Samsung Owes Apple $548 Million, U.S Court Says
Of course, it’s no secret that the two mega corporations have been at each other’s backs for what seems like an eternity now. But, in the words of Katie Benner for The New York Times, this latest...
View ArticleFuture iPhones Could Adopt Multiple Cameras for Optical Zoom [PATENT]
Fresh out of the U.S Patent and Trademark Office, a new patent originally filed by Apple could indicate that the company is planning to use several cameras inside a future version of the iPhone, in...
View ArticleApple Was Granted Nearly 2,000 Patents Last Year [REPORT]
If you needed any more evidence that the Cupertino company isn’t slowing down in its drive for product innovation and perfection, Apple was in 2015 granted more than 1,900 patents covering both its...
View ArticleiPhone and Apple Watch Could One Day Alert 911 Of An Emergency [PATENT]
Imagine this: You’re sat there minding your own business and going about your daily routine – when the worst happens … Extreme chest pain the likes of which you’ve never felt before. Where do you turn?...
View ArticleApple Patents Additional Motion Gestures for Apple Watch
The filing unveiled at the U.S Patent and Trademark Office, last week, could signal that the Cupertino company may have a few more motion-driven gestures planned for the wearable. Specifically, U.S...
View ArticleFuture Macs May Not Have Any Keys [PATENT]
At least, not in the traditional sense … That’s if a new patent unveiled at the USPTO over the weekend features any true indication as to where Apple may be thinking of taking certain aspects of its...
View ArticleApple’s Hybrid Headphones [PATENT]
With the company soon expected to phase out the archaic 3.5mm audio jack on its products, in favour for introducing a lightning port that is also capable of serving up audio, Apple was on Thursday...
View ArticleApple May Soon Tell Your Friends About Autocorrect’s Mistakes [PATENT]
Ducking Finally … “Textual ambiguity may be a thing of the past if Apple adopts one of its newly-published patent applications, a system which will inform the person on the other end of the line when...
View ArticleApple Settles CoverFlow/Time Machine Patent Dispute In One Swift $25M Swoop
Apple has this week agreed to settle two patent disputes – that saw Mirror World Technologies cite ownership over the software mechanisms which lie behind the company’s popular ‘CoverFlow,’ and Time...
View ArticleSamsung Just Tried To Patent the Apple Watch
We’re not kidding … “The fun kicks off on sheet 9 of the patent application, where the side views show a rounded rectangular design with a band attachment method that seems to mirror that of the Apple...
View ArticleApple Ordered To Pay $234M To UW–Madison
Jurors in a legal case that involved the California-based technology giant spent the best part of 4 hours coming to their ultimate verdict, last week. The case specifically accused Apple, Inc of...
View ArticleiPhone 8 To Feature 3D Camera, Foldable Display? [RUMOR]
A new report out of The Korea Herald suggests that the next major iteration of Apple’s flagship smartphone offering could arrive with a 3D-capable camera system. Per the translated excerpt: “Apple is...
View ArticleYour Apple Watch Band Could Soon House An Onboard Battery
That’s right. The discovery made in a filing by the Cupertino company that was published to the U.S Patent and Trademark Office – earlier this week, sees the firm discuss the possibility of an...
View ArticleFacebook’s Next Target: Your Home
Not satisfied with gluing your eyeballs to the screen that resides in your pocket, Facebook’s latest patent reveals just what plans the company may have to eventually take over your home. The patent...
View ArticleApple Reportedly Working On Making #AirPods … Water Resistant?
Publishing details of the patent filing over the the weekend, PatentlyApple claims that the Cupertino company could now be working to make the Cook-described “cultural phenomenon” that is AirPods …...
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