Apple patent is for wireless headset featuring adaptive powering
An Apple patent (number 8185084) for a wireless headset featuring adaptive powering has appeared at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.
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Nearly half of iPhone users likely to buy the ‘iTV’
Apple hasn’t announced — or even hinted at — plans for a branded HDTV (the widely rumored “iTV”), but a recent survey shows it could be a hit if it does indeed arrive.
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Apple patents involves iMovie, iPods, more
A plethora of Apple patents has appeared at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Following is a summary of each.
Patent number 8185823 involves zoom indication for stabilizing unstable video clips in apps such as iMovie and Final Cut Pro X. Randy Ubillos is the inventor.
Patent number 8182638 is for a media player with a machine windowed undercut and transparent wall disposed therein. Think the iPod classic and iPod nano. The inventors are Douglas Joseph Webere, Pinida Jan Moolsintong and Stephen P. Zadesky.
Read MoreStreaming TV, Internet TV to see substantial growth
A new report from Juniper Research (http://www.juniperresearch.com) finds that the number of streamed mobile TV users on smartphones will increase to 240 million by 2014. This increase will be driven by a rise in smartphone penetration and a growth in the usage of internet TV and IPTV services.
Not only does this bode well for mobile devices such as the iPhone and iPad, increased use of Internet TV could also benefit the rumored “iMac TV” and the “iTV” — assuming, of course, either really exists or will exist.
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Greg’s Bite: the crazy politics of solar energy
By Greg Mills (gregmills@mac.com)
May 18, 2012: the US Department of Commerce places high tariffs on imported Chinese photovoltaic cells. In one of the most stunning, counter-intuitive, anti-green, anti-free enterprise moves the Obama administration has ever made (is that saying something or what?), the US has just placed tariffs of up to 249% on imported Chinese photovoltaic cells. Cheap photocells are bad for the US market?
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