Apple granted iChat patents
Apple has been granted two patents by the US Patent & Trademark Office for its iChat audio and video conferencing app. Patent number 7,864,209 is for audio processing in a multi-participant conference.
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Type of Article: MacTech Blog
Greg’s bite: CES, iPhone EKG, MalcrosoftTV?
By Greg Mills
While I took an EMT-1 course, some years ago, I have never worked a single day as a paramedic. I thought it would be cool to be able to deliver babies or restart someone’s heart if the emergency situation ever came up.
Read MoreFive innovations that will change our lives, part one: 3D
IBM recently unveiled the fifth annual “Next Five in Five” — a list of innovations that have the potential to change the way people work, live and play over the next five years. The Next Five in Five is based on market and societal trends expected to transform our lives, as well as — not surprisingly — emerging technologies from IBM’s Labs. Let’s look at what IBM predicts — and how this might affect the Apple world.
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Greg’s bite: CES, iPad killers galore? Not!
By Greg Mills
The annual CES event begins this week in Las Vegas and, by some counts, as many as 40 to 80 iPad want to be devices are slated to be shown off. Many of them are just concept prototypes, not even close to products ready to ship.
Read MoreOnline gaming will be a $20 billion business in 2012
Driven by North American, European and Asia Pacific markets, online gaming continues its steady growth and the latest study from ABI Research (http://www.abiresearch.com) forecasts revenues of slightly more than $20 billion in 2012. Technology developments will mean new opportunities for connected devices beyond the computer.
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