All the stories tagged with patent
Apple patent describes “shake to charge” technology that could one day power iPods and iPhones
09/20/2012, You know how you have some gadgets that you can shake in order to power it? Dubbed electromagnetic induction, this is a production of an electric current in a conductive element as it moves through a magnetic field, which in [...]
Patent for Apple’s universal removable battery system approved
09/19/2012, I would suppose that there are segments of Apple product users who are not too happy with the fact that their devices lack a removable battery, which means once the device’s battery runs into issues, there is no straightforward DIY [...]
Microsoft patent requires you to slap your phone to turn it off
09/16/2012, Are there moments in time when you were using your smartphone, and it goes all wonky on you that you have half a mind to just bang it on the table out of sheer frustration? The only thing that stopped [...]
Apple patent suggests that Siri for the Mac might be a possibility in the future
09/14/2012, It is safe to assume that Siri is a feature that Apple is very proud of, although at the moment it appears to be limited to just Apple’s iOS mobile devices. However given its ability to execute commands, take dictations, [...]
Apple wins against Motorola in Germany over “rubber banding” patent
09/14/2012, If you thought that maybe Apple’s victory over Samsung in the US was the first step towards the end of the patent war, you would be wrong as that was merely a battle victory as the war is far from [...]
Microsoft Xbox 3D-projected games detailed
09/12/2012, Video games have certainly come a long way since they were announced to the world a few decades ago. We have definitely made the jump from standard issue controllers (which of today, look nothing like the original that had just [...]
Apple applies for iPad backside controls patent
09/06/2012, We do know that the PS Vita from Sony is a unique portable gaming console, considering how it comes with a control scheme that is slightly different from the rest while still maintaining a traditional gaming set up. Well, Apple [...]
Blackberry Tablet with concealable keyboard in the pipeline?
09/05/2012, Is it conceivable that Research In Motion (RIM), the company that is behind the Blackberry brand, is working on a possible Blackberry laptop? Well, stranger things have happened in the past that was once deemed impossible (like Windows running on [...]
Samsung patent suggests camera with detachable media player
09/05/2012, The portable media player can be said to be a “dead” segment, with smartphones these days more or less taking over your portable entertainment needs. I mean, why carry around two devices when a single smartphone is powerful enough to [...]
Google picks up face-to-unlock patent
09/04/2012, Lick your lips in anticipation, all of you fans of the Android mobile operating system. Word on the street has it that Google has just picked up a pure win of the face-to-unlock patent which is said to enable multiple [...]
Carbon fiber MacBook chassis a future possibility with new Apple patents
09/04/2012, I guess you can say that patents are the new ammunition for companies and corporations, as evident by the way recent lawsuits filed by Apple and Samsung have gone. Well, early today, Cupertino was granted a patent for a carbon [...]
Apple loses patent case against Samsung in Japan, injunction request denied
08/31/2012, So while Apple might have claimed a rather substantial victory over Samsung in the US, it looks like in other countries Samsung is doing pretty well. The latest news in the Apple versus Samsung patent war is that Samsung has [...]
Apple reportedly reaches licensing agreement with Motorola in Germany
08/29/2012, For those who have been following the tech news, the legal battle between Apple and Samsung, and Apple and Motorola is nothing new. While Apple and Samsung might not have been able to reach a consensus and strike a deal [...]
