2. APPLE SUES MOTOROLA, FURTHER
ESCALATING CELLPHONE WARS
Apple Inc sued rival Motorola Inc, claiming the Droid
smartphone maker infringes on three iPhone patents.
Motorola is purposefully using its touchscreen software,
as well as other display technologies.
Motorola's infringing activities have caused and will
continue to cause Apple irreparable harm, for which it
has no adequate remedy at law, unless Motorola's
infringing activities are enjoined.
Motorola has a leading intellectual property portfolio,
one of the strongest in the industry, and we intend to
vigorously defend ourselves in this matter," the company
said.
3. ANDROID IS NO. 2 ON SMARTPHONE OS MKT
Google's Android software platform rose to No. 2 spot
globally on the booming smartphone market in the third
quarter, research firm Canalys.
Nokia's Symbian continued to lead the market with a
37% share, while Android had 17% of the market.
Growing popularity of Android phones—made by
companies including Motorola Inc, HTC and Samsung
Electronics—puts Google in a good position as
handsets look set to surpass computers for browsing the
Web.
Last quarter it saw a 14-fold growth from very low levels
a year ago.
4. SUGAR EXPORTS MAY BEGIN NEXT MONTH
Sugar exports are set to begin next month with the
government likely to expedite the processing of
applications from sugar mills for release of about 5
lakh tonne of sugar for exports.
Large exports from India could swiftly depress
global sugar prices, frittering away the very
advantage that the sugar mills and exporters from
here hope to gain . This is the first time in nearly 15
years that the Indian sugar industry finds itself in a
position of projected plenty even while the global
market is experiencing supply tightness and firm
prices.
