Articles Tagged ‘multi-touch’
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Apple's Scroll Patent: Good, But Not A Game-Changer
BY DM on Sat June 25th, 2011
Apple's new "internal scrolling" patent isn't as big of a deal as some people are saying, but it's another well-deserved bit of protection for iPhone intellectual property.
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Apple's Magic Touch
BY Scott Grizzle on Wed July 28th, 2010
The masters of touch computing are on course to let you control every device they make, simply by touch. While that sounds cool, what does Apple really have up their sleeve?
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What's Lighter Than Air? New Air
BY Scott Grizzle on Fri July 16th, 2010
With rumors circulating about a new iPod touch with camera and Apple TVs running iOS, one wonders if any changes may be coming to the Mac line of products. According to a rumor, at least one Mac product will soon be seeing a major overhaul.
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How Much Multi-Touch Can Your iDevice Take? See For Yourself
BY Alexander Vaughn on Tue May 11th, 2010
How many points of contact can your iDevice's screen detect? See by yourself.
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Apple Patents An Entire Array Of New Exciting Gestures
BY Alexander Vaughn on Thu April 29th, 2010
Enjoying multi-touch gestures? Great, there are many more to come.
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Apple Sued Over Touch Screen Patents
BY Tyler Tschida on Wed April 08th, 2009
The New York Times is reporting that Taiwan chip designer Elan Microelectronics has decided to sue Apple over the alleged infringement of two of their patents. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court
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Illusion Labs Brings Sway And Touchgrind To The Big Screen
BY Tyler Tschida on Tue April 07th, 2009
Illusion Labs has done some amazing things with the iPhone's multi-touch controls in their games. Both Sway and Touchgrind utilize multi-touch in ways few developers have, so it comes as no surprise that Illusion Labs decided to
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Inspiration For Multi-Touch Was A Piano
BY Tyler Tschida on Wed February 18th, 2009
In a University of Delaware news article from way back in October 2008, Wayne Westerman, the engineer credited as the lead inventor of multi-touch, described his inspiration for the technology. Westerman explains how his bout
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Apple Asked Google Not To Use Multi-Touch?
BY Tyler Tschida on Tue February 10th, 2009
It's nice to finally hear companies playing nice together instead of the constant legal battles and negotiations. According to an unnamed Google Android team member, Apple politely asked Google not to use multi-touch in their
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Apple Awarded Multi-Touch Patent
BY Tyler Tschida on Tue January 27th, 2009
Apple has been awarded a patent that has in the past been nicknamed "The iPhone Patent." The ginormous patent is 358 pages long and incorporates six other related patents as far back as September 2006.
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Voice and Facial Recognition Coming to Apple Products?
BY Andrew Robinowitz on Fri September 05th, 2008
A new patent, unearthed by Unwired View, highlights Apple's potential plan for expanding on its Multi-Touch interface -- titled, Multitouch Data Fusion. Using varied and complex mechanisms, Apple hopes to enhance user experience through innovative
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