Tag Archives: PatentApplication

Apple patent app details ‘active packaging,’ a new level of window shopping

April 5, 2012   Apple
Apple's generally not one to go overboard with packaging; a simple white box with a few unmistakable logos is just about all it takes to get the point across. But in a future world -- one where people have digitized skin and NFC readers in their finge...
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Google patent app details method for generating a ‘ghost profile,’ a world of anonymous G+ users

March 30, 2012   Uncategorized
Google hasn't exactly had the easiest time keeping the privacy hawks off of its back, but if a recently published patent application is any indication of its future intentions, well... let's just say we could see a lot more people hiding behind an onl...
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Microsoft patent application details branded web browser frame

March 15, 2012   Uncategorized
Originally filed in the halcyon days of 2010, the United States Patent and Trademark Office has just published a web browser-centric patent application from the fine folks in Redmond. Microsoft's "Branded Browser Frame" app details a "computer-readabl...
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Eye-Fi CEO slams SD Association’s eerily similar Wireless SD card standard, says his IP is being violated

January 21, 2012   Uncategorized
Yuval Koren is not pleased. For those unaware, he's the CEO of Eye-Fi, the company that has practically written the rules on embedding WiFi into SD cards. If you blinked last week, you probably missed the SD Association's announcement that it had crea...
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