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    New Gesture Controls in Development for Future Apple Watches

    March 15, 2024 / 11:25 AM

    Recent patent applications from Apple reveal plans to introduce a variety of new gestures designed to enhance the way users interact with the Apple Watch and possibly other wearable devices…

    MagSafe Case? Exploring Features For iPhone Users

    Next-Gen MagSafe: Apple Explores Data Transmission & User Authentication

    December 27, 2023 / 11:46 AMApril 19, 2024

    Apple’s recent patent application reveals an ambition to evolve MagSafe beyond its current scope. Currently, MagSafe enables users to charge their iPhones and connect MagSafe-compatible accessories like cases. However, Apple…

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    Could a future Apple Watch battery move to give the wearer haptic feedback?

    May 17, 2022 / 9:01 AMMay 17, 2022

    It’s clear that Apple has an eye on potentially making the battery in its Apple Watch move, as a means of giving the wearer of the device haptic feedback. This…

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    Apple seeks patent for an iPhone case that would automatically customize the device’s UI for various uses

    May 12, 2022 / 6:43 PMMay 13, 2022

    Can you imagine a future in which you might place your iPhone on a speaker dock, and its main graphical user interface (UI) automatically changes to one showing a set…

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    Apple has a patent approved for under-display Touch ID for the iPhone

    March 22, 2022 / 9:20 AMMarch 22, 2022

    Speculation is ramping up that under-display Touch ID could eventually debut on the iPhone, as Apple has secured another patent for an under-display fingerprint scanner. Apple filed for this patent…

    Holding AirTags

    New Apple patent application suggests a health-oriented version of AirTags

    March 17, 2022 / 10:01 AMMarch 17, 2022

    A patent application by Apple, just published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), has put forward the idea of an iDevice that would communicate with one or…

    Apple Makes Patent Application for Person-to-Person Payments

    July 3, 2015 / 2:00 PMJuly 5, 2015

    Having already introduced Apple Pay to enable cardless payment to any of a large range of businesses, evidence has surfaced that Apple is now working towards allowing iPhone users to…

    Apple’s Just-Published Patent Application: Siri for Mac OS X

    August 7, 2014 / 3:36 PMApril 23, 2015

    In 2011, Siri was integrated into iOS. It has been three years since her appearance, and she has not yet made it to the Mac OS. That may soon change….

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    A smartphone displays the iOS 18 Shortcuts app with colorful shortcut tiles, such as Home ETA, Directions, Play Playlist, and Upload Last Photo, against a gradient background. The Apple logo is in the bottom right corner.

    Shortcuts App Icons Bring Faster Access to Daily Routines

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    iCloud Is Apple’s Invisible Loyalty Layer

    A minimalist interface shows labeled circles on the left for topics like “Writing Resources,” “Activewear,” and “Macroeconomics,” while colorful app icons scatter toward the right, evoking the sleek design of Safari tabs rumored for WWDC26, on a light gray background.

    macOS 27 Brings Smarter Safari Tab Management

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    Freeform Is Apple’s Least Understood Collaboration App

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    Preview App Turns PDFs Into Easy Digital Paperwork on Mac

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