Patent filings are a great way to get a sense of tech firms’ visions for the future, especially when those companies are notoriously secretive. That’s especially true for Apple, whose innovations tend to be ahead of the curve. Today, a post on CNET…
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A new report out of the San Francisco Chronicle says that Apple is looking to take on users’ health in a bold new way: by predicting people’s heart attacks before they have them. Even more interestingly, the report says that the company is looking…
A post on the Verge today reports that the talks between tech giants Apple and Samsung to try and resolve their patent disputes out of the courtroom have failed. Citing a few different news sources out of Korea, it seems that Samsung’s co-CEO JK Shin…
A post on MacRumors today gathers images that were posted to an anonymous Twitter account that are supposedly of the as-yet unannounced iPhone 6. If these images are the real deal, it could confirm many of the rumors that have been circulating about…
We’ve been hearing about the next Apple TV for several weeks now, and while there aren’t any specs to speak of just yet, we did get a hint today for what the device may offer. According to Bloomberg, Apple is negotiating with Time Warner Cable…
The last couple weeks have been rife with stories about companies signing cross-licensing agreements for each other’s patents. But this is not one of those stories. A post on Neowin reports that the University of Wisconsin has filed suit against Apple…
A post on 9to5Mac yesterday reports that Apple has brought a new addition to its iWatch development team: sleep researcher Roy J.E.M. Raymann, formerly with Philips Research. According to the post, Raymann has “extensive experience in wearables, sensors…
A number of charging pads exist to charge and sync your mobile device, but Apple is taking it a step further. The company has filed a patent for a smart charging pad that will actually sync or charge your mobile device depending on how it’s positioned…
One of the single most highly requested pieces of functionality that has yet to appear on iOS is support for system wide third party alternate keyboards. Developers have seen huge success with alternate keyboards on Android, and none have been more…
It may finally be the Apple TV’s time, according to reports from the NYT’s Bits blog and 9 to 5 Mac. Early this morning, Apple’s online store went down and later came up with an entire section dedicated to the Apple TV. In addition to that, there…