Until today Apple’s Mac OS X Lion was available only as a 4GB download or through a Wi-Fi connection at an Apple Store–two options that kept the cat in the bag for people not near a major mall, or those with slower Internet connections or capped bandwidth. In a move to bring more people into its den, Apple on Tuesday launched a Mac OS X Lion thumb drive. READ MORE
Spotify’s U.S. launch has been met with fanfare, acclaim, and one sure sign that the Sweden-based company has “made it” in America: litigation. PacketVideo is suing Spotify for patent infringement, claiming that the company has violated patent No. 5,636,276, “a device for the distribution of music information in digital form.” PacketVideo, which is was acquired by Docomo in 2010, obtained the 1995 patent “a few years ago,” according to TechDirt. READ MORE
X-Men United it isn’t, but Internet search leaders Google, Bing, and Yahoo have launched a new project together. Called schema.org, the project was created to develop a “shared markup vocabulary,” a way to create a common language for web tags, says Venture Beat’s Sean Ludwig. The idea behind it is simple: help web developers and website owners optimize their sites for SEO and improve search results through a shared collection of, you guessed it, schemas. READ MORE
