Remains of the Day: Is it a small world, after all?

18.08.2011
Apple's looking to make a new friend in China, someone decides to sue Cupertino over something that's the iPhone, and Yahoo attempts to prove an old adage. The remainders for Thursday, August 18, 2011 will take you around the world in 80 seconds (or however long it takes you to read this).

(Reuters)

I mean, they're not talking iPhones, because Apple's phone still won't run on China Mobile's specialized TDSCDMA network, but word is that Apple is in discussions to bring the iPhone to China's largest carrier. Apple already has one partner in the country--, whose network runs on a much simpler three-letter acronym.

(Santa Monica Dispatch)

How hard is it to get an Apple Store design approved these days? Not very hard. That glass-roofed received the go-ahead on Wednesday night, without even any discussion. I guess it's ushering in a new age of transparency.

(Ars Technica)