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06.23.11 / Apple Granted Multitouch Touchscreen Patent.

After three years of waiting, Apple has been awarded a patent for a “portable multifunction device” with a multitouch interface. The patent details the touch and control systems Apple uses in the iPhone. It is titled “Portable multifunction device, method, … Read more »

05.17.11 / Is choosing a phone like choosing a pair of shoes?

Back in the summer of 2010 (July – September to be exact) about 33% of consumers expressing interest in purchasing a smartphone wanted an iPhone, while 26% wanted and Android, and 13% planned on purchasing a BlackBerry. Oh how quickly … Read more »

04.22.11 / iPhone Tracks Your Every Step

It has recently been discovered that Apple’s iPhone and 3G-equipped iPad track wherever you go and save the data to a secret file. This data is then transferred to your computer when they sync. Two security researchers, Pete Warden and … Read more »

03.14.11 / Mobile Devices Becoming a Necessity

Look around at the people next to you. What do you notice? They most likely have some sort of mobile device in their hand or pocket, don’t they? The use of Smartphones and tablets is continuously on the rise, and … Read more »

10.15.09 / For Microsoft, Innovating Means Copying Apple

October 2009 is shaping up to be a company-defining month for Microsoft. On October 22, Microsoft is poised to launch Windows 7, the latest version of its ubiquitous Windows operating system. Plenty of ink and electrons have been sacrificed to … Read more »

06.2.09 / Surprised? Smart Phones Selling More Smartly

Apple’s iPhone and Research in Motion’s Blackberry smart phones may make up only a small percentage of the mobile devices sold worldwide this year, but that doesn’t mean they’re not powerhouses in the mobile phone market.  New data suggests that … Read more »

05.12.09 / Apple to Build Its Own Chips?

Based on recent hires and strategic acquisitions, Apple is quietly building a capability to design and build its own chips, reports the Wall Street Journal.  The move indicate that perhaps Apple is investigating the idea of building its own chips … Read more »

05.12.09 / The Newest Item in a Soldier’s Gear Bag? The iPod

Forget the Leatherman, or the entrenching tool:  the new all-in-one device gaining a strong foothold in the kit bag of the American soldier is Apple’s iPod Touch, and to a lesser degree, the iPhone. The future of ‘networked warfare,’ according … Read more »

05.8.09 / A $500 Kindle?

Is more than doubling the screen real estate of a garden-variety Kindle worth less than doubling its asking price at $489?  That’s what the online marketing geniuses at Amazon are hoping, as they introduce the new Kindle DX, a new … Read more »

05.7.09 / Could Apple Be Interested in the Twits?

Citing an unnamed source who’s “plugged into the Valley’s deal scene and has been recruited by Apple for a senior position,” Owen Thomas of Valleywag is speculating that Apple is close to sealing a deal for Twitter, possibly in the … Read more »