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Apple secures 48 assorted patents, including inductive charging, integrating portable electronics with bicycles

It never hurts to have a patent for something. Much less 48 of ’em. Per AppleInsider , the United States Patent and Trademark office published 48 newly granted Apple patents on Tuesday, covering technologies ranging from inductive charging to bike-integrated iPods, as well as one property covering the touchscreen technology that enables the latest iOS […]

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Initial tests show faster boot, read and write times under Apple’s Fusion Drive

There may be ample reason to go with a Fusion Drive inside your Mac. Per Techfast Lunch&Dinner, a series of tests run by the site found the Fusion Drive Mac mini started in just 15.7 seconds, while the 2012 Mac mini with a traditional hard drive took 34.1 seconds to start. Major improvements were also […]

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Apple announces iPad mini, fourth-generation iPad, offers extended returns for recently-purchased third-gen iPads at select locations

You’ve been hankering for this. And now you get to be somewhat angry at Apple for having bought a third-generation iPad, oh, six months ago. Per Macworld, Apple unveiled the long-rumored iPad mini along with a fourth-generation of the standard model. The iPad mini is 7.2mm thick—23 percent thinner than the new, fourth-generation iPad—“thin as […]

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Apple announces 13-inch Retina Display MacBook Pro

You’ve been waiting for this for a long time now. Per AppleInsider, Apple on Tuesday took the wraps off its redesigned 13-inch MacBook Pro, featuring a high-resolution Retina display. Apple executive Phil Schiller noted that the 13-inch MacBook Pro is Apple’s best selling Mac in its entire product lineup. With that in mind, the company […]

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Apple looking to replace IR sensors with sonar technology in next-gen devices

Look at it this way: sonar’s been around for a while. And it’s always been nifty. Per the United States Patent and Trademark Office, an Apple patent application published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday describes a system that may one day replace the infrared proximity sensors deployed in current iPhones with […]