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Apple says Samsung copied the iPad, BlackBerry Playbook goes on sale, Google lets US users customize maps
Huge crowds gathered as technology giant Apple opened their first store in South Korea on Saturday in the nation's capital Seoul. Once the doors opened at the new Apple Garosugil, located in the trendy neighbourhood of Gangnam, the customers were greeted with cheers by staff members. Temperatures outside reached -16 Celsius, or just over 3 Fahrenheit, but thousands of dedicated Apple fans still made their way outside for the grand opening of the first Apple store in South Korea.
Apple may be used to being top dog in the tech world, but even for the U.S. giant, rolling out new products isn't always easy. The release in China of its mobile payment system ApplePay hasn't gone entirely to plan. Paul Carsten reports.
Steve Jobs resigns as Apple CEO, a Dutch court bans Samsung Galaxy smartphones, Microsoft tries to lure webOS developers, Verizon Wireless announces plans for more 4G LTE networks, the US government fines Google 500 million, NASA's R2 robot comes alive in space, RIM pilots a cloud-based music service, United picks up iPads for its pilots and an app connects city goers with bike rentals.