs - changed the way we interact with our phones. They, with their App Store, brought apps into relevance and created new jobs for millions of developers; with an estimated 5-billion dollars in payments going out to developers lasdt year alone. Some big numbers. But, time has flown, and on July 10th, 2008 the App Store turns 5 years old. 

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Apple iWatch trademark secured in multiple countries

Concept created by The GuardianApple has secured the 'iWatch' trademark in a number of countries including Japan, Russia and Mexico among others. This fuels speculation that Apple is getting into the emerging wearable computing industry and looking to develop another niche in consumer electronics. While trademarking a possible product name is never a guarantee that a product launch is around the corner, the iconic iPod was first discovered through similar trademark filings.

Apple discontinued the iPod Touch model that could be worn as a watch despite it being a popular seller and having an accessory ecosystem developed around it. The speculation surrounding an iWatch device has been surging with various concept renderings appearing online even if Apple has never confirmed that it is getting into the wearable computing space. "It's an area where it's ripe for exploration," Apple CEO Tim Cook said on at the All Things Digital Conference earlier this year when asked abput wearable computing.

Apple makes 'green' FaceTime icon official through trademarking filing

Phone makers are serious about their intellectual properties, take the ongoing struggles between OEM giants Samsung and Apple. They're constantly at war over patents, claiming copyright infringement with every waking innovation announced, so today's news should come as no surprise to anyone. Shortly after its big WWDC announcement earlier this month, Apple has gone ahead and patented the new flat 'green' FaceTime logo. Although, of course, things could change with the other app colors prior to iOS7's official release in September, its highly unlikely. Patents cost money and Apple wouldn't begin filing unless they were serious about moving forward.

[via Patently Apple]

HBO GO & WatchESPN Come to Apple TV in the US, Canada gets Crunchy Roll and Qello

Apple today announced that HBO GO and WatchESPN are now available directly on Apple TV joining the great lineup of programming offered to customers. iTunes users have downloaded more than one billion TV episodes and 380 million movies from iTunes to date, and they are purchasing over 800,000 TV episodes and over 350,000 movies per day. 

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