AT&T And Verizon Drop "There Is A Map For That" Lawsuits.

"There Is A Map For That" Lawsuit snapvoip.blogspot.com

What ever the reason, AT&T and Verizon both have seem to settle the lawsuits originating from Verizon's "There Is A Map For That" ad campaign. The ads depicted that Verizon had a better 3G coverage than AT&T. So it is now settled but we have to see if the map ads will continue to amuse us (It seems they do!). Previously AT&T lost a injunction attempt against the "There Is A Map For That" ads.
Gizmodo has received the following statement from AT&T. (Link after th jump)

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by and between Plaintiff/Counterclaim Defendant Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless ("Verizon Wireless") and Defendant/Counterclaim Plaintiff AT&T Mobility LLC ("AT&T") that pursuant to Rule 41(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: (a) Verizon Wireless's claims against AT&T in the above- captioned action are hereby dismissed without prejudice, and (b) AT&T's counterclaims against Verizon Wireless in the above-captioned action are hereby dismissed without prejudice.

According to CNN, AT&T declined to comment beyond the statement of dismissal of the lawsuit and  Verizon too declined to comment on the dismissal, but has pointed to a new "reindeer" ad using the "There's A Map For That" theme and maps.
Gizmodo

Apple App Store Passes 2 Billionth Download!

App Store 2 Billionth App Downloaded
It seems it took shorter time reach 2Billion from one billion for the app store. The database of 85000 apps feeding 50 Million iPhone users has achieved two billion mark in two years. Also to take in to consideration is that this quarter alone, people down loaded half a billion apps!
There are about 125,000 developer working hard to provide the staggering number of apps. iPhone and iPod touch has customers in 77 countries worldwide and "there is an App for All that". It also could be the new user base it acquired from the new iPhone 3GS.
Either way Apple is doing the thing, I hope Apple keeps on doing the right thing
Congrats Steve and the gang!
Apple Press release