Facing increasingly fierce competition in the industry it helped create, GoPro this week announced plans to simplify its product line and innovate on usability, with what CEO Nick Woodman called “the most connected and convenient GoPro we have ever made.”
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Apple this week attempted to dissuade the U.S. Supreme Court from hearing Samsung’s request for review in their ongoing patent infringement dispute, with Apple telling the highest court in America that the $548 million settlement does not deserve review.
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An Apple patent filing published on Thursday suggests future iPhones and iPads might sport force-sensing Touch ID home buttons that rely on technology similar to iPhone 6s’ 3D Touch system.
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As of Thursday, iPhone and Apple Watch owners can use their devices to complete transactions at more than two million retail locations, Apple says, with chains like Chik-fil-A expected to add compatibility soon.
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Sharp reportedly plans to enter talks with Foxconn over a takeover bid that could be worth some $5.5 billion, suggesting an end is near for Foxconn’s bidding war with Innovation Network Corporation of Japan.
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As part of Apple’s continued Maps buildout effort, the company on Wednesday added 3D Flyover, traffic and point of interest data to its in-house mapping solution, including popular locales like the Virgin Islands and Taiwan.
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Apple in an update to the Android version of Apple Music on Wednesday added the ability to save downloaded songs to an SD card, greatly increasing the offline listening library capacities for phones running Google mobile operating system.
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A federal jury on Wednesday found Apple guilty of willfully infringing on four VirnetX patents, awarding the non-practicing entity $625.6 million in damages and ongoing royalties from a previous court finding.
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Apple’s image sensor supplier, Sony, is expecting its dual-lens camera technology to be launched by “major smartphone players” within the next year, according to comments by the company’s CFO.
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The Square Contactless and Chip Reader — compatible with Apple Pay — arrived at U.S. Apple Stores on Wednesday, and should soon be available through Apple’s online storefront.
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