While the BBC is bringing smartphone tech to its journalists for on-the-spot newscasting, Apple has its own plans for this tech--and it's quite promising for everyone from foreign correspondents to citizen journos. READ»
An Apple patent gives us some clues about the cloud-based iTunes we're all expecting any moment now--namely, how it'll make streaming content a seamless experience. READ»
As the saying goes, "lose an hour in the morning, and you will be all day hunting for it." To avoid the problem, here's our compact summary of the early news.READ»
HP's just revealed an all-in-one PC that's reminiscent of the current iMac, but sports a touchscreen and novel tilting stand. The thing is, it's pretty similar to patents Apple has protecting the design of future touchscreen iMacs.READ»
Apple's latest patent application, revealed today, could add a whole new dimension to the exploding smartphone app market: Phone-to-Phone app sharing, with incentives. READ»
3-D TV--a fad or the future? The future, says Apple. The company just won a patent on a glasses-free 3-D TV system that's so advanced it sounds like sci-fi.READ»
Last week, a jury smacked Apple with a $625 million bill in a lawsuit over Cover Flow. Alexander Poltorak, CEO of General Patent Corporation, explains why the damages could go down by two thirds -- or even increase.READ»
Two bits of news chart the evolution and demise of that dumb piece of plastic in your wallet. First, it will get very intelligent. Second, it will be replaced by your phone. READ»
Apple's reportedly buying out all shares in Swedish face recognition company Polar Rose. The company has similar tech to that Apple already uses in OS X's iPhoto app, so what's the intended use for the new system? Inside iPhones, possibly. And to shut Android out of the game.READ»
Personal experiences led two women in search of answers to everyday problems. The result: Each became a successful inventor and are now encouraging others to follow their lead. READ»
Apple really wants to take a bite at the gaming market, as some novel patents show. But its third-party developers are already doing half its work for it, and dooming the PSP along the way.READ»
Apple's efforts to patent amazing technology that may power its future iPhones continue apace: It's just applied for a patent relating to multi-haptic feedback. Your iPhone 6 touchscreen may actually tingle under your fingers. The ...READ»
Apple's patent applications have got a bit single-minded of late, with lots to do with near-field communications radio--including this one, which has a cool twist: Apple, with its iPhone, wants to reinvent the ATM.
We mentioned a ...READ»
With lots of Google TV and other Web TV news hitting at the moment, I asked yesterday where Apple was ... and today there's a well-timed patent filing showing some new tweaks to Apple TV. These include an iPhone "simulator," ...READ»
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