Apple may not have released its anticipated next-gen Apple TV console at the Worldwide Developers Conference, but it appears that the company is still working on one. A recently published patent shows an Apple TV remote with a built-in Touch ID sensor. As is often the case, the patent is expressed in extremely broad terms, […]
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A lot of attention has gone into the upcoming Apple Watch’s biometric and health-centric sensors, but the device could also be great for weather forecasting. Last fall, after the announcement of the iPhone 6 and its barometer, meteorologist Cliff Mass wrote a giddy blog post about the promise of smartphone barometers. He said experimental results […]
There may be some more concrete proof as to an iWatch this October. Per Nikkei Asian Review, Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering, announced the company’s entry into health-monitoring services at the annual Apple Worldwide Developers Conference on Thursday. Over at its Worldwide Developers Conference event, Apple said that this autumn bring […]
The gents at iFixit got busy again. Granted, they were a little behind the Aussie teardown, but they still found some pretty cool stuff within the new iPhone 5s. Per The Unofficial Apple Weblog, the iFixit teardown revealed the following: – The confirmation of AuthenTec as the company behind the fingerprint sensor, which was expected […]
This is just about the last rumor before Apple hopefully unveils its long-awaited next-gen iPhone(s) today, so here we go. Per AppleInsider and the Wall Street Journal, sources close to the story last week stated that fingerprint scanners will be built into the “more expensive of two iPhones” Apple plans to announce at a media […]