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IDC: iPad leads record worldwide tablet shipments but loses marketshare in Q4 2012According to new data from research firm IDC, Apple's iPad led worldwide tablet shipments hit 51.5 million units in the fourth quarter of 2012, but d…
... marketshare. As for Microsoft's Surface, the tablet failed to break ... -
Apple's laser-powered 'depth perception' system can be used for virtual keyboard, camera autofocusA patent application discovered on Thursday reveals Apple is looking into a system that combines lasers with image sensors to measure both the distan…
... of a scene, or a surface map of a specific object ... pattern is projected onto a surface and the depth perception system ... -
Apple and Atari<p> Apple should buy Atari and use that brand name to market a new Apple TV product designed for console gaming. It would essentially be an Apple TV…
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Apple's iOS mobile web share calls into question reports touting Android sales supremacyAn uptick in mobile web usage by iOS devices, matched by an even greater decline in Android web traffic since November, is calling into question figu…
... reportedly shipped 1.25 million Surface RT units into the channel ... shipped "just under 900,000" Surface RT tablets in the quarter ... -
Apple reportedly taking eco-friendly 'campus approach' with upcoming Austin facilityWith construction of Apple's $304 million Austin, Tex. complex underway, one website has reportedly come across new build plans for the site, reveali…
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Wozniak: Apple now 'somewhat behind' in smartphone featuresApple's iPhone may have revolutionized the smartphone, but the iPhone maker has now fallen behind its competitors in some respects, says Apple cofoun…
... year, after Microsoft unveiled its Surface tablet, Wozniak quipped in an ... -
Apple now nearly as big as Microsoft Windows in personal computing salesApple has passed Microsoft in profitability and revenues, but now the company is approaching a new, nearly unfathomable milestone: surpassing Windows…
... 's PlayBook and Microsoft's Surface, but both ran into critical ... -
New photos may or may not show Apple's so-called iPhone 5S being assembled at FoxconnA new series of over a dozen photos that showed up on a Chinese technology website last week are claimed to show both the internals an externals of a…
... -like device. The photos also surface amid a chorus of reports ... -
BlackBerry Creative Director Alicia Keys tweets from iPhone, claims Twitter account hackedAfter being announced as BlackBerry's Global Creative Director less than two weeks ago, pop diva Alicia Keys claims her Twitter account was hacked af…
... of tweets endorsing Microsoft's Surface RT tablet. However, unlike Oprah ... -
Samsung's Tizen mobile OS could signal new competition for Apple's iOS, Google's AndroidApple's iOS and Google's Android have so far dominated the latest wave of mobile computing. Now, Apple's chief rival Samsung appears to be prepping a…
... can coordinate with. On the surface, Google continues to say it ... the months before revealing the Surface. Samsung realizes that much of ... -
Microsoft leaving $2.5 billion per year on the table by holding back Office from iPadMicrosoft's reluctance to bring its industry-standard Office productivity suite to Apple's iPad may give the software giant a modicum of leverage in …
... to underperform in sales. With Surface RT estimated to have sold ... sales brought on by the Surface Pro are likely to pull ... -
Gates disappointed at Microsoft's performance in mobile computing, calls for changeMicrosoft's chairman Bill Gates says the software giant hasn't been innovative enough with regard to the new era of mobile computing, saying the comp…
... key to the future; the Surface computer; Bing, people are seeing ... -
Apple awarded patent for more accurate haptic feedback systemThe U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday granted Apple a patent for a haptic feedback system suitable for use in multitouch devices, where the…
... various locations under a single surface where users typically interact with ... -
IDash-one screen to rule them all1 The next dent in the universe: - "life's dashboard",the "iDash" The next dent in the universe will be stereo-optical glasses and they will not be…
... them at a close work surface below the glasses. The fresnel ... -
In honor of Steve Jobs birthday<p> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">Hello, this is in honor of Steve Jobs birthday. Below y…
... of changes face on the surface of the icebound lake. In ... months it covered the water surface. I couldn’t believe my ... -
Apple's pressure-sensitive 'squeezable' device housing could control future iPhones and accessoriesThe U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday issued Apple a patent for system in which a device can be controlled through the measurement and tran…
