This is part of CNET’s “Tech Enabled” series about the role technology plays in helping the disability community. Giora Livne missed out on the smartphone revolution. In 2007, Apple CEO Steve Jobs strutted onto a stage and unveiled the iPhone, which would dramatically change how everyone interacts with mobile devices. Well, not everyone. That same …
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When actor Gene Wilder died this week, San Francisco pop artist Jason Mecier decided to commemorate him in his best known role as Willy Wonka from the 1971 film “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.” Related stories R.I.P. Gene Wilder, who brought both chocolate and meme factories to life Using jelly beans, gumballs, Red Hots and a multitude of other …
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Walking through Google’s campus on a warm February afternoon, Hiroshi Lockheimer pauses and points to two tourists smiling at their outstretched selfie stick. The world-famous Googleplex is always filled with tourists, who come to gawk and admire the sprawling headquarters in the heart of Silicon Valley. “Ten years ago, I would have never imagined that,” he says laughing, as we …
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Greg Christie is one of the inventors of Apple’s slide-to-unlock iPhone feature. CNET SAN JOSE, Calif. — Apple took great pains to make its first iPhone as simple as possible, a company engineer told a court here, as Apple sought to add weight to its patent infringement suit against Samsung. A key argument for Apple throughout its various trials involving …
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James Martin/CNET SAN JOSE, Calif. — Apple “vastly overstated the scope of its patents” and is asking for an unreasonably high amount of damages, Samsung argued Tuesday during its opening arguments in a court here. “The suggestion seems to be if you’re not asking for billions, you don’t take patents seriously,” Samsung attorney John Quinn said. Almost two years after …
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