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Hardware MacBook Pro News Patents Touch Bar

Continuation patent points to Apple’s renewed interest in virtual keyboard technology for upcoming products

It looks like Apple is continuing its development work regarding a virtual keyboard technology. The company, which has filed for patents for virtual keyboards on MacBook notebooks as far back as 2009, has recently had a continuation patent application published today shows that the company is still exploring the idea. The virtual keyboard made headlines […]

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Hardware MacBook Pro News Patents Rumor Touch Bar Touch ID

Recently published patent application shows how Apple might incorporate Touch Bar, Touch ID functions into next-gen Magic Keyboard

Apple may be looking to bring both the Touch ID and Touch Bar features to an updated version of the Magic Keyboard. A new Apple patent application, or at least some form of the application, shows a device may also include a processing unit positioned within the housing, and a primary display positioned at least […]

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Bluetooth Hardware News Peripheral

The fatal flaw in Apple’s Magic keyboard and mouse

Like many of you, I have a home office setup with a monitor, speakers keyboard and mouse. When I need to get some work done, I plug my MacBook into power, monitor, speakers and I’m off the races. I prefer wireless peripherals because it’s two less cables to plug in. The problem is that Apple’s latest keyboard (MLA22LL/A) […]

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Hardware How-To News

How-To: How to clean your Mac’s keyboard keys

This is one of the handiest things I’ve run across in a long time. As much as I love my Apple keyboard, it builds up dirt over time. A cool instructional video from 2015 by an author going under the name “Gumballer9”, shows you how, quickly and cheaply, take a paper towel, wrap it around […]

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Developer Hardware iOS iPad News

Uncovered iOS 10.3 beta code hints at floating one-handed keyboard feature in the works for iPad owners

This could lead to something interesting. Developer Steven Troughton-Smith has uncovered chunks of code inside the new iOS 10.3 beta that seems to support a floating one-handed keyboard. According to Smith, the feature is supported in iPads that are 9.7-inches in size or smaller, meaning the largest 12.9-inch model is left out. Smith explains that […]