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Apple News: Apple invention creates a secure device-to-device network with just a picture Apple on Tuesday was granted patent rights to a novel data transfer invention that allows one device to use its built-in camera to take a picture of a second device, and extract a digital handshake key from the image to setup a secure connection. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published Apple’s U.S. Patent No. 8,429,407 for…

Apple News: Apple, Facebook In Talks Concerning ‘Home’ Software On iOS Apple and Facebook are currently said to be maintaining an “ongoing conversation” concerning an iOS version of Facebook Home – the company’s user interface layer for Android, which launched earlier this month. In an interview originally published by Bloomberg, Facebook’s Adam Mosseri talked about the potential of Home expanding beyond Google’s Android operating system and onto other smartphone platforms,…

Apple News: What Will Apple Use Flexible Displays For? Everything! Apple is working on the use of flexible-glass touch displays. Which products will Apple use flexible displays in? The answer is: all of them. When people think about flexible displays, they think about small-screen gadgets like iWatches and curved-glass iPhones. What most don’t realize is that flexible displays can bring some amazing benefits to a device, even if the display…

Apple News: Apple looking into futuristic device with wrap-around display and seamless glass housing In a patent filing published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday, Apple describes a futuristic portable device complete with wrap-around AMOLED display, all-glass construction and face tracking. With its application for an “Electronic device with wrap around display,” Apple looks to create a portable with the most screen real estate possible by using…

Apple News: New adware trojan targets OS X users Adware attacks against OS X are on the rise this year, says a report by anti-virus company Doctor Web. The Russian firm recently discovered another threat, Trojan.Yontoo.1, which has quickly become the most prominent adware trojan attacking Apple desktops and laptops. The trojan worms its way onto your computer through websites that require you to install a plugin to view the…