European Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Apple shows interest in European patent laws

by Mike Schramm (Feb 9th, 2012)

Apple has delivered a letter to the European Telecommunications Standards Institute asking for basic principles for that region of the world on patents and their licensing, according to the Wall Street Journal. The letter asks for consistency across the board in how patents are owned and shared, ...

Daily iPad App: Wild Chords

by Mike Schramm (Nov 21st, 2011)

Wild Chords is a really amazing app -- at its absolute base, it's an excellent and easy-to-use guitar tuner, perfect for kids or adults. But the real magic of Wild Chords is in actually playing the guitar along with the main game; this game will teach you, chord by chord and string by string, ...

Apple edges out Nokia in European ad impressions

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 18th, 2011)

Apple may be slowly releasing the stranglehold Nokia has on the European market. According to ad network inMobi, the Q2 2011 results show Apple has edged out Nokia in terms of ad impressions. Both Apple and Nokia logged over 2 billion ad impressions in the quarter, but Apple snagged 90 million ...

European newspaper publishers unhappy with Apple's publication requirements

by Mike Schramm (Feb 7th, 2011)

A few European publishers have heard from Apple about subscription arrangements on the App Store, and they're not happy at all. The agreement isn't that surprising -- just as with the current setup in iTunes for software developers, Apple is asking that all subscriptions go through them, and that ...

Found Footage: iPod touch 4G goes head to head with iPhone 4

by Mike Schramm (Sep 15th, 2010)

A site called Letem Svetem Applem has put together some performance comparison videos with the iPhone 4 and the new iPod touch, and the results may surprise you. In the startup speed test, the iPad actually beat all of the other iDevices, and the new iPod touch barely beats the iPhone 4 (but all ...

Apple market share climbs to 6.8% in Europe

by Mike Schramm (May 27th, 2010)

Hardmac is reporting that Apple's market share in Europe has risen to 6.8%. That's not quite as high as the around 10% share for computers in the US, but it is a full two percentage points higher than it was last year. Windows still dominates in the EU, with 92% of all computers running some ...

Survey: Less than half of touchscreen users prefer touchscreen

by Mike Schramm (Nov 4th, 2009)

Here's a few interesting stats from a survey recently conducted in Europe. These aren't specifically about the iPhone, but given that smartphones relied on buttons almost exclusively before Apple's handheld came along (and nowadays, everyone's bragging about their touchscreen technology), a ...

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