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Tag: patents

Patent troll grabs Nokia patents, sues Apple for 12.5 cents for every iPhone sold

Tuesday, October 10, 2017 4:33 pmTuesday, October 10, 20175 Comments

Last year, a Delaware federal jury found that Apple’s iPhone infringed a MobileMedia patent and ordered Apple to pay…

CustomPlay sues Apple over Apple TV ‘What did he say?’ feature

Friday, July 28, 2017 8:45 amFriday, July 28, 20176 Comments

Florida company CustomPlay filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple today…

Chinese government-backed fund targets Imagination Technologies for takeover

Monday, July 24, 2017 10:27 amMonday, July 24, 20173 Comments

The troubled British microchip ­designer Imagination Technologies has become a takeover target…

Apple escalates feud, sets up new UK office on Imagination’s doorstep

Monday, July 10, 2017 10:28 amMonday, July 10, 201719 Comments

Apple has raised the stakes in its bitter stand-off with Imagination Technologies by opening…

Apple fires back at Imagination Tech in contract dispute

Friday, July 7, 2017 9:57 am4 Comments

When the iPhone supplier Imagination Technologies Group Plc announced in April that Apple Inc…

Imagination Technologies attacks Apple’s homegrown GPU plans

Wednesday, July 5, 2017 2:25 pmWednesday, July 5, 20176 Comments

Imagination Technologies, the British-based technology firm that has long licensed the GPU tech…

It took just 81 days for this chipmaker to die after Apple dumped them

Thursday, June 22, 2017 3:05 pm8 Comments

The British firm that supplied the designs for Apple’s graphics chips is up for sale…

Former Apple supplier Imagination Technologies puts itself up for sale

Thursday, June 22, 2017 9:58 amThursday, June 22, 201718 Comments

Imagination Technologies, the British firm that lost 70 percent of its value after being ditched by Apple…

Apple silicon and Machine Learning

Monday, June 12, 2017 1:01 pmMonday, June 12, 2017No Comments

When Apple introduced its 64-bit A7 processor in September, 2013, they caught the industry by surprise…

Why CIO’s must understand Apple’s Neural Engine plan

Tuesday, May 30, 2017 11:06 am3 Comments

One day, soon, your Apple iPhone will be able to figure out when you’re going to get sick…

Apple is working on ‘Apple Neural Engine,’ a dedicated chip to power AI directly on devices

Saturday, May 27, 2017 11:40 amSaturday, May 27, 20177 Comments

Apple Inc. got an early start in artificial intelligence software with the 2011 introduction of Siri…

Apple testing next-gen 5G wireless tech for iPhone

Wednesday, May 24, 2017 9:34 am17 Comments

The 2019 iPhone 9 will be the first iPhone Apple bestows with 5G connectivity…

Samsung to unveil new ‘stretchable display’ – a concept in which Apple has shown interest

Tuesday, May 23, 2017 9:25 amTuesday, May 23, 20173 Comments

Samsung Display will unveil its stretchable display for the first time…

U.S. Supreme Court limits where patent-infringement cases can be filed; decision could limit venue-shopping

Monday, May 22, 2017 4:51 pmMonday, May 22, 20177 Comments

The Supreme Court on Monday limited the ability of patent holders to bring infringement lawsuits…

Imagination Technology starts dispute process with Apple

Thursday, May 4, 2017 10:56 amThursday, May 4, 201710 Comments

Imagination Technologies said it had started a ‘dispute resolution procedure’ with Apple…

Why Samsung’s Galaxy S8 can’t go core-to-core with Apple’s iPhone 7

Friday, April 21, 2017 4:31 pm11 Comments

iPhone 7 doesn’t just keep up with the twice-as-many cores in Galaxy S8…

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 to dismantle iconic glass cube entrance to Fifth Avenue Store in Manhattan

Wednesday, April 19, 2017 5:35 pmWednesday, April 19, 201722 Comments

Apple will soon dismantle and remove the iconic glass cube entrance…

UBS: Imagination likely to see Apple royalties slashed, then cease altogether

Wednesday, April 19, 2017 11:25 amWednesday, April 19, 20173 Comments

UBS analysts predicted that Imagination would become loss-making by fiscal 2019…

Why is Apple’s next-gen Mac Pro taking so long?

Tuesday, April 18, 2017 11:34 am27 Comments

So if you take Apple at its word, the next Mac Pro is being developed as we speak…

Cupertino’s custom silicon: On the Apple G-series and the next 20 letters left

Thursday, April 13, 2017 11:28 amThursday, April 13, 20173 Comments

Apple has achieved significant advantages through owning its own silicon. But where can it go next?

