Microsoft lawsuit against Indian company should be taken seriously

Microsoft lawsuit against Indian company should be taken seriously

Several technical support companies have been accused of being involved in a scam. And they have been sued by none other than Microsoft.

Reports pointed out that of the companies against whom Microsoft has filed a trademark lawsuit an Indian company is also on the list. Microsoft told the media that how these companies have scammed around 3.3 million consumers by as much as $1.5 billion using its name and logos to create the impression of an affiliation with it.

Following this development the heat is now on the Bengaluru-based C-Cubed Solutions Private Limited that has also been alleged to be part of the scam.

Giving information about the lawsuit that has been filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California earlier this month, Microsoft in a company blog post wrote that how companies exploited and used its name and logos to “enhance their credentials and confuse customers about their affiliation with Microsoft.”

It is understood that the American company was compelled to move against others only after it received almost about 65,000 complaints since May. Till now there has been no response from C-Cubed Solutions Private Limited. In such scams fake companies take details of the consumers’ computers by fraudulent means misleading them as affiliates of a big well-known company.

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Xolo Q700 Club - A Water Resistant Smartphone Announced At Rs. 6,999

The Indian mobile manufacturer, Xolo has announced its first smartphone of the year- Q700 Club. The smartphone is listed on the company’s official website and is priced at INR 6,999. However, the availability details of the handset are not yet known. The Xolo Q700 Club which appears to be the successor to Q700 has dual front speakers on the top and bottom supported by DTS. With IP55 protection, the phone offers protection from dust particles and water splash. The device will be available in two colors: black and white.

As far as the specifications are concerned, the smartphone flaunts a 4.5-inch (854x480 pixel) IPS display with a pixel density of 218 ppi and runs on Android 4.4.2 KitKat. It is powered by 1.3 GHz quad-core processor along with Mail 400 GPU, 1GB of RAM and 8GB in-built storage which is expandable up to 32 GB using microSD card. The device sports a 5MP rear camera with autofocus and flash and VGA front camera. Other camera features include scene detection and tuning, geo tagging, face recognition, best shot and HDR. On the connectivity front, the handset supports USB, WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, GPRS, proximity sensors, accelerometer and ambient light sensors. The dual-SIM smartphone packs a 2000mAh battery which promises 21 hours talk time on 2G and 9 hours on 3G. The phone comes pre-loaded with Hungama app with free unlimited music and video downloads for 3 months.

With these specifications and price, the affordable smartphone will compete with the likes of Moto E, Redmi 1S, Micromax Unite 2 and many others. Let us know your views on this budget smartphone from Xolo. Share with us in comments.

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Apple sued over iPhone, iPad storage

Ever wonder why there never is enough space on your iPhone or iPad? A lawsuit filed this week against Apple Inc. alleges that upgrades to the iOS 8 operating system are to blame, and that the company has misled customers about it.

In the legal complaint filed in California, Miami residents Paul Orshan and Christopher Endara accuse Apple of "storage capacity misrepresentations and omissions" relating to Apple's 8 GB and 16GB iPhones, iPads and iPods. Orshan has two iPhone 5 and two iPads while Endara had purchased an iPhone 6

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They contend the upgrades to the operating system end up taking up as much as 23 percent of the storage space on their devices. Included in the lawsuit was the graph below which details how different devices are allegedly impacted by iOS 8:

"In addition to making material misrepresentations and omissions to prospective purchasers of Devices with iOS 8 pre-installed, Apple also makes misrepresentations and omissions to owners of Devices with predecessor operating systems," according to the complaint, which seeks class-action status for others who purchased 16GB devices.

"These misrepresentations and omissions cause these consumers to 'upgrade' their Devices from iOS 7 (or other operating systems) to iOS 8," it said. "Apple fails to disclose that upgrading from iOS 7 to iOS 8 will cost a Device user between 600 MB and 1.3 GB of storage space - a result that no consumer could reasonably anticipate."

Apple declined to comment on the allegations to CBS News.

The lawsuit also accused Apple of taking advantage of this shrinking storage by "aggressively" marketing its monthly-fee-based iCloud storage system.

"Using these sharp business tactics, Defendant gives less storage capacity than advertised, only to offer to sell that capacity in a desperate moment, e.g., when a consumer is trying to record or take photos at a child or grandchild's recital, basketball game or wedding," the lawsuit contends. "To put this in context, each gigabyte of storage Apple shortchanges its customers amounts to approximately 400-500 high resolution photographs."

Storage space has been an issue for Apple in the past.

It won a legal fight over the amount of advertised storage in iPods in 2007, according to The Verge. The complaint was lodged over a 8GB iPod Nano only having 7.45GB of usable storage, which is just a 7.5 percent difference.

It also is coming off another legal challenge, where a jury in California last month found in favor of Apple in a billion-dollar class-action lawsuit over the price of its iPod music players.

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