John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:
Google Says Some Apple Inventions Are So Great They Ought to Be Shared — Patent wars, Apple CEO Tim Cook once said, are “a pain in the ass.” Few more so than the one the company is waging against Google’s new Motorola Mobility division and the new argument the defendants are making around standards-essential patents (SEPs).
A new concept for an improved iPhone camera system would allow users to reconfigure or even replace the lens for optimal pictures. The details of Apple’s proposed invention were revealed in a new patent filing discovered by AppleInsider and published by …
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Jack Purcher / Patently Apple:
Apple Reveals Wildly Intelligent Multi-Tiered Haptics System — I love days like this when we get to see a new and exciting invention from the Crazy Ones in Cupertino. In March there was a rumor that the new iPad would include new advanced haptics that didn’t’ pan out.
A grandma who invented a new type of accessory for iPad users has caught the attention of Apple Inc. in Cupertino, California. Thanks to her success with the leather iPad Handle, Cate Vincent was recently flown to Apple’s HQ to meet with a representative.
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Jack Purcher / Patently Apple:
Apple Invents a Killer 3D Imaging Camera for iOS Devices — Apple has invented a killer 3D imaging camera that will apply to both still photography and video. The new cameras in development will utilize new depth-detection sensors such as LIDAR, RADAR and Laser that will create stereo disparity maps in creating 3D imagery.
Chris Ziegler / The Verge:
Apple fighting Motorola, Nokia, and RIM over nano-SIM standard — Perhaps to SIM card inventor Giesecke & Devrient’s surprise, its nano-SIM proposal introduced late last year didn’t fly through the standardization process unopposed: instead, the process for crafting a next-gen SIM standard …