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Tag: Apple patents

MacBook keyboard failures could end with introduction of glass panel keyboards

Thursday, January 31, 2019 2:57 pm13 Comments

Future Apple keyboards in MacBooks may not be affected by dust or other foreign elements…

Another Apple patent filing hints at MagSafe return

Thursday, December 27, 2018 11:28 amThursday, December 27, 20185 Comments

Apple has filed for a patent that hints at the turn of the late, lamented MagSafe adapter…

Corning’s bendable Gorilla Glass glass could shape the foldable phones of the future

Thursday, December 6, 2018 9:30 amThursday, December 6, 201810 Comments

Corning’s glass has been shielding gadgets for longer than any of us have been alive…

Apple’s Silk Labs purchase pushes artificial intelligence to the edge; Apple could give Siri an offline mode

Wednesday, November 21, 2018 3:00 pmWednesday, November 21, 201827 Comments

Apple’s AI push into on-device machine learning continues with news of its acquisition of Silk Labs…

Don’t expect a folding iPhone anytime soon

Thursday, November 8, 2018 5:06 pm9 Comments

At long last, the first folding phone from Samsung is nearly a reality….

Can foldable phones help Samsung copy Apple?

Wednesday, November 7, 2018 11:38 am3 Comments

The question for smartphone makers other than Apple is…

Apple granted a second patent for a folding iPhone with flexible hinge

Tuesday, October 16, 2018 11:01 amTuesday, October 16, 20186 Comments

Apple was granted a patent covering a folding iPhone back in November 2016

How Apple could turn the Apple Watch into a blood pressure monitor

Tuesday, October 2, 2018 1:00 pmTuesday, October 2, 201816 Comments

In September, Apple announced an electrocardiogram, or EKG, for its Apple Watch

Apple gets 49 new U.S. patents including a foldable iPhone and an iPhone design invented by Steve Jobs

Tuesday, September 4, 2018 3:28 pmTuesday, September 4, 20185 Comments

Apple won their first patent for a folding phone back in July…

Gene Munster: Apple has cornered the market in VCSELs, further expanding their AR lead

Wednesday, August 8, 2018 2:15 pm1 Comment

Apple’s key iPhone X augmented reality component supplier, Lumentum, reported better than expected results…

New Apple patent reveals radical new iPhone camera tech

Friday, July 27, 2018 5:32 pmFriday, July 27, 20185 Comments

A recently granted patent reveals how Apple could dramatically improve the quality of

Tim Bajarin: How Apple could deliver the ‘next’ big thing in personal computing

Monday, July 16, 2018 2:04 pmMonday, July 16, 201820 Comments

From my years of tracking Apple, two very consistent threads seem to drive Apple’s strategy…

Analyst: Augmented reality could be an $8 billion revenue opportunity for Apple

Tuesday, July 10, 2018 2:08 pmTuesday, July 10, 20186 Comments

Apple’s move into augmented reality could boost iPhone and App Store sales…

Slavish copier Samsung appeals $539 million verdict for peddling Apple iPhone knockoffs

Monday, June 11, 2018 4:02 pmMonday, June 11, 201814 Comments

The jury may have made a decision, but the fight isn’t over…

Apple’s USB-C MagSafe adapter will make you want to live the ‘dongle life’

Friday, June 8, 2018 4:15 pm7 Comments

When Apple launched the MacBook, it decided to embrace the future by ditching all legacy ports…

Why Apple is positioned to dominate the AR/VR headset market

Thursday, May 31, 2018 4:30 pmThursday, May 31, 20186 Comments

Despite being a relatively small and young industry, the market for virtual reality and augmented reality-based devices…

Golfshot introduces Golfscape AR augmented reality feature exclusive to Apple’s iOS devices

Thursday, May 31, 2018 11:25 amThursday, May 31, 20181 Comment

Golfshot’s augmented reality feature Golfscape AR is now available for all iOS users of the Golfshot app…

Apple’s $539 million in damages is a ‘huge loss’ for iPhone knockoff peddler Samsung

Friday, May 25, 2018 10:31 am18 Comments

Samsung Electronics Co. took a gamble when it appealed a finding it infringed Apple Inc.’s smartphone design patents…

Apple wins $538.6 million from Samsung in latest iPhone patent retrial

Thursday, May 24, 2018 6:04 pm17 Comments

Nearly six years after a federal jury awarded Apple over $1 billion in damages against Samsung…

Original Mac designer Susan Kare takes stand in Apple v. Samsung trial

Thursday, May 17, 2018 10:18 am4 Comments

Two Apple expert witnesses took the stand in the recently restarted Apple v. Samsung patent trial on Wednesday…

Apple executive admits Steve Jobs ‘bet the company’ on the iPhone in drawn-out court case with Samsung

Wednesday, May 16, 2018 5:28 pmWednesday, May 16, 201813 Comments

It’s been eight years since the original iPhone was first released, but Apple still regards…

