Apple has been granted a patent (number 8,230,360) for an user interface for selecting from a media collection. It apparently involve the interface of Apple’s set top box, the Apple TV.
Among other things, techniques and systems are disclosed for providing a graphical user interface (GUI) to user. A system includes a content source and a GUI communicatively connected to the content source.
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An Apple patent (number 8,228,305) for a method of proving human input into a computer has appeared at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. The invention provides a method for providing human input to a computer which allows a user to interact with a display connected to the computer and shows that Apple continues to investigate touch technology for Macs.
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In a recent “Computerworld” (http://macte.ch/lTeMX) column, Jonny “Apple Holic” Evans (love the column name) said he thought OS X Mountain Lion might be one of the last desktop computer systems Apple ships as “operating systems are heading inexorably into the cloud.” I can’t see this happening, though Evans’ reasoning is interesting.
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An Apple patent (number 8228339) for a framework for graphics animation and compositing operations has appeared at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.
Read MoreIf you’re traveling, better keep close tabs on your laptop, iPhone, iPod and iPad. Credant Technologies (http://www.credant.com), a data protection firm, has released the results of their second survey of top airports in the United States.
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