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Apple hit with lawsuit involving caller ID technology

Apple is accused of illegally using another company's caller identification technology in its mobile device, the latest in a seemingly unending wave of patent lawsuits.

This time, the plaintiff is Cequint, a company that focuses on caller ID technology and is a unit of TNS, which itself provides data communications services to businesses.

Cequint has accused Apple of damaging its own business with the continued use of its technology, and warned that it would "be irreparably harmed" unless a court mandated a ban, Bloomberg reported today.

An Apple spokeswoman declined to comment to CNET.

Cequint's enhanced … Read more

Study: Social networking takes off globally

Social networking is more popular in Latin America, the Middle East, and China than in the U.S., Japan, and other Internet-saturated markets.

That is just one of the findings of the "Digital Life" study released today by British research firm TNS. Polling nearly 50,000 people across 46 countries, the survey was designed to gauge changes in online behavior globally.

The study found that online users in certain rapid-growth regions are now spending more time on social-networking sites than on e-mail. Consumers in Latin America, the Middle East, and China put in 5.2 hours each week … Read more