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Appellate court rejects $368 million VirnetX patent victory over Apple Posted: 16 Sep 2014 10:43 AM PDT Patent holding company VirnetX's infamous $368 million win over Apple --?which most notably resulted in changes to FaceTime that riled consumers --?has been thrown out by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit after review.

Misfit announces Flash, an affordable $49 wearable fitness and sleep tracker Posted: 16 Sep 2014 08:00 AM PDT Fitness tracking hardware and software firm Misfit on Tuesday announced Flash, a reworking of the company's Shine activity monitor designed for durability and a more attractive price of entry.

Apple Pay sparks inter-bank battle to be consumers' default choice Posted: 16 Sep 2014 06:48 AM PDT Major U.S. banks are set to engage in an advertising dogfight --?designed to sway consumers' choice of their default Apple Pay card --?as they look to take advantage of the simple one-touch mobile payment flow found on Apple's next-generation iPhones to boost profits.

Apple's patented physics-based iPad GUI translates file size into mass, supports intuitive gestures Posted: 16 Sep 2014 02:09 AM PDT In its quest to humanize computers and digital user interfaces, Apple has invented a physics-based GUI that assigns mass to files and folders based on their data size, allowing for novel, yet intuitive, user interactions.

Apple to limit iPhone 6 NFC to Apple Pay, restrict developer access Posted: 16 Sep 2014 01:28 AM PDT According to a report on Monday, Apple is restricting developer access to the NFC module found in the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, limiting the component to first-party Apple Pay services only.

Tim Cook talks consumer privacy, diversity and Apple philosophy in interview Posted: 15 Sep 2014 04:24 PM PDT In the second segment of a two-part interview with Charlie Rose, Apple CEO Tim Cook discusses privacy issues, workplace diversity, Apple's driving philosophy and the company's tie-up with rock band U2.

PayPal questions Apple Pay security in new ad, uses iCloud celebrity photo debacle as ammunition Posted: 15 Sep 2014 03:11 PM PDT Ahead of Apple's Apple Pay release, mobile and online payments stalwart PayPal on Monday took out a full-page ad in The New York Times, warning consumers of Apple's security practices by alluding to the recent leak of photos stolen from celebrity iCloud accounts.

With eye on Apple Pay, Apple joins secure chip technology non-profit GlobalPlatform Posted: 15 Sep 2014 02:31 PM PDT Ahead of the iPhone 6 debut, Apple's first device to incorporate NFC and Apple Pay, the company has become a full paying member of GlobalPlatform, an association looking to standardize infrastructure relating to secure applications and smart chip technology.

Apple releases new OS X Yosemite betas for developers, public beta participants Posted: 15 Sep 2014 11:20 AM PDT With the next version of Apple's flagship desktop operating system nearing release, new preview versions of OS X Yosemite were seeded to both registered Mac developers as well as participants of the public beta program.