Without Apple, Imagination Technologies’ PowerVR has no future

Monday, April 10, 2017 5:30 pmMonday, April 10, 201710 Comments

At this point, anybody with even a cursory interest in technology stocks has probably heard…

Apple steps up homegrown GPU plans with London hiring spree

Sunday, April 9, 2017 11:38 am16 Comments

Apple is embarking on a hiring spree in London as it ramps up efforts to develop…

Why Apple’s ditching of Imagination is critical for the future of the iPhone – and maybe even the Mac

Wednesday, April 5, 2017 11:28 amWednesday, April 5, 201710 Comments

British company Imagination Tech announced earlier this week that Apple will stop using…

Apple aims for more control, less cost as it accelerates in chip design

Wednesday, April 5, 2017 10:44 amWednesday, April 5, 20173 Comments

In the clearest example yet of the iPhone maker’s determination to take greater control of the core technologies…

Apple could look to buy Imagination Technologies after ditching the chip firm, share price plunge

Tuesday, April 4, 2017 1:58 pmTuesday, April 4, 201713 Comments

Apple’s announcement to ditch the graphics chips designed by Imagination Technologies…

Apple supplier Imagination raises prospect of patent infringement lawsuit as shares implode

Monday, April 3, 2017 12:03 pmMonday, April 3, 20171 Comment

A small but critical Apple Inc. supplier here is raising the prospect of a patent fight…

Imagination Technologies’ shares collapse after Apple dumps UK chip designer

Monday, April 3, 2017 10:25 amMonday, April 3, 20178 Comments

Shares in chipmaker Imagination Technologies plunged over 60 percent on Monday after the British company…

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…

Patent troll Soverain Software targets Apple in new lawsuit

Friday, March 17, 2017 11:01 amFriday, March 17, 20179 Comments

Soverain Software, a non-practicing entity that gained media attention for suing Newegg…

U.S. appeals court tosses $533 million patent verdict against Apple

Wednesday, March 1, 2017 3:26 pmWednesday, March 1, 20174 Comments

A federal appeals court has thrown out a jury verdict that had originally required Apple to pay $533 million…

Apple CEO Cook on Augmented Reality: ‘I regard it as a big idea like the smartphone’

Friday, February 10, 2017 5:34 pmSaturday, February 11, 201724 Comments

Tim Cook has been having quite the week. On Monday and Tuesday he was whistlestopping round France and Germany…

Apple to double size of Fifth Avenue flagship store

Tuesday, February 7, 2017 10:28 amTuesday, February 7, 201711 Comments

Apple is going really big in Manhattan…

Why Apple will make smart glasses

Wednesday, January 25, 2017 5:32 pmWednesday, January 25, 201740 Comments

It’s hard to picture Apple selling smart glasses. But it’s also hard to picture them not doing it…

Apple settles lawsuit with e-Watch

Monday, January 23, 2017 4:28 pmMonday, January 23, 20176 Comments

Apple has reached a settlement with a San Antonio, Tex.-based firm called e-Watch…

Apple working to integrate Augmented Reality capabilities into iPhone’s Camera app

Thursday, November 17, 2016 12:12 am7 Comments

Apple has a team of people working on integrating augmented reality functionality…

No, Apple’s next big thing won’t be smart glasses

Wednesday, November 16, 2016 2:01 pmWednesday, November 16, 201611 Comments

Apple is working on glasses that include augmented-reality features…

Apple Specs: Smart glasses that people will want to wear

Wednesday, November 16, 2016 9:01 amWednesday, November 16, 20167 Comments

Apple is seriously exploring the idea of developing a pair of smart glasses that can present users with…

Apple considers move into smart glasses

Monday, November 14, 2016 9:48 pmWednesday, November 16, 201621 Comments

Apple Inc. is weighing an expansion into digital glasses, a risky but potentially lucrative area of wearable computing…

Apple loses patent retrial to VirnetX, owes $302.4 million

Saturday, October 1, 2016 9:04 am16 Comments

A federal jury in Texas on Friday night ordered Apple Inc to pay more than $302 million in damages…

Apple’s little known secret to success

Monday, August 29, 2016 10:25 amMonday, August 29, 20163 Comments

One of the things that most consumers do not know about Apple is their supply chain and manufacturing…

Apple countersues Caltech and settles with Dot 23 in patent lawsuits

Wednesday, August 3, 2016 1:31 pm2 Comments

Apple and Broadcom have jointly filed counterclaims against the California Institute of Technology…

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