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Apple releases Magic Mouse, world’s first multi-touch mouse

by Kirk Hiner on Oct 20, 2009 at 12:17 PM

Without much fanfare, Apple this morning announced the Magic Mouse, “the world’s first multi-touch mouse.” Taking cues from the iPhone and MacBook track pad, the Magic Mouse takes advantage of multi-touch technology to deliver much more control than was possible with buttons and a scroll wheel. Instead the seamless surface… Continue Reading »

An Apple special event in September? Again? Maybe…

by Jake Gaecke on Aug 7, 2008 at 01:00 PM

9to5Mac is reporting that analysts at Piper Jaffray are predicting Apple will hold a special event this September to make some new announcements. These new announcements, according to the analysts, include new iPods and Macs. This rumor does not site any insider sources, but seems to be purely speculation. Gene… Continue Reading »

A refresh for the Apple Cinema displays may be in the works

by Jake Gaecke on Aug 6, 2008 at 11:59 AM

MacRumors is reporting a rumor of new Apple Cinema displays to be announced at MWSF 2009. The only feature rumored to be added is LED backlighting. Apple’s 20”, 23”, and 30” Cinema displays have remained expensive and relatively unchanged since launched in 2004. More after the break. Continue Reading »

10.6 and then no more? Hope so.

by Adam Fisher-Cox on Jun 3, 2008 at 05:35 PM

There’s only so much Apple can do with a product. Yes, even Apple has limits. Mac OS X is getting long in the tooth. Just look to the Leopard features list for evidence. While everything is nicely improved in Leopard, there’s no big innovation, no game-changing features. Mac OS X… Continue Reading »

Lux: multi-touch for OS X

by Stephen Chinnadorai on May 17, 2008 at 03:46 AM

We all suspected that Mac OS X would one day support a multi-touch interface, similar to the iPhone’s - but not from a third party company. Lux is currently an experimental framework that brings multi-touch in full screen to Mac OS X. Christian Moore has managed to get this entire… Continue Reading »

What will the next iPods be like?

by Josh Holat on May 8, 2008 at 07:17 AM

There has been tons of rumors lately about what the new iPhone is going to look like and and what features it will have.  Sure, the iPhone is bound to be updated (or announced to be updated) in June at WWDC, but what about that little thing we call the… Continue Reading »

Handwriting recognition software in iPhone 2.0 beta

by Josh Holat on May 7, 2008 at 03:44 PM

If you remember a while back, I wrote about a third party app that allows for handwriting recognition on the iPhone called HWPen.  Now, according to recent reports, build number 5A258f of the iPhone 2.0 beta software supports a handwriting recognition interface that currently allows only Chinese character input.  A… Continue Reading »

Apple updates MacBook Pros with Penryn; multi-touch

by Michael Mistretta on Feb 26, 2008 at 09:27 AM

Finally, after weeks of intense rumoring, the new updated MacBook Pros are here. Featuring new Penryn chips with bumped clock speeds, and the latest Nvidia Graphics with up to 512MB of VRAM, the new MacBook Pros are beasts. They continue to widen the gap between the consumer MacBooks and the… Continue Reading »

Apple working on Mac Touch; hiring an army of engineers

by Michael Mistretta on Dec 19, 2007 at 11:43 PM

Another rumor airing on the side of speculation come from Apple Jobs today. An Apple Job listing reveals that Apple is working on multi-touch user interfaces for Macs. That’s right, an iPhone-like UI on a full-fledged Macintosh. The ad shows they are specifically looking for someone who is a reliability… Continue Reading »

Apple looks to secure “Multi-Touch” Trademark

by Marvin Sum on Jul 7, 2007 at 06:30 PM

It seems like Apple’s trying to protect the “Multi-Touch” trademark worldwide; according to AppleInsider, the electronics giant discreetly applied for the trademark at an intellectual property office in the Far East. Should the application be approved, this will give Apple control over where and when the trademark could be used… Continue Reading »

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