It never hurts to have different options for your user interface. Per Engadget, an Apple patent application for an optical stylus has turned up on the United States Patent Trade Office website. Although late Apple CEO Steve Jobs had derided the stylus as an input method for the iPhone and the iPad once famously saying […]
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There may be less of an actual reason to keep your devices off during a flight. Per Electronista, both an Amazon Kindle and a Sony voice recorder tested around 30 microvolts, or well under the 100 volts per meter limit the FAA demands. While iPads weren’t measured, they too would be well under the limit. […]
It’s the patents that make things interesting. Per freepatentsonline, Apple has shown interest in building a new universal power adapter compatible with different DC voltage levels, allowing portable devices like a MacBook Pro, iPhone and iPad to be charged at the same time with just one wall plug. The proposed invention was revealed this week […]
Late Tuesday, Apple released its Thunderbolt Software Update 1.1 firmware upgrade for its Thunderbolt-equipped Macs running Mac OS X 10.7 (“Lion”). The update, a 72.53 megabyte download, provides support for the Apple Thunderbolt Display and bug fixes for Thunderbolt device compatibility. In addition to the direct download, Thunderbolt Software Update 1.1 is available through Mac […]
Maybe it’s a good thing that the software patch arrived before the actual units did. On Friday, Apple released Thunderbolt Software Update 1.0, a 60.3 megabyte download that provides support for the Apple Thunderbolt Display and bug fixes for Thunderbolt device compatibility. The update should also be available via Mac OS X’s Software update feature […]