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Apple is increasingly concerned about your health. The company, after all, believes the Apple Watch is already buzzing you out of your lazy stupor. CEO Tim Cook says that “sitting is the new cancer” and that his products can be a solution. Apple may be heading even further into the medical field. A patent application …

For the Samsung fan who has a Gear to go with his Galaxy, a new wireless charger for both might be around the corner. A Samsung patent application published last week shows three new wireless charger designs that are distinct from its current, flat wireless chargers for phones. The new taller chargers are designed to charge both a phone, like …

Here’s a new feature Apple fans don’t want. A group of people is asking Apple not to include features in its iPhones that could allow police and governments to remotely disable their cameras. The technology, which was described in a patent awarded to the company last month, could allow a phone’s camera to be remotely disabled through infrared signals. “The …

If you’re sick of having your view of Adele obscured by a thousand iPhones trying to film her, things are looking up. Apple was awarded a US patent this week for a system that can force your iPhone into disabling video-recording functions at concert venues. The system uses infrared signals to send messages to your phone to tell it to …

Your future iPhone could be outfitted with a transparent display that could overlay images onto objects in the real world à la augmented reality. “Transparent electronic device,” a patent granted to Apple on Tuesday by the US Patent and Trademark Office, describes a touch-sensitive display integrated into a transparent window. The patent paperwork gives as an example a museum visitor, …

The US Department of Justice has asked the Supreme Court to reverse an appeals court decision that ruled in favor of Apple at Samsung’s expense. The case centers on smartphone patent rights and whether Samsung is on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars. A jury ordered that Samsung must pay Apple to atone for patent infringements. The Justice …

A patent awarded to Apple on Tuesday shows the company is researching the use of bone conduction technology to improve voice call quality in its EarPod headphones. Enlarge Image U.S. Patent No. 9,363,596 uspto.gov US Patent No. 9,363,596 shows a diagram detailing a pair of wired earbuds with an internal accelerometer that can distinguish between a user’s voice and ambient …

Yahoo is stepping up its fire sale with the addition of a portfolio of about 3,000 patents it hopes will fetch more than $1 billion, sources tell The Wall Street Journal. The beleaguered web pioneer has in recent weeks sent letters to prospective buyers who might be interested purchasing the patents, some of which date back 20 years to the …

Design patents are given too much value when it comes to legal damages, Samsung has argued to the US Supreme Court in its patent dispute with Apple. In an opening brief filed Wednesday with the nation’s highest court, Samsung presented its arguments for why an earlier ruling in Apple’s favor should be thrown out. It said in the filing that …

Apple, Caltech alleges, has been using Wi-Fi technology it oughtn’t. In a suit filed with the US District Court for the Central District of California, the university claims that Apple has infringed four of its patents for improved data transmission rates and performance over Wi-Fi. These patents were awarded between 2006 and 2012, and cover technology implemented in the most …