Apple patents reflect work on even better displays
A plethora of patents at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office show that Apple is working on several methods of improving the displays across its product lines.
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Should Apple do more to help the US economy?
Once upon a time Apple boasted that its products were made in America. That’s changed. And the question is: should Apple do more to support the U.S.. economy?
A recent “New York Times” story (http://macte.ch/MofNt) notes that almost all of the 70 million iPhones, 30 million iPads and 59 million other products Apple sold in 2011 were manufactured overseas. The company earned over US$400,000 in profit per employee — more than Goldman Sachs, Exxon Mobil or Google. With that kind of moolah, couldn’t Apple bring more jobs to our country?
Read MoreiCloud, iOS device sales fueling Mac sales
According to the latest data from Gartner and IDC, Apple continues to gain market share in the personal computer industry. In fact, it’s the fastest growing company among the top five US computer makers (see http://macte.ch/4Lanv).
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Apple patents involve LED backlight, antenna, more
Among several patent wins today, Apple has been granted a patent (number 8,100,544) by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office for a LED backlight for display systems. It relates generally to device display systems, and more particularly to an LED backlight with highly uniform color for illuminating display systems.
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iBooks Author looks good — now how about iBooks on the Mac?
I’ve had a few days to play around with the iBooks Author app Apple announced last week. It’s pretty cool — and only underscores my conviction that Macs are going to be around for a loooong time. They’ll be creating the bulk of the content we’ll be consuming on iOS devices.
iBooks Author is a tool for creating iBooks textbooks (also announced last week). It’s a free download at the Mac App Store. The textbooks you create are designed to be read on iOS devices via the iBooks app and the new iTunes U.
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