Articles Tagged ‘patents’ (page 2)
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EFF Does 72-Hour 180, Bashes Apple In Lodsys Case
BY Andy Faust III on Fri May 20th, 2011
The Electronic Frontier Foundation bashes Apple a day after easing developers' minds that the company would soon be riding in to help.
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation Stands Up For Lodsys'd iOS Developers
BY Andy Faust III on Thu May 19th, 2011
Developers worried about recent legal letters from Lodsys can breathe a little easier as the EFF comes calling.
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Will This Be The Year Of Significantly Improved Mobile Security And Convenience?
BY Casey Tschida on Mon January 31st, 2011
The risk of a breach to personal security and privacy increases as ever more capable smartphones are adopted, 'cloud' services are used for a wider range of data storage, more frequent use of social networks providing a searchable log of activity, and nearly everything being accessible through the Internet.
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Future iPads May Have A Facial Recognition Camera?
BY Joe White on Sat January 08th, 2011
According to a patent application recently published by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, Apple may be considering a “facial recognition cam,” and “new speaker array” for a future version of the iPad. Additionally, an interesting iPad case is also in the works.
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Report: Apple Awarded Limited Patent On Pinch-To-Zoom
BY Bryan M. Wolfe on Wed October 13th, 2010
One of the great things about using an iPhone/iPod touch or iPad is the ability to "pinch-to-zoom" the screen. Now, Apple has been awarded a limited patent for just that functionality. Read more...
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Audio Jack With Built-In Mic Will Save Space In Future iPhones?
BY Joe White on Fri August 27th, 2010
Apple has come up with a way of saving space inside future iPhone handsets through including an audio jack with a built-in microphone. Read on to find out more about the patent...
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Nokia Sues Apple Over The iPhone
BY Alexander Vaughn on Thu October 22nd, 2009
In a press release this morning, Nokia announced having filed a complaint against Apple with the Federal District Court in Delaware, alleging that Apple's iPhone infringes Nokia patents. My first reaction was to think that Nokia
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Apple Patent Filing Describes Advanced Security For iPhone
BY Tyler Tschida on Sat March 28th, 2009
It may seem like something pulled straight out of a sci-fi film, but according to a recent patent filing, Apple is working on advanced security techniques for unlocking your iPhone. The type of unlocking I
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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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Palm Confident In Its Own Patents
BY Tyler Tschida on Fri January 23rd, 2009
The Palm Pre hasn't even been released yet but that hasn't stopped anyone from pointing fingers. The Pre resembles the iPhone not only in its physical design (minus the slide-down keyboard) but
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