Le's just hope Universal and Apple make nice sooner rather than later, because the absence of a major label from iTunes certainly isn't gonna do anything to turn us into a nation of taggers.
The explanation here is that trademarks are not universal: consider Apple itself.
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The reverence for Apple is universal, but is it just lip service?
Rumours that Apple would buy Universal, the biggest record company, have proved unfounded.
But sadly, perhaps a more universal lesson has nothing to do with Apple: Health care decisions are different from others.
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Over the past six months, however, the ubiquitous worship of Apple seems to have turned into universal disdain as the stock has tumbled 40% from its peak.
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If Apple really is trying to build bridges to NBC Universal, it's not the kind of overture that Jobs will want to broadcast in a keynote.
More intriguingly, however, Jung sits on the board of General Electric, which owns 80% of NBC Universal--that could help ease the slap fight between Apple and NBC over online video sales (a point blog Valleywag first pointed out).
More intriguingly, however, Jung sits on the board of General Electric (nyse: GE - news - people ), which owns 80% of NBC Universal--that could help ease the slap fight between Apple and NBC over online video sales (a point blog Valleywag first pointed out).
Finally, Bloomberg says (and our own sources have corroborated) that Apple's working on a so-called "Universal SIM" technology that would eliminate physical SIMs altogether and make using the iPhone on different networks a simple matter of provisioning, not unlike American CDMA networks today.
In August, when NBC Universal announced plans to yank its shows off iTunes at year-end, Apple immediately cut it off for the upcoming season.
It is believed, but not confirmed, that Apple has come to an agreement with several major labels, including Universal Music, to launch a streaming service which has been informally dubbed "iRadio".
Although this is labeled with the ever-trendy "universal" tagline, it's clear this NXT-powered device was created with Apple's cash cow and Sirius subscribers in mind.
Griffin introduces two new power solutions for Apple, Samsung, Android and Kindle devices, complete with Charge Sensor technology: PowerBlock Universal and PowerJolt Universal.
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Developers must share some responsibility for this, but they can do only what Apple allows them to do, and the business model for something well understood and with potential universal appeal like a game can be far more lucrative than a guitar-tuning app.
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