Industry news Home News Industry news (Seite 20) 211015 Apple have to pay patent suit A federal jury decided that Apple infringed on theUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison’s technology patents and should pay the school $234 million in damages. The jury ruled that the technology is used in Apple’s A7, A8 and A8X chips that are found in Apple products including the iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6 and iPhone 5s and several versions of the […] 201015 Tesla – autopilot Tesla is giving those who own a Model S or Model X the ability to take their hands off the wheel and let their vehicle take control when driving in certain conditions. With the Tesla – autopilot! But remember: “It’s auto-pilot version one. We still think of it sort of as public beta. So we want people […] 191015 Update for iOS – iWork suite Apple in a rare overnight update on Tuesday issued what appears to be critical fixes to accessibility features in all three iOS iWork apps, returning full VoiceOver navigation and editing functionality to Pages, Numbers and Keynote. With the new updates, Apple’s Pages word processor, Numbers spreadsheet and Keynote presentation apps move to version 2.5.4 and resolve […] 161015 Xbox wireless controller Microsoft has a new adapter that lets Xbox One owners use their wireless controllers to play games on Windows 10 PCs and tablets. The adapter is a small but crucial piece of Microsoft’s goal to unite PCs, tablets and the Xbox One video game console under the banner of Windows 10. Microsoft has released several games […] 151015 Apple Watch ECG At the USC Body Computing Conference in L.A. AliveCor gave a brief Demonstration on the first prototype 1-lead ECG for the Apple Watch. The watch also uses the microphone to record voice Annotations for informations such as Symptoms. All information is uploaded to AliveCor´s cloud system. The release date is unknown at this point. Read […] 141015 Tackle phobias with VR Fooling the brain is helping us to conquer our fears. So we can experience and learn to handle with our fears: flying, spiders and any other fears will be easier and normal if you will do it often in virtuality. Find the article here: Tackle phobias with VR 131015 Apple Pay by Starbucks Jennifer Bailey, head of Apple Pay, announced that Starbucks, along with KFC and Chili´s, would roll out support for the mobile wallet in 2016. Starbucks’ mobile-payment system scans a barcode with payment and loyalty information in it, while Apple Pay depends on near-field communication technology, which requires a special terminal. With Starbucks most likely updating their […] 121015 Here comes the facebook emojis-button It’s not a “dislike” button – it´s a “emojis-button”. We expencting it for such a long time – today Ireland and Spain can start loving, wow-ing, or expressing sympathy to posts on Facebook by hovering or long-pressing the Like button wherever they see it. We hope to roll it out to everyone soon. 101015 New Feature – WhatsApp WhatsApp has a new feature now. For Apple User it ist possible to choose a messege and select it with a favorite star-button. You will find the important messages very quickly. A good function for power-user! 091015 Tesla Model Y hinted at in deleted Elon Musk Tweet As is his wont, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk was Tweeting up a storm , following the Wednesday-night debut and hand over of the first “Founder” edition Model X crossovers. Among the missives was this little gem, now deleted, which read, “there will be a Model 3 and a Model Y. One of the two […] 081015 Android 6.0 – Marshmallow out now Google has started the roll-out of the latest version of its mobile operating system Android 6.0 Marshmallow. Android Marshmallow will start to roll out to existing Nexus devices – that’s the Nexus 5, Nexus 6, Nexus 7, Nexus 9 and Nexus Player. Google has focussed on for Marshmallow: app permissions, web experience, fingerprint support, mobile payment, app links […] 061015 iOS 9 – Maps shows you the puplic transit Apple wants to overtake Google Maps. With the new function it is not only possible for the user to choose only “drive” or “walk”, now you can do your itinerary with the puplic transit .When you plan a route, just one tap pulls up schedules and you’ll get step-by-step directions to keep you on track. […]