![]() ![]() Perhaps the best Sudoku app for beginners (and lazy puzzle-solvers), Hudson Entertainment’s Sudoku Vol. 1 offers a tutorial mode that explains Sudoku and walks you through the solving of a puzzle. It also provides a number of visual tools for helping you solve puzzles. For example, one of my favorite “helper” features is called Borders: when you tap on a cell, a gold outline (shown to the right) surrounds the selected cell’s host region and the row and column containing the cell, making it easier to determine which numbers that cell can and cannot contain. (You can turn off this feature if you don’t want it.) In addition, if you double-tap any given cell or solved cell, all other given and solved incidences of that cell’s number are highlighted this is useful for quickly seeing, for example, which regions still need the number 2. A Hint button, which can be used three times for each puzzle, fills in a random unsolved cell. Finally, when all nine occurrences of a number have been entered, that number is grayed out on the onscreen keypad. You use this 9-digit keypad to enter notations and cell values. To make notations in a cell, you tap the cell, then tap the notation button, and then tap (on the keypad) the possible values for the cell. To solve a cell, you tap the cell, then tap the solve button, then tap the desired number. (The keypad changes color to indicate whether you’re in notation or solve mode.) There’s also a dedicated erase button, as well as Undo and Redo buttons-the latter two unique to Sudoku Vol. ![]() 1’s controls are excellent, and although the overall appearance of the game isn’t as attractive as that of the other two games here, it’s clear and effective. My only beef is that no matter which font you choose, the numbers used for notations can be difficult to read. 1 also provides a number of useful customization options. You can choose from six different fonts for numbers (including Japanese Kanji characters) and from six different backgrounds, and the music and sound effects can be separately muted. 2:22-cv-01599-JCC.Other features include a game timer and an online ranking system. District Court, Western District of Washington, No. ![]() The case is Steven Floyd v Inc and Apple Inc, U.S. The complaint seeks unspecified triple damages and other relief. The judge in Seattle said "countervailing" motivations for the agreement between Apple and Amazon would be addressed later in the litigation.Īpple recorded $94.8 billion in sales in the second quarter, and Amazon reported $127.4 billion in its most recent quarterly earnings report. In a court filing, Apple's attorneys called the agreement "commonplace" and said the "Supreme Court and Ninth Circuit have routinely recognized that such agreements are procompetitive and lawful." Read: Amazon faces UK antitrust probe over $1.7 billion iRobot acquisition Apple agreed to give Amazon a discount on its products if Amazon reduced the number of Apple resellers from its marketplace, the lawsuit alleged.Īpple has argued that its agreement with Amazon limited the number of authorized resellers to help minimize counterfeit Apple goods being sold on the e-commerce platform. In 2018, according to the lawsuit, there were some 600 third-party Apple resellers on Amazon. They contend an agreement between Apple and Amazon that went into effect that year restricted the number of competitive resellers in violation of antitrust provisions. residents who bought new iPhones and iPads on Amazon beginning in January 2019. Steve Berman, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, called the court's ruling "a major win for consumers of Apple phones and iPads." Lawyers for Apple and Amazon and representatives for the companies did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Friday. Read: US sues Google over dominance of online ad market Coughenour's ruling means the case will move forward to evidence-gathering and other pretrial proceedings. The lawsuit, filed in November, is among several private and government actions challenging Amazon's online price practices. District Judge John Coughenour rejected bids from Apple and Amazon to dismiss the prospective class action on various legal grounds.Ĭoughenour said the "validity" of the relevant market, a central issue in antitrust litigation, was a question for a jury. In 2018, according to the lawsuit, there were some 600 third-party Apple resellers on Amazon.(Getty Images via AFP) court accusing them of conspiring to artificially inflate the price of iPhones and iPads sold on Amazon's platform, a federal judge in Seattle ruled on Thursday. Apple and must face a consumer antitrust lawsuit in U.S. ![]()
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