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The four week Apple v Samsung trial came to an end last Friday, after three days of jury deliberation. The verdict awarded Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) $119 million in damages, just a fraction of the $2.2 billion the company was seeking. Prompted by the judge's suggestion that it may have contained some errors, the jurors reconfirmed the verdict on Monday, after making several modifications to their calculations, but leaving the total the same. Even so, Samsung intends to fight the decision.

According to Bloomberg, Samsung attorney John Quinn announced in a statement that the company will ask the trial judge to reduce the damages to zero. Quinn said of the $119M in damages awarded to Apple, "Of course we’re pleased that the jury awarded Apple 6 percent of what they were asking for, but even that can’t stand, because Apple kept out all the real world evidence and didn’t produce anything to

Google rolled out a huge update to its iOS Maps app on Tuesday. Version 3.0 of Google Maps adds several new features such as lane guidance, Uber integration and the ability to save offline maps to a custom list for quick access.

Lane guidance is a pretty standard feature on most GPS devices. It lets drivers know which lane of traffic is the correct route so they do not miss important turns or exits. The new offline mode allows users to save maps to a custom list in case they run into a bad network connection or are worried about data charges. Other new driving features include the ability to view travel time and distance in navigation mode and the ability to search for local businesses by rating, price, opening hours, and more.

Apple v Samsung part two came to an end on Friday after four weeks of testimony and three days of jury deliberation. Though Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) was awarded $119 million in damages for Samsung's multiple patent infringements, it can hardly be considered a victory, as the company sought $2.2 billion in damages. Samsung's counterclaim that Apple infringed on some of its patents netted it a meager $154,000. Of greater consequence than the damages awarded is the fact that this verdict opens the door for Apple to try to block Samsung from selling any of its devices that were found to infringe upon Apple patents in the U.S.

Apple's Q2 earnings report showed that iPad sales had fallen just over 16 percent from the year ago quarter. According to analysis by market research firm IDC (International Data Corporation), the slump is industry-wide and is likely to continue

Fans of Realore's popular Roads of Rome will want to check out Ladia Group's new time management game Next Stop for iOS devices. In the game players are tasked with rebuilding a dilapidated railroad to save it from being taken over by an evil banker.

For those of you who have never played a time management game the premise is quite simple. Players must collect resources and complete objectives before a timer runs out. For example, in Next Stop you must collect wood, money and sometimes stone to rebuild parts of a broken train track. Unlike resource management games where you do a lot of waiting around, time management games are normally face-paced and require a lot of thinking ahead to complete each level. If you're slow on the draw or make too many mistakes you will run out of time and not advance to the next level.

The biggest news of the week was the end of The Apple v Samsung case. After hearing four weeks of testimony, the jury deliberated for three days before it delivered a verdict. They found that many of Samsung's devices did indeed infringe upon several of Apple's patents, and awarded the company $119 million. This can hardly be considered a victory, as it sought $2.2 billion in damages. Samsung had a counterclaim that Apple infringed upon several of its patents. The jury agreed, but only awarded $158,000. The real impact of the verdict is that it opens the door for Apple to try to block Samsung devices (the ones that infringed) from the U.S. market.

The Washington Post reported on Thursday that Apple will join Google, Facebook and Microsoft in a stand against government data seizures. The tech giants will be updating "their policies to expand routine notification of users about government