What will be announced at Apple’s education event today?
Apple will hold an education event today at 10 am (Eastern) in New York City at the Guggenheim Museum. So what’s on the agenda?
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Apple granted patent for episodic TV content
Apple has been granted a patent (number 8099665) by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office for “organizing and sorting media menu items.” It hints at a) the rumored Apple HDTV (the “iTV”), b) an Apple TV (the set-top box) update, or c) both.
The patent is for a method of organizing episodic content that includes identifying a list of items associated with episodic content and sorting the list of items based on at least episode order upon a prompt. The inventors are Rainer Brodersen, Rachel Clare Goldeen, Jeffrey Ma, Mihnea Calin Pacurariu and the late Steve Jobs.
Read MoreKids who read digitally comprehend as well as those who read traditionally
In what can only be good news for Apple’s iBookstore (which will almost certainly be part of Apple’s education announcement/s tomorrow) and other ebook vendors, a recent study indicates that children who read books on digital e-readers such as the iPad and Kindle comprehend what they’ve read as well as children who read paper books.
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Retrevo report: CES tech that could make your gear obsolete
By Andrew Eisner
We’re just back from the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the consumer electronics extravaganza in Las Vegas where we saw some amazing new gadgets and gear including new TVs, tablets, smartphones and new high tech automobiles. Much of the technology we saw may not be available for some time (if at all) but we did see some trends that will sooner or later make many of your high tech possessions obsolete.
Future TVs will be sharper
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Apple plans for exercisers to wear a ‘smart garment’
A new patent (number 8099258) at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office shows that Apple is working on a “smart garment” for exercises and athletes. It builds upon the idea behind the Nike iPod Sport Kit.
The invention relates generally to performance monitoring. More particularly, methods and apparatus electronically pairing an authorized garment and a sensor that receives data from the garment are disclosed.
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