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Rumor: Apple Watch rollout slowed by faulty Taptic Engine component

This may be part of the reason for the delay/long shipping time for your Apple Watch. A report on Wednesday claims Apple discovered a serious flaw in certain vibrator mechanisms that power Apple Watch’s Taptic Engine, prompting completed units to be scrapped just prior to launch. Citing sources close to the story, a Wall Street […]

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Two Apple patents surface, company looking into inductive charging solutions

It’s the patents that make things interesting. According to Patently Apple, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published an Apple patent application on Thursday detailing two specific plans for an “Inductive Charging System” for iOS devices. Inductive charging is a wireless method using the electromagnetic field to transfer energy over short distances between two objects. […]