June 2010 Archives

pulse.jpgWhen the New York Times objected officially to Apple about an iPad application called Pulse they shot themselves in the foot. Pulse is an innovative yet simple RSS news aggregator for the iPad.

For whatever reason the New York Times has decided to target Pulse and now perhaps anyone who aggregates their news feeds. According to Kara Swisher at All Things Digital, a Wall Street Journal web site, Apple received a letter from the New York Times which stated that "The New York Times Company believes your application named 'Pulse News Reader' infringes The New York Times Company's rights.".