Apple working on satellite navigation system for portable devices
As evidenced by a new patent (number 8054221) at the US Patent & Trademark Office that shows Apple is working on satellite navigation system for portable devices.
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Type of Article: MacTech Blog
Time for Apple to do some Dashboard polishing
One thing that I keep hoping for with the Mac OS X Dashboard that never materializes is an “every man’s executive decision making tool.” In other words, a tool similar in concept to a customizable web page (think iGoogle) where widgets are able to connect with various resources both on your computer and externally to display information and results.
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Apple wins several patents for product design and more
Apple has won several patents from the US Patent & Trademark Office. Two are for the design of the MacBook Pro line.
The inventors include Steve Jobs, Jonathan Ive, Bartley Andre, Daniel Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Evans Hankey, Richard Howarth, Duncan Kerr, Shin Nishibori, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Douglas Satzger, Christopher Stringer, Eugene Whang and Rico Zorkendorfer.
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Tablet owners increasingly viewing video on their devices
In more good news for Apple, new research from Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com) reports that 50% of tablet owners are viewing not only feature-length movies on their device, but TV shows as well.
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Greg’s Bite: Google 1 Gig to offer phone and TV
By Greg Mills
Since I live in Kansas City, Kansas, site of the coming Google 1 Gig Internet service, I have tried to keep my ear to the ground on developments. Getting information from Google about what they plan reminds me of the black hole at Apple R&D. “The Wall Street Journal” reports Google plans to offer phone and cable TV as well as super fast Internet when they finally get around to launching the project.
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