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Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple AR glasses coming in 2020; will require iPhone to do the heavy lifting

Friday, March 8, 2019 8:55 amFriday, March 8, 20198 Comments

Apple talks about augmented reality at any opportunity it gets, but so far its fierce ambition…

Rio Tinto in talks with Apple on next step of carbon-free aluminum project

Friday, March 8, 2019 8:28 am6 Comments

We are looking at the next wave of partnership with Apple…

Apple Watch health monitoring sensors could appear in future MacBooks

Thursday, March 7, 2019 10:01 am2 Comments

Future MacBook models could offer some of the same health and fitness tracking functions…

Apple patent reveals features of augmented reality smartglasses

Tuesday, February 26, 2019 1:16 pm5 Comments

Multiple reports suggest that Apple is developing an augmented reality headset or glasses…

Apple asks U.S. federal court circuit to reconsider $439 million VirnetX patent infringement ruling

Friday, February 22, 2019 4:55 pmFriday, February 22, 20193 Comments

Apple is continuing its attempts to get out of paying VirnetX $439 million after being declared…

Apple patent application reveals autonomous vehicles that can recharge each other

Thursday, February 14, 2019 1:01 pmThursday, February 14, 20196 Comments

Apple says that, in some cases, a navigation range of a vehicle from a given location is at least partially restricted…

Apple is targeting April to launch its new video service

Wednesday, February 13, 2019 4:15 pm4 Comments

Apple is in the final stages of preparing its new streaming video service…

Oprah Winfrey hires Terry Wood from Netflix to head up Apple’s original content production

Thursday, February 7, 2019 3:30 pmThursday, February 7, 20192 Comments

Oprah Winfrey has found her point person for all things Apple…

Apple’s ‘Project Titan’ autonomous vehicle could be summoned, unlocked, and paid for via iPhone or Apple Watch

Thursday, February 7, 2019 9:15 amThursday, February 7, 20199 Comments

Apple has filed for a patent for a ‘system and method for vehicle authorization’ that would allow you to…

Apple goes on offense to squelch threat of FISI lawsuit over USB charging

Wednesday, February 6, 2019 4:43 pm1 Comment

Apple is ‘going on the offensive’ against Fundamental Innovation Systems International…

Apple patent application for Apple TV interface reveals aspects of live TV streaming service

Tuesday, February 5, 2019 12:01 pmTuesday, February 5, 20193 Comments

Apple suggests the use of a side bar that can be used to drill down to specific categories and types of content…

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…

Apple to again appeal VirnetX $440 million FaceTime lawsuit

Thursday, January 17, 2019 12:57 pmThursday, January 17, 2019No Comments

Apple has lost an appeal to have a patent judgment set aside relating to FaceTime technology…

Apple, Intel persuade U.S. Patent Office to enter Qualcomm fight

Wednesday, January 16, 2019 1:23 pm1 Comment

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has decided to wade into a global licensing battle…

Apple loses bid to undo $440 million judgment in VirnetX patent case

Tuesday, January 15, 2019 1:30 pmTuesday, January 15, 2019No Comments

A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday upheld a judgment worth $440 million…

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…

Apple VCSEL research could get rid of unsightly iPhone camera bump

Thursday, December 20, 2018 3:01 pmThursday, December 20, 20183 Comments

Future iPhones and iPads could have a smaller camera bump on the rear of the device…

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…

New Apple patents reveal work on next-gen LiDAR using VCSELs for 3D sensing systems

Thursday, November 29, 2018 4:24 pmNo Comments

Today the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that relates to improving…

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…

Apple patent application reveals work on offline Siri

Thursday, November 15, 2018 10:03 am2 Comments

Apple wants Siri to be able to work when you don’t have an online connection…

Apple patent hints at FaceTime for Apple Watch

Wednesday, November 14, 2018 10:04 amWednesday, November 14, 20185 Comments

Apple is investigating methods of incorporating camera hardware into its Apple Watch product lineup…

Apple patent reveals ongoing work on micro-LED displays for holographic imagery

Friday, November 9, 2018 9:57 amFriday, November 9, 20182 Comments

The US Patent & Trademark Office [this week] published a patent application from Apple…

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 patent reveals Siri will perform more office tasks and even gain ability to multitask

Thursday, October 25, 2018 1:31 pmThursday, October 25, 20182 Comments

While Siri is now able to perform more on your Mac, a new patent today shows…

Apple patent filing reveals ‘Peloton’ autonomous vehicle battery sharing and more while in motion

Tuesday, October 23, 2018 5:11 pm6 Comments

Apple has today filed a patent for a set of intriguing new autonomous vehicle features…

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…

Apple might be making us switch cords soon

Monday, August 20, 2018 10:28 amMonday, August 20, 201813 Comments

It seems like just yesterday I got an iPhone 5…

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…

Apple’s next laptops could be more iPhone than Mac

Monday, July 2, 2018 10:05 amMonday, July 2, 201815 Comments

The benefits are clear…

Consumers contend that Qualcomm shouldn’t get import ban on Apple iPhones

Friday, June 29, 2018 9:37 am3 Comments

Qualcomm Inc. shouldn’t be able to use a U.S. trade agency to knock out Intel Corp. as a competitor…

Apple petitions U.S. Patent Office to invalidate four Qualcomm patents

Friday, June 22, 2018 10:00 amFriday, June 22, 20181 Comment

Apple Inc. filed petitions challenging four Qualcomm Inc. patents Thursday…

Legal battle may be to blame for Apple breaking Steve Jobs’ FaceTime promise

Thursday, June 7, 2018 5:35 pmThursday, June 7, 201812 Comments

At WWDC, Apple revealed that it will finally make it possible to do FaceTime group calls for up to 32 people…

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 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…

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