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Saturday Afternoon Links Galore

Saturday, April 25, 2009

Apple found guilty of willful patent infrignement – ArsTechnica Interview with Tweetie creator Loren Brichter – MacWorld Snow Leopard to offer screen recording via QuickTime X Player – AppleInsider Darth Vader’s iPhone – YouTube How to Ensure You’re not part of the Mac Botnet – TheAppleBlog Why AT&T Wants to Keep the iPhone Away from […]

Apple looking into motion-aware iPhone software

Thursday, April 16, 2009

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Recently unearthed patents suggest that Apple is exploring the possibility of implementing iPhone software with motion-awareness capabilities, which would enable the iPhone to manipulate the UI on the fly, and thus make interacting with the device easier in the process.

How to write about Apple when you actually know nothing – Bloomberg Style!

Monday, February 2, 2009

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Take a look at this recent article from Bloomberg. It’s basically an amalgamation of random sound bites jumbled together in a failed attempt to cover the potential for a patent dispute between Apple and Palm. The title of the article is “Apple May Use ‘Nuclear Arsenal’ to Delay IPhone Rival”, and the authors show a […]

Apple vs. Palm: Patent Wars

Thursday, January 29, 2009

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Engadget has a great piece discussing some of the patents relevant to the recent hype surrounding Apple and Palm potentially going head to head in court over the release of the Palm Pre. It’s a welcome breath of fresh air to read some on-point analysis on a topic that most people are ill-equipped to discuss […]

Apple awarded multi-touch patent

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

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Apple was recently awarded a patent on its application for a “Touch screen device, method, and graphical user interface for determining commands by applying heuristics.” The patent application, as a whole, stretches back to 2006 and covers a wide variety of multi-touch implementations on the iPhone. With the granting of this patent, which comes in […]

Patent application suggest new multi-touch gestures for the iPhone

Friday, December 26, 2008

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MacRumors has the scoop on new patent filings by multi-touch guru Wayne Westerman that shed some light on what multi-touch gestures might soon be coming to your iPhone. The multi-touch gestures generally relate to making typing more efficient by giving often used characters and commands their own specific swipes. For example, a one finger swipe […]

Apple patents reveal 3D Finder in the works

Thursday, December 11, 2008

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A number of Apple patents released today indicate that Apple is heavily experimenting with a 3D desktop user interface. The most relevant, and intriguing one, is a patent titled “Multidimensional Desktop”, and the pictures below show how Apple might implement a 3D desktop to help clean up clutter. Click on each image for a larger […]

Did Apple steal ideas for the iPhone? Here’s proof that it didn’t.

Sunday, September 21, 2008

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There have been some recent rumblings regarding Apple supposedly stealing an iPhone idea for a program which would allow users to review information from the iPhone screen while the phone is still locked. In other words, without unlocking the phone, a user would be able to check his/her missed calls, recent text messages, and stock […]