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digithoughts: Apple files patent for phone with wrap-around display | Engadget The patent involves building a device from an open-ended transparent body (of glass, for example) that becomes a full wrap-around display when a flexible AMOLED screen is unfurled within it. It doesn’t imagine all that real-estate will necessarily be used at once, though, and includes details of a “detection mechanism,” such as a camera and facial recognition software, which would determine how much of the screen you can see, so that power is only sent to the parts that are in view.  Apple Insider notes that the patent was first filed for in 2011.
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digithoughts: Apple files patent for phone with wrap-around display | Engadget The patent involves building a device from an open-ended transparent body (of glass, for example) that becomes a full wrap-around display when a flexible AMOLED screen is unfurled within it. It doesn’t imagine all that real-estate will necessarily be used at once, though, and includes details of a “detection mechanism,” such as a camera and facial recognition software, which would determine how much of the screen you can see, so that power is only sent to the parts that are in view.  Apple Insider notes that the patent was first filed for in 2011.
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Apple files patent for phone with wrap-around display | Engadget

The patent involves building a device from an open-ended transparent body (of glass, for example) that becomes a full wrap-around display when a flexible AMOLED screen is unfurled within it. It doesn’t imagine all that real-estate will necessarily be used at once, though, and includes details of a “detection mechanism,” such as a camera and facial recognition software, which would determine how much of the screen you can see, so that power is only sent to the parts that are in view. 

Apple Insider notes that the patent was first filed for in 2011.

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Apple’s upcoming iOS update to unlock full Bluetooth keyboard control for Apple TV | 9to5Mac

As we first discovered in the iOS software code a year ago, Apple is finally ready to implement Bluetooth in its Apple TV products. The latest Apple TV beta not only has a new Bluetooth menu but you can pair wireless keyboards to both the second- and third-gen Apple TV.

Once connected, you can use a wireless keyboard to completely control the Apple TV without using the included remote. The arrow keys function for navigation, the Return key is the play/pause, and the Escape key maps to ‘menu’ or up ‘one level’ functionality.

More importantly, searching for content becomes a thousand times easier when you can enter search terms with a hard keyboard.

Until now, you’ve been able to pair an iOS device to an Apple TV with the Remote app to handle keyboard entry, but it appears Apple is ready to expand that.

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More Are Watching Internet Video on Actual TVs, Research Shows - NYTimes.com

The number of people who report that their home television is the primary screen for watching paid and free Internet video has increased to 45%, up from 33% a year earlier. During the same period, consumers who used a PC as their main way to watch online video dipped to 31% from 48%.

The company found that Netflix’s instant streaming service was the most popular application for funneling video from the Internet to a television, with 40% of people who watch online content on a TV using Netflix. Hulu Plus, with 12%, and Vudu, with 4%, attracted more modest followings.

thedailyfeed: Smartphone users now spend more time on Instagram than Twitter. In August, some 7.3 million people pulled up Instagram on their phones every day, compared to only 6.9 million who opened Twitter’s mobile platform religiously, according to data released by comScore, a digital market research firm. What’s more, fans of Instagram, which lets users snap, edit and share photos, spent almost 4½ hours using the app in August, compared with just under three hours for serial tweeters, who blast out short messages to “followers.” Twitter still has more smartphone users, but not as many log in daily. The social media start-up had 29 million unique mobile visitors last month, compared with 22 million who used Instagram. Twitter also has almost 300 million total visitors — including those logging in from desktop computers — while Instagram is only on phones.
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thedailyfeed: Smartphone users now spend more time on Instagram than Twitter. In August, some 7.3 million people pulled up Instagram on their phones every day, compared to only 6.9 million who opened Twitter’s mobile platform religiously, according to data released by comScore, a digital market research firm. What’s more, fans of Instagram, which lets users snap, edit and share photos, spent almost 4½ hours using the app in August, compared with just under three hours for serial tweeters, who blast out short messages to “followers.” Twitter still has more smartphone users, but not as many log in daily. The social media start-up had 29 million unique mobile visitors last month, compared with 22 million who used Instagram. Twitter also has almost 300 million total visitors — including those logging in from desktop computers — while Instagram is only on phones.
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Smartphone users now spend more time on Instagram than Twitter.

In August, some 7.3 million people pulled up Instagram on their phones every day, compared to only 6.9 million who opened Twitter’s mobile platform religiously, according to data released by comScore, a digital market research firm. What’s more, fans of Instagram, which lets users snap, edit and share photos, spent almost 4½ hours using the app in August, compared with just under three hours for serial tweeters, who blast out short messages to “followers.”

Twitter still has more smartphone users, but not as many log in daily. The social media start-up had 29 million unique mobile visitors last month, compared with 22 million who used Instagram. Twitter also has almost 300 million total visitors — including those logging in from desktop computers — while Instagram is only on phones.

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Will The Taller iPhone 5 Be A Reach For Users

“There are many benefits to the larger screen that is predicted to grace the next iPhone (5 or otherwise named). But in a world where many users engage with their smartphones with only (in Luke Wroblewski’s term) “one eyeball, one thumb,” is the taller proportion actually a usability compromise?

There are two considerations to answer that question. On the eyeball side, the greater the proportion of vertical scan to horizontal scan, the slower the eyes take in information. Research indicates that a golden proportioned horizontal visual field is the most efficient, so on the score, the taller screen is moving in the opposite direction. In practical terms, these longer scan distances will lead to more “tunnel vision” for users, as usability expert Jakob Nielsen described in last week’s blog post.”

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Siri versus Google Search

It’s not just a patent war, it’s also a full on product war. Who is building better products these days - Apple or Google? Techno Buffalo compares Siri and Google Search side by side to see who will out perform the other. The results may surprise you based on which fanbase you favor. With Google Now coming in the new Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update, Android will really be building a phenomenal product.

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