Apple reveals ‘Purple’ phone prototype in court filing, to prove it didn’t copy Sony
By Mat Smith posted Jul 30th 2012 2:26AM The previous batch of sketches revealed during Apple v Samsung suggested the iPhone may have actually borrowed ideas from Sony, but a new filing goes back even further into history to show that’s not the case. The Verge spotted that the latest raft of paperwork includes a “Purple” prototype [above left] that was made around August 2005 and bears several hallmarks of the iPhone...
Microsoft details the Touch Mouse’s upcoming support for Windows 8 gestures
By Dana Wollman posted Jul 30th 2012 3:01AM We already knew that Microsoft would be upgrading its Touch Mouse to support Windows 8 gestures, but the outfit never confirmed which finger movements, exactly, would be built in. Now, Redmond is explaining it all, even though the mouse won’t actually get updated until Win8 goes on sale in late October. According to the company, you’ll be able to swipe two fingers to the right to...
Microsoft outs Bluetooth-enabled Sculpt Touch Mouse, matching Sculpt Mobile Keyboard
By Dana Wollman posted Jul 30th 2012 3:01AM Lots of hardware news coming out of Microsoft today. No, not that kind of hardware; just a lot of mice (and keyboards, too). In addition to that spiffy Wedge mouse and keyboard, the company just announced two products as part of a new “Sculpt” line. First up, there’s the Sculpt Touch Mouse, which isn’t all that different from this, except it works over Bluetooth, as...
This is Tim: Cook on Apple’s third-quarter earnings
Editor’s Note: As he usually does, Tim Cook took part in Apple’s Tuesday conference call with Wall Street analysts to discuss Apple’s quarterly earnings. And as we usually do, we lifted some of the choice things Apple’s CEO had to say about his company’s fortunes. On growth in China The growth in Asia-Pacific was 25 percent, and that majority of the difference in our sequential growth rate was a result of...
New FileMaker 12 Software Line Released Today
FileMaker, Inc. today announced the release of the FileMaker 12 database software line — including FileMaker Pro 12, FileMaker Go 12, and FileMaker Server 12 — which offers powerful new ways to create custom database apps for iPad, iPhone, Mac, Windows, and the web. New professionally designed themes and the ability to customize every detail make it easy to create databases for managing contacts, projects, digital content, and more....
