Apple Researching Multi-Touch Skins and New Gestures
Apple's patent applications sometimes enter into bizarre and conceptual territory. This week's patent application reveals research into portable multi-touch skins that can be placed on three dimensional objects:
Apple Researching Multi-Touch Skins and New Gestures
Apple Researching Multi-Touch Skins and New Gestures
A company filing published for the first time this week shows Apple to be exploring portable multi-touch skins that can be wrapped around three-dimensional objects such as an iPod or steering wheel to provide addition GUI interfaces for those objects that can be configured via the touch skins themselves.
Apple exploring portable multi-touch skins for 3D surfaces
Apple exploring portable multi-touch skins for 3D surfaces
New evidence that Apple is the mysterious licensee of Imagination Technologies Group's PowerVR mobile graphics technology broke today, when the company publicly announced that Apple has subscribed to 8 million new shares of IMG, giving the iPhone maker a 3% stake in the firm. A press release also revealed Apple to be a licensee of Imagination's technology.
Apple finally outed as mysterious PowerVR licensee
Apple finally outed as mysterious PowerVR licensee
According to a press release from Imagination Technologies Group, Apple is subscribing for 8,200,000 new shares of Imagination Technologies Group which means Apple will have an ownership interest of 3.6% in the company. The press release also reve...
Apple is Licensee and Investor of Imagination Technology
Apple is Licensee and Investor of Imagination Technology
Where were you in January 2007 when you first learned that Apple was going to release an iPhone? I remember very well where I was: sitting glumly at my desk looking through the window at the snow on the ground and wishing I was at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco. A fellow tech journalist called from the floor of the rival expo CES -- he too wished he had gone to Macworld.
Is the Sky Falling - or Has Apple Outgrown Macworld
Is the Sky Falling - or Has Apple Outgrown Macworld
As more reactions come in, Apple's stock has dropped in the setting of downgrades by at least one financial analyst from Oppenheimer & Co. Businessweek's Arik Hesseldahl hopes that this might mean that Apple could show up at CES, though this would g...
Apple Had Long Planned to Leave Macworld
Apple Had Long Planned to Leave Macworld
Organizers for the Apple Expo in Paris confirmed Wednesday that the annual trade show has been canceled indefinitely, with this year's show likely having been its last.
Apple Expo canceled following Apple's Macworld pullout
Apple Expo canceled following Apple's Macworld pullout
Apple's decision to withdraw from Macworld entirely has been generating a massive amount of feedback, both in our forums and the industry in general. Aside from the immediate impact, many are concerned that the withdrawal represents the end of the ...
Reaction to Apple's Withdrawal from Macworld, Apple Expo Paris Cancelled
Reaction to Apple's Withdrawal from Macworld, Apple Expo Paris Cancelled
PiperJaffray analyst Gene Munster, one of the most outspoken and trusted experts on all things Apple, told clients on Wednesday that Steve Jobs' absence from this year's Macworld Expo signals "the beginning of a shift in leadership roles" at the company.
Piper believes leadership shift at Apple is underway
Piper believes leadership shift at Apple is underway
Apple's decision to end its participation at the annual Macworld Expo after next month's show is a sign the company wants to free itself from making product announcements on someone else's schedule and not an indication that its chief executive is in poor health, according to new reports.
Apple wanted out of tyranny of MacWorld - reports
Apple wanted out of tyranny of MacWorld - reports
Even as it's besieged by a weak world economy, Apple is expected to bounce back with new iMacs at the start of 2009 and to launch the iPhone in China soon afterwards.
Apple seen with new iMacs, Chinese iPhone soon into 2009
Apple seen with new iMacs, Chinese iPhone soon into 2009
Apple must immediately cease its exclusive relationship with France Telecom's Orange and allow other local carriers to offer the iPhone to its subscribers, the French competition counsel ruled Wednesday.
Apple ordered to end exclusive iPhone deal with France's Orange
Apple ordered to end exclusive iPhone deal with France's Orange
They're called the iPod Generation -- all those kids wired to earbuds and MP3 players this holiday season as they hunker down to endure long road trips or relatives that visit even longer. But they're at risk of becoming the Huh? What? Generation. You've heard of BlackBerry Thumb? Now there's iPod Ear.
iPod Ear and the 'Huh Wha' Generation
iPod Ear and the 'Huh Wha' Generation
Following the startling news that Apple would no longer show at Macworld Expo after the 2009 event, one report may put to rest fears that the health of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs is the deciding factor behind the move.
Macworld pullout blamed on "politics," not Jobs' health
Macworld pullout blamed on "politics," not Jobs' health
Apple announced today that 2009 would be Apple's last year participating in Macworld Expo and that Phil Schiller, not Steve Jobs, would deliver the final keynote address. Understandably, speculation has been directed towards health concerns about S...
Apple's Macworld Exit Due to Politics Not Health Issues
Apple's Macworld Exit Due to Politics Not Health Issues
Apple has announced that Steve Jobs will not deliver the opening keynote presentation at the upcoming Macworld Expo in San Francisco on January 6th, 2009. Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, will take the sta...
Apple: Jobs Will Not Present at Apple's Final Macworld Keynote
Apple: Jobs Will Not Present at Apple's Final Macworld Keynote
Apple has released its latest update for Mac OS X, bringing the version numbers up to 10.5.6. Depending on a user's destination Mac, the update ranges from 190 MB or so up to a staggering 668 MB combo update, which tends to be used in organizations that plan to update multiple different Macs. The update includes dozens of general operating system fixes that enhance stability, compatibility and security.
Apple Update Swats Bugs Large and Small
Apple Update Swats Bugs Large and Small
A pair of Wall Street analysts tightened their estimates for Apple's 2009 fiscal year on Tuesday, citing softening demand for Macs in the United States and weaker than expected iPhone growth in Europe.
Analysts trim Apple estimates amid weaker iPhone, Mac sales
Analysts trim Apple estimates amid weaker iPhone, Mac sales
Apple announced Tuesday that next month is the last time the company will exhibit at Macworld Expo in San Francisco and that chief executive Steve Jobs will not be making a keynote presentation this year.
Apple says 2009 Macworld Expo will be its last; no Jobs keynote
Apple says 2009 Macworld Expo will be its last; no Jobs keynote
With just days left before the December holidays, several Apple authorized resellers have sent notice that they're about to close out their holiday deals, which still offer up to $200 off new iMacs and MacBooks, and up to $300 off new MacBook Pros.
Final days to save big on Apple's Mac line
Final days to save big on Apple's Mac line