“The US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of thirteen newly granted patents for Apple Inc. today,” Jack Purcher reports for Patently Apple.

“In our last granted patent report of the day we primarily focus on one of Apple’s original iPhone patents that relate to editing file or file folder lists easily,” Purcher reports. “Other granted patents issued today cover the technology behind Apple’s second generation iPod Shuffle and how the iPhone was redesigned after 2007 so that it could double as an external hard drive.”

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Joe Aimonetti reports for CNET, “It’s yet another example of Apple gaining stronger legal ground to defend the look and feel of iOS from competitors looking to capitalize on the popularity of the mobile operating system.”

“We know it better as ‘that easy way to reorder the list of cities we really want to know the weather forecast for’ function,” Aimonetti reports. “Tap the Edit button in the top-right corner, tap and hold the three-bar icon, and drag the list selection to its new position (and watch the other list items shuffle to the new order).”

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