Apple has been granted a patent (number 8,321,801) for desktop widgets for presentation in a layer has popped up at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. The invention relates generally to graphical user interfaces, and more particularly to a user-activatable, configurable, unified layer containing items of interest to a user.
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Supposedly, one of the reasons John Browett was dismissed as Apple’s head of retail operations was because he spearheaded a new staffing formula for its retail stores, leading some employees to see their hourly shifts cut and retail locations to be understaffed.
True or not, the last thing Apple needs to do is make its customers feel under-appreciated. The more love you show, us, Apple, the more love we show you.
Read MoreMembers of the IEEE Computer Society (http://www.ieee.org.) — the world’s largest technical professional organization “dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity” — think that “supercomputing” is a key technology driving future innovations including the development of perfect weather forecasting, limitless clean energy and smartphones that are 20 times faster than those used today.
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An Apple patent (number 201202987378 for controlling reflection reflection LCD devices has appeared at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Systems and methods are provided for controlling the light reflected from a display panel.
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An Apple patent (number 20120296744) for “custom stores” has appeared at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Per the patent a custom store web page uses an external administrator to provide configuration data for a custom store web page. The configuration data can include virtual bundles of products for sale.
Here’s The present invention relates to electronic commerce sites, especially electronic commerce sites designed for the use of members of a group.
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