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Patent wars, Star Wars, and RIM - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Monday, November 12, 2012

2012-11-12
it's Monday November twelfth 2012 I'm Sam sheffer over the top under the radar and around the bend this is 90 seconds on the verge Star Wars Episode seven now has a writer on board and it's Michael Arndt the American screenwriter won an Academy Award for little miss sunshine he then went on to write the screenplay for toy story 3 he's got a pretty good record so far rumors are swirling about who will come on as director with every name imaginable being tossed around episode 7 is slated for release in 2015 from Lucasfilm and its new owner Disney apple and HTC have settled all patent litigation with a 10-year license agreement after trading blows in court around the world the two companies have decided to shake hands it's a surprising move but appears to be mutually beneficial for HTC it's the end of a major hassle and allows it to use apple patents such a slide to unlock and universal search for Apple it means one of Samsung's only real challengers can be more competitive with features Apple's largest remaining battle is against Motorola a case that is now against Google directly we'll see what happens there finally blackberry 10 is going to get a release date sometime next year research in motion has announced a launch event for the platform on january thirtieth the company says events will take place simultaneously around the world and additional details and launch dates will be revealed rim is promising to new BlackBerry devices and yes one of them will have a physical keyboard and that's it for today's top stories tune in tomorrow and the next day and the next day and the next day and the next day the next day
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