Apple tipped to sell 250m iPhone 5s, Google sinks $180m on books project, and more

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This article titled “Boot up: Apple tipped to sell 250m iPhone 5s, Google sinks m on books project, and more” was written by Josh Halliday and Charles Arthur, for guardian.co.uk on Tuesday 7th August 2012 05.30 UTC

A quick burst of 5 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team

How many iPhone 5s will be sold? >> asymco

Horace Dediu estimates that Apple is likely to sell 250 million iPhone 5s.

Google records show book scanning was aimed at Amazon >> paidContent

Interesting:

Google has so far spent more than million on book scanning and, at the outset of the project, one of its stated goals was to keep web searchers away from Amazon. These are among the details set out in a new court filing by the Authors Guild, which is locked in a long-running case over the search giant’s decision to digitize libraries.

Apple design expert calls Samsung a copycat >> CNET News

Outsiders brought into the fold in Apple-Samsung patent dispute.

Google Slaps M Golden Handcuffs On Wildfire To Retain Employees After M Acquisition >> TechCrunch

The price of doing business.

Apple: YouTube app will not be included in iOS 6, Google working on standalone version >> The Verge

Google working on a new version. Apparently.

Apple obviously did away with Google Maps in iOS 6, but another of the web giant’s biggest properties won’t be available as a default option, either. 9to5Mac noticed that the latest beta version of iOS 6 no longer includes the long-standard YouTube app, and Apple just told us that its license to include YouTube in iOS had expired.

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