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February 26, 2015
While IBM is number-one when it comes to the number of patents filed in the U.S., in Europe, Samsung is leading the pack. Today, the European Patent Office released…
Read articleFebruary 23, 2015
Amid deeper investigations into how Apple may be using its operations in Ireland as a means for tax avoidance on tens of billions of dollars in profit, the…
Read articleFebruary 21, 2015
Apple has spent the whole week in the news because of a car it might be making, so that’s a real thing that happened. We discuss how the…
Read articleFebruary 19, 2015
Apple is offering a new repair program that extends coverage for certain MacBook Pro models made between 2011 and 2013 that are exhibiting problems related to video. The…
Read articleFebruary 19, 2015
Apple is said to be building a new battery division that competes directly with a firm that builds lithium-ion batteries for cars and other large vehicles, in a…
Read articleFebruary 17, 2015
Apple has been awarded a patent by the USPTO (via AppleInsider) for a head-mounted virtual reality set that uses an iPhone as the display and computing component. The…
Read articleFebruary 17, 2015
The Apple Watch is coming very soon, with a launch date of April offered by none other than Apple CEO Tim Cook, so understandably, the supply chain is…
Read articleFebruary 12, 2015
Apple has improved the security of FaceTime and iMessage, its voice/video and multimedia chat communication tools. The services got two-factor authentication today as an option for users to enable,…
Read articleFebruary 12, 2015
Apple has introduced groups to TestFlight, the app beta testing tool it acquired with its purchase of Burstly last year. The TestFlight Groups feature allows developers to split…
Read articleFebruary 11, 2015
The temptation of a smartphone for a thief is dropping, thanks to Apple’s decision to implement a remote kill switch via Find My Phone that can erase and disable…
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