Apple wants $1 billion from Samsung at iPhone copying retrial; Samsung wants to pay just $28 million

Wednesday, May 16, 2018 8:58 amWednesday, May 16, 201814 Comments

Apple Inc. is seeking about $1 billion from Samsung Electronics Co. in another go-round stemming from…

Apple patent reveals future Face ID biometrics may including scanning veins in a user’s face

Tuesday, May 15, 2018 5:32 pmTuesday, May 15, 20188 Comments

Apple’s Face ID could become even more secure in the future, after the revelation the iPhone X…

Samsung tries to further reduce Apple’s iPhone patent award

Monday, May 14, 2018 8:45 amMonday, May 14, 201818 Comments

Samsung Electronics Co. is trying again to chip away at Apple Inc.’s long-ago patent victory…

I can’t wait to use a virtual iMac

Thursday, February 22, 2018 12:02 pmThursday, February 22, 20185 Comments

iPhones will eventually become trucks, the people who use them will do lots with them…

Inside Cupertino’s upcoming breakthrough product: Apple Glass

Thursday, February 15, 2018 11:36 amThursday, February 15, 201815 Comments

Apple is working on something big. And if all goes according to plan, that something could eventually replace the iPhone…

Apple moves toward what could be its greatest victory

Thursday, February 15, 2018 11:04 amThursday, February 15, 201810 Comments

Having played a lot of chess, I like to think about the probable strategy of secretive companies…

Apple, Facebook, and Google met with AR headset parts suppliers during CES 2018

Friday, January 12, 2018 5:00 pmFriday, January 12, 2018No Comments

Companies are racing to be the first to get lightweight augmented reality glasses into consumers’ hands…

Apple acquires Canadian augmented reality headset startup Vrvana

Tuesday, November 21, 2017 11:32 pmTuesday, November 21, 2017No Comments

As Apple reportedly ramps up work to ship an augmented reality headset in 2020…

Apple working on rear-facing 3D time-of-flight sensor for 2019 iPhone

Tuesday, November 14, 2017 9:27 amTuesday, November 14, 20174 Comments

Apple Inc. is working on a rear-facing 3-D sensor system for the iPhone in 2019…

What problems will Apple’s AR glasses need to solve?

Monday, November 13, 2017 5:28 pmMonday, November 13, 201715 Comments

Apple is developing AR glasses, and an OS to make them useful…

Apple working on augmented reality headset running ‘rOS’ to ship as early as 2020

Wednesday, November 8, 2017 8:35 amWednesday, November 8, 201710 Comments

Apple aims to have technology ready for an augmented-reality headset in 2019 and could ship a product as early as 2020…

This doctor diagnosed his own cancer with an iPhone ultrasound

Friday, October 27, 2017 11:15 am15 Comments

Earlier this year, vascular surgeon John Martin was testing a pocket-sized ultrasound device…

U.S. judge orders new trial to decide how much Samsung owes Apple for copying iPhone

Monday, October 23, 2017 1:00 pmMonday, October 23, 201717 Comments

U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California issued an order late on Sunday…

Apple Watch saves another person’s life: ‘It would have been fatal’

Monday, October 16, 2017 10:28 am18 Comments

The 28-year-old says he owes his life…

Trump administration backs Apple, says Supreme Court should deny Samsung’s most recent cert petition

Thursday, October 5, 2017 1:14 pmThursday, October 5, 201730 Comments

A few months after the Supreme Court of the United States requested the Trump Administration’s perspective…

Apple patent application reveals sophisticated way for Apple Watch to measure blood pressure

Thursday, October 5, 2017 10:26 amThursday, October 5, 20176 Comments

Today the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple…

Apple acquires BellSouth patent regarding home device automation and smart interaction

Thursday, July 20, 2017 12:01 pmThursday, July 20, 20178 Comments

The patent covers a smart home environment being controlled by a single handheld device that learns new functions over time…

Leaked document details Apple employee eye injuries, hints at Apple AR glasses

Thursday, April 20, 2017 4:40 pm13 Comments

An incident report compiled by an Environment Health and Safety contractor working for Apple…

Apple’s famed audio director, inventor of Lucasfilm THX Sound System, invents next-gen audio system

Thursday, April 13, 2017 2:28 pmThursday, April 13, 201714 Comments

Today the US Patent & Trademark Office published a key patent application from Apple…

Apple is working on several AR products, including glasses, but first in iPhone, sources say

Monday, March 20, 2017 9:59 amMonday, March 20, 201712 Comments

Investors impatient for Apple’s next breakthrough will be happy to know that Cook is very serious about A…

Apple patent confirms hidden antenna in the iPhone 7 battery case

Thursday, March 9, 2017 3:58 pmThursday, March 9, 20179 Comments

Today, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple…

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