Apple Patents a Way to Start Timers by Tapping Time References in Text
You're reading a recipe on your iPhone and it says 'bake for 35 minutes.' What if tapping that phrase immediately started a…
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Apple Patents a System That Locks Your Digital Avatar Behind Login
Before your animated face shows up in a call, Apple wants to make sure it's actually you asking. A newly published patent…
Samsung's New Patent Lets You Search What You See in a Video Without Typing
You're watching a video and spot something you want to look up. Samsung is patenting a system that figures out what's on…
Microsoft's New Patent Builds a Two-Track System to Separate Proven Identities from Claimed Ones
What if an app could show you content based on who you've proven you are, not just who you claim to be?…
Google's New Patent Keeps Your Ad Choices on Your Phone, Not Its Servers
Google is patenting a system where your phone, not a remote server, makes the final call on which ad you see. The…
Google's New Patent Stores Ads Directly on Your Phone So Apps Never Have to Fetch Them
Google is patenting a system that caches ads directly on your phone, scores them based on how often you've seen them, and…
Google's New Patent Lets Search Results Do Things Inside Your Apps
What if a Google search didn't just find a webpage, but actually did the thing you were looking for inside an app?…
New Apple Watch Patent Brings Elevation Views to Navigation
Apple is patenting a navigation interface that lets you flip between a flat, bird's-eye map and a view that also shows how…
Apple Patents a Fix for Smart Home Systems That Think You've Moved
Your phone knows your home address, but what happens when it gets confused and decides you've moved? Apple's latest patent is a…
Apple Patents a Sticker Editor That Lets You Swap Visual Effects on the Fly
Apple is patenting a dedicated editing interface for stickers that makes swapping visual effects as simple as tapping through options, with each…
Apple Patents a Way to Pull Saved Web Content Directly Into Other Apps
You save something from a webpage and, without any copying or switching, it shows up inside a completely different app alongside related…
Google Patents a Three-Way Accuracy Check Before Serving You a Video Ad
Before an ad runs next to a video, Google wants to run that video through three separate tests to make sure the…
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