The Federal Aviation Administration last week granted Disney a waiver so it can show off its amazing drone skills in the Orlando and Anaheim parks. Not a company known to wait well, it’s already released a video teasing Disney’s use of the drones to create what appears to be a floating, rotating Christmas tree. The …
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Some 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 or foldable iPhone, according to Patently Apple, which was first to report the news. It …
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Even the US Supreme Court justices were a little befuddled over what to do with the legal saga between Apple and Samsung. The two largest phone makers in the world squared off in the highest court in the land Tuesday over the value of design patents, marking the likely conclusion to a long-running battle that goes back to a 2012 …
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The biggest patent case to hit the modern tech world is back again. Apple and Samsung will appear before the US Supreme Court on Tuesday to argue why their opponent was wrong when it came to a patent case from 2012. This is the first time a design patent case has been examined by the Supreme Court since the 1800s. …
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Apple has been ordered to pay $302.4 million to the patent holding and security software company VirnetX for infringing patents covering secure computer and mobile communications. A jury in Tyler, Texas, found Friday that Apple infringed on two patents related to its FaceTime videoconferencing application. The award also includes damages for infringement of VirnetX technology in Virtual Private Network on …
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One of the Samsung Galaxy Note’s most recognisable features, besides exploding, is its S Pen accessory. The S Pen may look like an ordinary stylus, but the software on the Galaxy Note has made it into a versatile tool that boasts, on the Note 7, 4,096 different pressure sensitivities. It looks like Samsung is adding yet more functionality to the …
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You’re probably used to placing your finger on the front, back or side of your phone to unlock the screen, but Microsoft has a different idea in mind: resting your digit directly on the display. The Redmond, Washington, company applied for a patent that puts the fingerprint-reading technology right under — or maybe it’s integrated within — the glass that …
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A teardown of an Apple iPhone 7 has found an Intel mobile cellular platform inside. Earlier this year, reports speculated that some versions of Apple’s flagship phone would include an Intel wireless chip rather than one from Qualcomm. Apple makes its own processors for the brains of its devices, but companies like Qualcomm and Intel build components that connect the …
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No new MacBooks. No new iPads. No wireless charging. No “one more thing,” unless you count a Sia concert! As expected, the new iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus were the stars of Apple’s San Francisco event today, with better cameras and battery life, more storage and no headphone jacks. Apple threw in a new set of Apple Watches and …
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What if your iPhone could help actively protect itself, even after it’s been stolen? That potential idea was considered in a new patent application Apple filed Thursday with the US Patent & Trademark Office. According to the application, which AppleInsider wrote about, a future iPhone may — when triggered by the right circumstances — start documenting an alleged thief’s fingerprints …
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