Apple has been granted a patent (number 7,757,173) by the US Patent & Trademark Offic for its for a voice menu system for its idevices — and apparently plans to tweak it even more in the future. It relates to media players and, more particularly, to navigating menus of media players.
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An Apple patent (number 7,757,186) has appeared at the US Patent & Trademark Office that shows that Apple is far from finished when it comes to innovative ways to control its various devices.
The patent is for motion plane correction for MEMS-based input devices. The invention relates to technology for monitoring motion of electronic input devices, and more particularly to technology for motion plane correction of motion-based input devices. The inventor is Farshid Moussavi.
Read MoreBMW is the first car manufacturer to announce support for the little-heralded iPod Out feature from the iOS 4, reports “The Guardian” (http://macosg.me/2/iq).
The feature allows all devices running the latest version of iOS (the operating system formerly known as the iPhone OS) to output the iPod interface to an external screen. Compatible devices include the iPhone 3G, 3GS and 4 as well as the second and third generation of iPod touches.
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Following two recent hacks of its iTunes store. iTunes users should now change the password on their iTunes account as well as switching to a prepaid debit card for the service, according to Fortify (http://www.fortify.com), a company that specializes in software security assurance.
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The latest edition of “MacNotables” (http://www.macnotables.com/wordpress/), a podcast that serves as home to Mac personalities who will comment on the latest news and opinions in the Mac community, is available.
Bob “Dr. Mac” LeVitus has been hold up in his office authoring not one but two new books. He first discusses the upcoming, “iPhone for Dummies, 4th edition,” which covers the iPhone and iOS 4. LeVitus talks about what the book will offer both new and veteran iPhone users, and highlights two of his favorite features: fast user switching and folders.
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