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VirnetX Takes $503M Bite Out Of Apple For Patent Infringement

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There's a new development in a decades old lawsuit after a jury in Tyler, Texas, ordered Apple to pay $502.8 11, 2010, alleged that Appleā€™s FaceTime and VPN On Demand features were using its patented technology. Over the years, VirnetX won various monetary awards, all of which were appealed by Apple, the report stated.

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Great Expectations: Apple and Verizon Start Their 5G Engines

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ranked among the lowest of all nations surveyed as a function of how much faster download speeds have been for 5G over the current standard 4G. Where the tech is available, as noted by the Dallas Morning News, Verizon has a much quicker 5G network (due to using millimeter wave technology) but that tech is live in 36 cities.

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Google, Apple Team For App To ID Coronavirus Contact In UK

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A mobile app to track the coronavirus is being developed by NHSX , the technology arm of Britainā€™s National Health Service (NHS), in coordination with Google and Apple, according to numerous reports on Sunday (April 12). The app would use a phoneā€™s location data to record where a user was in the past few days. ā€œIf

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Apple Adheres To Russia Demands Of Crimea Label On iPhone Apps

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Apple will adhere to Russia’s demands that the technology conglomerate change the way the Crimean peninsula is displayed on Apple’s Weather and Maps apps, according to BBC reports. Reports added that the State Duma had described Apple’s previous labeling of Crimea as an ā€œinaccuracy.ā€.

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Is It Time For Apple To Allow Others Access To The iPhone NFC Chip?

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This digital shift ā€” doing less in the physical world and more in the digital world for the same activity ā€” is based on 16 longitudinal studies that PYMNTS has conducted of a national sample of more than 40,000 U.S. Those conversations have largely ignored the Biggest Tech company of all, Apple, and Apple Pay.

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Apple Complies With Russiaā€™s Request To Change Map In Apps

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Apple will adhere to Russia’s demands that the technology conglomerate change the way the Crimean peninsula is displayed on Apple’s Weather and Maps apps, according to BBC reports. Reports added that the State Duma had described Apple’s previous labeling of Crimea as an ā€œinaccuracy.ā€.

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Airports Expand Range Of Digital Identity Technology

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Last month, American Airlines announced that it will be piloting a new touchless mobile identity system at Dallas/Fort Worth International and Reagan National airports that will allow passengers to verify their identities with their faces at the check-in desk. The cost of annual membership is $179.