VIRTUAL 'PAGE TURN' IN APPLE

VIRTUAL 'PAGE TURN'IN APPLE IPHONE COMING SOON

Now Apple, which was recently granted the design patent on 'rectangular shape with rounded edges', has now been given the exclusive rights to the page turn in an e-reader app (electronic page turning), reports the new york times. And, it's obviously off-the-wall.Approved by the united states patent office, the patent d670,713 comes with three illustrations to make it clear that how the page-turn algorithm works. Reportedly, the page-turn patent was filed by apple in december 2011, but it was approved this week.It does not mean that apple owns the page turn now. It is not a narrow patent; there are certain limitations on what it covers and how the patent could be used against the competition. It looks a little outlandish, but this has not happened for the first time. Apple has already been given some bizarre patents in recent years. Of late, apple, which has been seen accusing samsung of copying the entire design and user experience of apple's iphone and ipad, was granted the design patent on rectangular shape with rounded edges. 

The us patent and trademark office issued patent no. D670,286 to apple that covers the outer edge shape of a device.The company has also been granted patents for an icon for music (which is a just a musical note), the glass staircase used in the company's stores – yes, stairs, that people walk up — and for the packaging of its iphone," reported nick bilton, a columnist for the new york times, in his blog post.

APPLE iPAD STOLEN IN NEWYORK

IN NEW YORK  3,600 APPLE IPAD MINI TABLETS WORTH $1.5 MILLION STOLEN FROM JFK AIRPORT

3,600 new Apple iPad mini tablet computers worth $1.5 million were stolen from the JFK Airport in New York, the New York Post said. According to law-enforcement sources, two people managed to enter the airport territory driving a truck and used one of the airport's own forklifts to load two pallets of the tablet computers into their vehicle.They had to leave three more pallets behind when their actions were questioned by an airport worker, who had returned from dinner. Investigators suspect an inside job and are currently questioning airport employees. The iPads had just arrived from assembly partners in China and were destined for locations around the US."Apple is known to be shipping out its first batch of LTE iPad minis this week, so it's possible this shipment was part of that rollout. If so, it's possible that means 3,600 expectant Apple fans are going to be disappointed, but Apple could also very theoretically redirect stock destined for store shelves to make up the difference," TechCrunch said.