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Google iOS Rumor

Rumor: Apple to use drones, indoor navigation to help round out Maps data

Everyone’s starting to use drones for mapping these days and Apple is apparently no exception. The company plans to use drones and new indoor navigation features to improve its Maps service and catch longtime leader Google, according to sources close to the story. The Cupertino, California-based company is assembling a team of robotics and data-collection […]

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Apple Watch News Software Watch OS Wearables

Apple releases Watch OS 1.0.1 update, offers Siri improvements, additional language support, other new features

The first Apple Watch update is here. And it includes a slew of interesting fixes and changes. On Tuesday, Apple released its Watch OS 1.0.1 update. To install the update, connect your Apple Watch to power, make sure it has at least a 50 percent charge, connect your iPhone to a Wi-Fi network, make sure […]

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Hardware News Patents

Apple receives patent for device that could send data via bending flexible materials

One day, you will send data by bending certain materials in the right direction. Per AppleInsider and the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Apple on Tuesday was assigned a patent detailing an interactive flexible device display that uses built-in sensors to detect bends or panel movement, which triggers a server request for multimedia content. […]

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Hardware iPhone Rumor

Additional leaked details indicate iPhone 6 “Phosphorous” sensor may serve barometric function, not health-related function

A few new details have surfaced about the apparent “Phosphorous” sensor mentioned yesterday. Per MacRumors, Weibo user GeekBar continued his leaks of claimed wiring schematics of iPhone 6 components with a new “Phosphorus” component that was interpreted as the next-generation version of Apple’s M7 co-processor. The M7 collects and tracks motion data from various sensors […]

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Apple purchases WifiSLAM, attached “indoor GPS” technology for $20 million

Well, Apple had to buy SOMETHING… Per the Wall Street Journal, Apple recently closed a deal worth about $20 million to acquire WifiSLAM, a Silicon Valley firm focused on building technology that affords users positioning data while indoors. The news paper was able to confirm the acquisition with an Apple spokesman, though the company did […]