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iPhone 8: Patent Floats Yet Another Potential Touch ID Location
Jun 15, 2017As we move deeper into iPhone 8 speculation season, post WWDC, one of the most intriguing questions is just where will Apple put the Touch ID sensor? With it seeming ever-more-certain the company will ditch the traditional home button, ...
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Andy Rubin's Next Essential Product Could Be The Successor to Google Glass
Jun 5, 2017Essential, the start-up founded by Android creator Andy Rubin, made its official entry onto the global tech stage this week, but attention is already turning the company’s next potential launch. Just days after the Essential Phone ...
Tags: Google Glass
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A Folding iPhone Could Be in Your Future
Dec 27, 2016Some have dissed the iPhone 7 for being too similar to the 6S. But a new patent shows that Apple may have an interesting direction for a future iPhone. The US Patent and Trademark Office granted a patent to Apple on Tuesday for a bendable ...
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Apple Granted New Sapphire Antenna Patent
Nov 11, 2015Previous rumors surrounding Apple’s sapphire usage were focused on whether iPhones would be equipped with sapphire screens in the future, but new reports claim the company has received a new sapphire antenna patent. The U.S. Patent ...
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Let's Keep The Smartphone Friendly Gloves on
Feb 3, 2015With the cold comes a seasonal problem for folks with iPhones and other touchscreen smartphones. That's right? Capacitive touchscreens can't detect when someone presses on them with a glove. Actually, here are some quite convenient ways: ...
Tags: Smartphone, iPhones
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Filed Foldable Device Patent in Korea by Apple
Jan 14, 2014Apple has added a new patent to its flexible patent arsenal in Korea, according to a Patently Apple report. The report uncovered a discreetly filed patent under engineer member names, and noted as Apples patent lawsuits with Korean ...
Tags: Apple related applications, foldable device patent, Patently Apple, Korea
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Apple's Flexible Display Layer Patent.
Dec 24, 2013Apple has continued filing patents that enable flexible displays, but this time with a twist of sapphire. The U.S. consumer electronics giant has added to its range of patents a “killer invention” that enables flexible ...
Tags: Transparent Display, Apple
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Apple Puts in for OLED Display Patent with Integrated Thermal Sensors
Dec 12, 2013Market rumors surrounding Apple’s interest in OLED technology have resurfaced this week. The company has applied for an OLED patent with integrated thermal sensors, according to an article by Patently Apple. Although, Apple CEO Tim ...
Tags: OLED Display, Apple
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Apple Last Week Filed for a European Patent on Methods for Fusing Glass Pieces Together
Aug 7, 2013Apple last week filed for a European patent (via Patently Apple) on methods for fusing glass pieces together to create various types of glass enclosures for a number of products. While the patent application specifically addresses the ...
Tags: Construction, Glass
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USPTO Has Provisionally Denied Apple's Trademark Application for "iPad Mini"
Apr 3, 2013The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has provisionally denied Apple's trademark application for "iPad Mini" because the term is "merely descriptive" of the tablet's size. Notice of the rejection was mailed to Apple on Jan. 25, but ...
Tags: Computer Products, apple, Ipad Mini
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More Important Than Whether Apple Does Make Some Kind of "Iwatch" Wearable Device
Feb 25, 2013More important than whether Apple does make some kind of "iWatch" wearable device is how it does one, an analyst argued today. Scuttlebutt has circulated in the last week -- driven by stories from the Wall Street Journal and the New York ...
Tags: Apple, iWatch, company news
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Apple Recently Announced That It Was Looking to Phase out Manufacturing of Docking Devices
Dec 11, 2012Posted by Jenni Spinner, Senior Editor -- Packaging Digest, November 9, 2012 Apple recently announced that it was looking to phase out manufacturing of docking devices for its iPod, iPhone and other electronic gadgets, leaving production ...
Tags: Apple, iPod, working device dock