... some embodiments directly beneath the surface, can detect when deflection occurs ... pocket, the capacitance across the surface of the housing is measured ... -
With Apple's iPad besting Windows 8, Microsoft slashes prices & alters tacticsWith Apple's iPad dominating the new wave of computing, Microsoft's Windows 8 is floundering and the software giant is slashing prices even as its ma…
... iOS. Microsoft's own Surface RT and Surface Pro hybrid tablets, despite ... -
Apple sued by THX for allegedly misusing patented speaker tech in iPhone, iPad and iMacTHX, the sound innovation company founded by George Lucas, filed suit against Apple in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Californi…
... in which a sound reflecting surface is parallel with the the ... , or speaker face, and mounting surface, with sound dampening material placed ... -
Gap between Macbook Pros and Airs and the IPad?<p> Hi,</p> <p> I am new to this forum and wanted to ask about what seems to be a gap in offerings from Apple. A number of friends and I wondered i…
... detachable keyboard (like the Microsoft Surface. I have an IPhone and ... -
Apple's patent for a remote collaboration system uses digital pens and 'large digital surfaces'The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday granted Apple a patent that improves on large displays, like Microsoft's original Surface project, by…
... displays, like Microsoft's original Surface project, by adding digital pens ... -
Apple looks to protect dropped iPhones by shifting their orientation mid-flightAn Apple invention discovered on Thursday describes a system that could potentially save the most fragile components of an iPhone, such as the glass …
... be extended out from the surface of a device, and a ... the device to impact the surface at the end of a ... that it may impact a surface on its edge, rather than ... -
Apple's reissued pen computer patent adds cellular connectivity, could hint at future mobile deviceThe U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday reissued Apple a patent for a mobile computer encased in a pen, adding cellular and GPS capabilities …
... transmission and mouse simulation through surface sensors. The device can support ... -
Flipboard update adds sharable self-curated magazinesMobile news aggregation app Flipboard released a major update on Tuesday, adding various UI tweaks and Etsy integration, but perhaps most exciting is…
... 50 million users. On the surface, Flipboard 2.0 is much ... -
Apple looking into futuristic iPhone with wrap-around display and seamless glass housingIn a patent filing published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday, Apple describes a futuristic portable device complete with wrap-aro…
... use a vast amount of surface area provided in their designs ... -
Microsoft's changes to Windows 8 certification rules hint at potential iPad mini competitorRecent changes quietly made to the Windows 8 hardware certification guidelines suggest that Microsoft could be gearing up to debut a new, smaller "Wi…
... full-size iPad is the Surface with Windows RT, which has ... of DisplayMate found that the Surface outperforms Apple's iPad 2 ... -
Fingerprint scanning tech predicted to be major component of Apple's 'iPhone 5S' & 'iWatch'Rumors of a secure fingerprint scanner in Apple's anticipated "iPhone 5S" continue to surface, with one new report claiming the feature will also app…
... anticipated "iPhone 5S" continue to surface, with one new report claiming ... -
On its third birthday, Apple's iPad looks back at years of comical criticismApple's iPad is three years old today, providing a good opportunity to look back in hindsight on one of the most successful technology products to ev…
... with Microsoft's own new Surface in 2012, which has since ... -
Editorial: Apple's market disruption savvy is bad news for AndroidThere's more than one way to disrupt a market's status quo, and all forms of disruption aren't equally valuable, as indicated by the value created by…
... devices or Microsoft's curious Surface. The iPad effectively delivers the ... -
Photos of purported 5th-gen iPad cover glass surface, show iPad mini inspired designA photo that allegedly shows the top cover glass of Apple's fifth-generation iPad was posted to the Web early Wednesday, with the purported part taki…
A photo that allegedly shows the top cover glass of Apple's fifth-generation iPad was posted to the Web early Wednesday, with the purported part taking design cues from the iPad mini including thinner side bezels and shallow rounded corners. Source: ... -
Development issues may cause later-than-expected debuts of 'iPhone 5S,' low-cost iPhone & next iPadThe bulk of Apple's 2013 product pipeline will likely launch later than many market watchers expect, according to one insider, due to a variety of co…
... production yields of coating and surface treatment, and could slow down ...
