Tag: apple

Apple rewarded additional $290 million from Samsung

There is no question why Steve Jobs despised and hated Samsung. They practically stole Apples ideas and made it their own. The move Samsung made was wrong and is costing them millions. The picture below is a slide used during the trial which compares the phones Samsung made before and after the iPhone.

Apple was previously awarded  $1 billion in damages from Samsung in the closely watched patent trial just last summer. Apparently, the judge in the first case ruled $450 million of the $1 billion was miscalculated, causing a retrial.  Apple, reinstated $380 million in vacated damages with Samsung arguing they should only be entitled to $52 million.

The ruling is yet another victory for Apple in this “thermonuclear war” against Google’s Android operating system and their manufacturing partners.

Logitech launches ‘PowerShell’ iPhone game controller

The number one thing I hate about playing games on my iPhone is those darn controls. My fingers are literally all over the place and its just a huge mess. Thanks to iOS 7 and Logitech, my days of messy game play are over.

Today Logitech officially announced its new MFi controller, the PowerShell. The new controller use’s Apple’s new MFi iOS 7 game controller program. Logitech is using Apple’s standard MFi configuration, which gives you a D-Pad, A/B/X/Y face buttons, and left and right shoulder buttons.

The controller is compatible with iPhone 5s, 5, and 5th gen iPod touch devices running iOS 7.  The PowerShell controller will be landing today on the Apple Online Store and BestBuy’s website. The price is $99.

Apple Stores celebrate holidays with magical windows

As seen on 9to5mac, Apple stores around the world will be getting a touch of magic. Apple will be celebrating this holiday season with a front Apple Store window display that has been described by several Apple store retail employees as spectacular. A photo of the display was received from a source by 9to5mac. The front window display highlights both the iPad Air and iPhone 5c. It’s made up of several LED lights shaped into snow flakes. Its a fascinating and very unique design.

The displays will be going up through out the world later this week and will stay up until early January.

Apple purchases PrimeSense, Creator of Kinect.

According to 9to5mac and Israeli publication Calcalist.co.il, Apple has purchased PrimeSense, the company that created the original Microsoft Kinect technology for $345 Million. This recent purchase will soon allow Apple to add controls that will require body movements. Similar to what has been seen on the Samsung Galaxy S4.

Apple has been working on its own gesture-controlled OS as seen below.
Microsoft used PrimeSense’s technology for the original Kinect. They have since replaced PrimeSense’s technology for their own in-house 3D mapping systems.

Here’s a video of their technology in use.