The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted Apple 62 newly granted patents today. In this second granted patent report of the day we cover a trio of granted patents. One patent covers the possible implementation of a next-generation form of Biometr…
Lees meerYears before there was a rumor about Apple adopting reverse wireless charging that would apply to future iDevices and MacBooks from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, there was Apple's actual intellectual property filed with the U.S. Patent Office. Patently Appl…
Lees meerYesterday Patently Apple posted a report titled "A new Mixed Reality Headset Invention from Apple Focuses on an Augmented Reality Optics System." In August we posted three other mixed reality headset related patent reports: 01, 02 and 03. After our …
Lees meerA Japanese report today states that Japan Display is going to make OLED displays in their Ishikawa plant in the next 2 or 3 years and abandon their plans for a plant in China which would take 4 years to get up and running according to the CEO of a C…
Lees meerThe US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple relating to a mixed reality headset with emphasis on Augmented Reality which allows a user to view real-world objects while viewing images overlaid on top of real-world objec…
Lees meerOn August 22nd Patently Apple posted a patent report relating to Future iPhones with Gas Sensors and on Thursday August 29th the U.S. Patent Office published yet another Apple patent application relating to another possible aspect of the technology …
Lees meerA new Apple support page was posted yesterday stating the following: "Apple has determined that, under very rare circumstances, a crack may form along the rounded edge of the screen in aluminum models of an Apple Watch Series 2 or Series 3. The crac…
Lees meerApple has filed for the trademark "Power for Impact" in Hong Kong, China. Apple has filed their trademark under five distinct International Classes.
Lees meerYesterday as Apple sent out media notices of their September 10th event, Google's Project Zero team released news of a newly discovered iOS exploit.
Lees meerA new consumer class action against Apple was brought by Plaintiff Austin Belanger, a senior airman in the Unites States Air Force and a citizen of Florida. This consumer class action is brought forward by Belanger on behalf of himself and all other…
Lees meerDuring Apple's fiscal Q3 Financial Conference Call, Apple's CEO stated in his summary for the quarter that Apple continues "to see phenomenal demand for AirPods, and when you tally up the last four quarters, our wearables business is now bigger than…
Lees meerApple has been fighting the Right to Repair movement for some time. In May we posted a report titled "Apple's Lobby Group Interferes in Canadian Politics by getting a Right-to-Repair Bill Defeated." Then in June we reported that Apple partnered with…
Lees meerBack in May Patently Apple posted a granted patent covering foldable devices. Today the US Patent & Trademark Office published a continuation patent on this same invention. All changes in a continuation patent are restricted to patent claims. Apple'…
Lees meerOn Tuesday Patently Apple posted a report titled "Singapore Airlines and Virgin Australia Make MacBook Pro Announcements regarding Battery Issues." Today South China Morning Post reports that Qantas Airways is restricting ...
Lees meerOn the very day that Korea's Supreme Court handed down a surprising verdict that could send Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee back to jail, Samsung announced that they'll release the delayed Galaxy Fold on September 6.
Lees meerA lawsuit has been filed against Apple by private citizen Dana D. Jackson of Minneapolis Minnesota. The lawsuit falls under the category of "Civil Rights: Other."
Lees meerA Korean report today states that Samsung Electronics has been scrambling to come up with responses to various scenarios as the Supreme Court is set to rule Thursday on the conviction of Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong in the corruption scandal that unse…
Lees meerIn early May Patently Apple posted a report wherein Bloomberg was quoted as stating that Apple had "zeroed in on several upscale sites in Mumbai, and plans to make a final decision in the next few weeks." Nothing has surfaced yet of such a developme…
Lees meerAt the top of the month Patently Apple posted a report titled "With Apple's Siri "Grading" in the Privacy Spotlight, Apple Decides to Temporarily Suspend the Practice." Today Apple has reportedly gone one step further and ended the Siri Grading Proj…
Lees meerWhile smartphone brands and service providers want consumers to trade up every other year, a new survey from carrier Ting Mobile indicates that the two-year phone upgrade cycle is, for many, a thing of the past. Of the 3,640 people Ting surveyed las…
Lees meerGoogle is moving aggressively to shift production of its Pixel smartphone from China to Vietnam as it seeks to build a low-cost supply chain in Southeast Asia that will serve as a springboard for its growing hardware ambitions, according to an Asian…
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