Finn Davey: Tori Spelling & Dean McDermott's Baby Boy!
Source: www.torispelling.com - Thursday, August 30, 2012
ediTORIal by Tori SpellingWhy Apple needs to lose the Samsung appeal
Source: venturebeat.com - Friday, August 31, 2012
I have to admit, I’m a huge Apple fan. I’ve bought practically every Apple device ever made. I am usually one of those in line the first day Apple releases a new product, and I own Apple stock. That said, I hope that Apple loses if Samsung appeals — as they are expected to do . Here’s why: I am worried about the future of innovation—not only in Silicon Valley, but also at Apple. Another Apple victory will escalate the patent wars and cause more innovative startups to get trampled while tech-industry titans battle each other. Another patent victory could also cause Apple to become complacent – just as Microsoft was at the height of its Windows monopoly. Innovation requires a thriving ecosystem – one in which companies build on each other’s ideas and where they are forced to continually reinvent themselves. I have previously written about how patents have become a destructive force in the technology sector. Fledgling startups have to constantly worry about big companies such as Apple or Samsung—or worst of all—a patent troll, bankrupting them with a frivolous lawsuit. Research has shown between 1990 and 2010, patent lawsuits have caused a loss of half-a-trillion dollars in wealth and forced U.S. companies to divert substantial resources from production to litigation support. The only way to protect ideas in the tech industry is to move fast and keep innovating. If you stagnate, others duplicate your ideas and put you out of busines
