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Google Chrome updated to 23.0.1271.101

Hey, an update’s an update. Late Monday, Google released version 23.0.1271.101 of its Chrome web browser. The update, a 56.5 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes: – This build contains the fix to a bug with sound distortion with microphone input: 157613. Google Chrome 23.0.1271.101 requires an Intel-based Mac with Mac OS X […]

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Apple looking into technologies to help improve iOS device typing speed/autocorrect

This could be useful. Per AppleInsider, a trio of patent applications published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and discovered on Thursday show that Apple is looking into automatic typing and spelling correction, while a third application could indirectly relate to the feature. Timing and Geometry: Application No. 12/976834, titled “Combining timing and geometry […]

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iPad iPhone iPod News

Recently published Apple patent shows interest in developing stylus for iOS devices

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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iPhone Rumor

Rumor: Next-gen iPhone to incorporate in-cell touch display

There’s got to be a nugget of truth in there somewhere. Per the sometimes-reliable cats at DigiTimes, the next-gen iPhone may adopt “in-cell touch panels,” integrating the display and touch layers of the device’s screen into one component, according to DigiTimes’s Taiwan-based supply chain sources late Thursday night. The sources claim that display companies Sharp […]

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Apple patent shows effort to develop thinner keyboards

Remember your Apple keyboard? It might just be about to go through a training montage and get thinner in the process. Per Free Patents Online, Apple may be looking to make its notebook computers and keyboard accessories even thinner and lighter with a brand new take on the classic input method. Apple’s interest in reinventing […]