An Apple patent (number 7,949,250) for an electro-mechanical shutter control has appeared at the US Patent & Trademark Office. It involves the shutter in iOS devices and the iSight (“cellular phones and multi-function or smart phones”), but also hints at a “dedicated” video and still cameras.
Read MoreAmazon is now selling more Kindle books than print books. It’s going to be interesting to see just how successful Apple’s iBookStore will be.
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Several Apple patents have appeared at the US Patent & Trademark Office. Following is a summary of each.
Patent number 7,948,576, won by Apple, is for a P-chassis arrangement for positioning a display stack. It relates to portable electronic devices and, more particularly, to a chassis which may be used to align a display stack with respect to a bezel.
Read MoreI love my iPad and iPhone, but not enough to take ’em to bed and wake up with them. But apparently some folks do.
The ability to stay constantly connected to the Internet is making consumers increasingly dependent on the cloud for their daily needs, Ericsson ConsumerLab (http://www.ericsson.com/thecompany/our-insights/consumerlab) research has found. And while the smartphone revolution may have started this trend, the research has shown it is app usage that is likely to make it continue. Apps are actually shaping the way people are using connected devices.
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By Greg Mills
Some years ago there was a TV series featuring Tom Selleck as Magnum, a private investigator. One of the ongoing themes was his “little voice.” Call it hearing the still, small voice of God, conscience or an instinctive thought process.
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