On Monday tech giants Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. head to court in San Francisco to settle patent issues relating to the their smartphones and tablets. The heated tussle between the two tech giants started last year when Apple filed lawsuit against the South Korean company, accusing it of plagiarizing designs of Apples’ popular iPhone and iPad. Apple is suing for $2.5 billion in damages.
On Monday, Democratic Representative of Massachusetts Barney Frank announced that the Democratic Party will include gay marriage to their platform in the upcoming elections in November. According to Frank the decision comes after a weekend convention by the Platform Drafting Committee in which a panel of 15 members voted unanimously to add gay marriage rights to the party rhetoric.
London.-First Lady Michelle was right there to witness the US basketball team defeat France at the London Olympics. After beating team France in a 98-71 win in a game that lasted for 40 minutes the team headed to center of the court to celebrate the victory and then as they left the court, each player got a congratulatory hug from Michelle Obama who seemed ecstatic with the victory.
Rumors about the release date of Apple's fifth generation iPhone has been making waves for the past few months, with rumored dates initially set for August (due to the successful sales of Samsung's Galaxy S3), and slowly making it to September or October, where the general consensus currently rests, but in a report Monday, a source with 'inside information,' according to pocket-lint (yahoonews) says that the much talked about phone will be on shelves on September 21.
