An Apple patent (number 20110144244) for halogen-free, flame retardant material has appeared at the US Patent & Trademark Office that shows what future Mac and iOS products could be made of — at least in part.
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Apple is looking into ways of improving the robustness of a wireless communication link, according to a new patent (number 20110143805) at the US Patent & Trademark Office. The patent is for a method and apparatus to improve the robustness of a wireless communication link between a base station and a mobile communication device.
Read MoreHave you ever wondered why the OS X Address Book doesn’t have a Faces and/or Places feature like iPhone? Also, why isn’t it linked to iPhoto?
Wouldn’t it be great to see the current group on a map with pins to show where people in your Address Book reside? Or to be able to click on a link in Address Book and have it take you to iPhoto to show that person’s photos?
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An Apple patent (number 7,959,065) for custom content gift cards has appeared at the US Patent & Trademark Office. It’s for a customized gift card and methods for customizing the gift card with buyer-selected downloadable content.
Read MoreI know of a few folks that hope that iWork will go the way of MobileMe and simply become part of Apple’s upcoming iCloud service. I wouldn’t mind an iCloud tie-in, but I don’t want iWork apps to be “just” cloud-based apps; I still want copies of the software and the documents I produce on all my hardware.
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