D: All Things Digital: Tim Cook - a big boss

On the occasion of the tenth conference D: All Things Digital, Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher have extensively interviewed Tim Cook. Apple's CEO obviously did not make outlandish statement, but made many developed on the company, its products and its strategy (a few video clips are also available & read Tim Cook on Siri and the names of the iPhone). 

Google and Microsoft acquires bought Quickoffice Press Play

Google announced the acquisition of QuickOffice, the publisher of the eponymous mobile office applications. If the press release of the two parties goes beyond the usual self-congratulatory, it is no doubt that Google seeks to build capacity by editing Google Docs and Google Drive within IOS and Android. 

Touch screens: 5 "440 dpi at LG and new Mirasol

The Korean manufacturer LG follows the lead of Sharp, who had presented last week (read: Sharp continues in IGZO screen with a 498 dpi). LG has unveiled a prototype screen 5 "Full HD, or a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels.

The resolution of such a slab is 440 dpi - Retina screen of the iPhone has him 4S 326 dpi resolution. By comparison, the Galaxy S III which approaches the 5 "screen with its 4.8" has a definition of 1280 x 720 pixels (306 dpi).

Test: Jays t-Jays Four

The Swedish manufacturer Jays has built a few years a good reputation in the field of good quality helmets at a reasonable price. Does The Four Jays want to continue this trend: they are as good in-ear iPod and iPhone to less than 100 €.

Ebooks: Apple, Penguin and Macmillan eloquent the investigation of the Department of Justice

Macmillan, Penguin and Apple each have contested the allegations of the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ), which is investigating an alleged collusion between Apple and publishers to fix prices of electronic books. Unlike four of their peers, both publishers have so far refused to sign an amicable agreement with the DoJ.

Penguin, in its response [PDF] explains that the principle of agency model (where the sale price to readers is set by the publisher, not the distributor) was proposed by Apple, and it was to take or leave it.