iPhone: Apple Patent Should Illegal Recording Videos Suppress

Apple apparently is working on a technology that could be used, among other things, to stop video recording to the iPhone in certain situations. The iPhone maker has been awarded a corresponding patent on Tuesday.

Apple's new patent number 9,380,225 describes under the name of "systems and methods for receiving infrared data with a camera to detect images using visible light," a technique that could use Apple to the video recording function of the iPhone camera blocking under certain conditions.

With the technology Apple could detect if you want to film a concert with the iPhone by artists who do not want records of their performances, infrared data send out, prevent the illegal photos or videos, for example. In the patent, as another example, classified events or facilities mentioned, which may not be filmed.

"If the data contains a shutdown, the device can temporarily for a certain time after receiving the command to switch off the recording function (30 seconds or 30 minutes)", according to the patent. "After disabling the recording function, the device would not be able to save images. Depending on the version, the device would not even be able to display images on the display. "In addition, it is possible, using the technique to erase the last stored recordings.

Even the artist himself go before against the fixation of their performances. Alicia Keys recently announced that smartphones have to be plugged in concerts in a special envelope. So they should not be used during live performances.

Primarily Apple wants but use the infrared data to detect objects or places and to trigger appropriate actions. An iPhone could then, for example, automatically offer in an exhibition, a guided tour or to call attention to a retail store on the latest offers.

The patent is not Apple's first attempt to restrict illegal use of its equipment. A mid-2012 granted patent number 8,254,902 provides details on a technique for "policy enforcement on a wireless device." Such guidelines could, for example, force an iPhone is placed in a movie automatically set to "silent" or changes to an aircraft in airplane mode and all wireless connections turned off.

But the property right 8,254,902 also mentions a function that could lead to controversy, Apple should actually be integrated into its products. They would allow authorities iPhones temporarily disable completely. In a disaster situation, this could be useful in order to prevent overloading of mobile networks, which are also needed for the coordination of rescue teams. In repressive states, but it would be also possible to restrict the communication of users.

A patent in itself is, of course, no evidence that Apple will use a technique in the foreseeable future. The company owns hundreds property rights that were never realized.

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iPhone shock! Apple figures even worse than feared

Black day for Apple: Because sluggish iPhone sales of the Group's profit for the first time breaking a more than a decade. All hopes now rest on the iPhone 7.

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Apple announced a decrease in its profits - for the first time in 13 years.

Blame for the crash of revenue is the weak iPhone sales - but not only.

The iPhone 7 will turn the tide, until then one: persevere.

On April 26, 2016 Apple has reported a quarterly profit of 10.5 billion US dollars and revenues of approximately $ 50.6 billion. Yet 26th April will be remembered as one of the blackest days in the history of the Group. For the first time in 13 years, revenues from Apple compared to last year have shrunk, rising by 13 percent fat.

Apple had already indicated in January. Fault is mainly the sluggish sales of the iPhone 6s, still Apple's biggest cash cow. 51.2 million units Apple has sold 17 percent wenier than last year. Although the sales of iPhones and iPads also were slightly higher than the (low) expectations. But Apple has the Mac expectations far missed and sold only 4.03 instead of the expected 4.6 million units.

The following graphic shows that Apple so although still occupies billion (the blue bar). But that is so important for the stock market sales growth (the gray line) is the first time for a long time slipped into the negative range. And since Apple has missed with the figures for the first quarter of 2016, the sales and earnings expectations, the stock slid after trading hours from 8 percent.

Apple's innovation tired

During "normal" companies would be happy about the numbers of Apple, are for the most valuable company in the world, different standards. Apple fans and Apple investors were accustomed for years that the revenue and further screwed further into the level. At the best of times (2011) Apple was able to report revenue jumps of over 80 percent, and even in bad times, the Group established by a few percents to.

Now Apple gets the acknowledgment for the innovation fatigue of recent years: iPhone 6s? No great improvement for iPhone 6 MacBook? Still class notebooks, but nothing special anymore.

According to Apple CEO Tim Cook are the weak iPhone sales mainly because too few people switch from iPhone 6 to the 6s. Therefore, Apple is expected by the end of no improvement, so the forecast revenue for the next quarter is well below what analysts had hoped. As "growth pause" designated Tim Cook the talking to investors.

All hope now rests on the iPhone 7. This should Apple be another bold thrust the end of this year, as do new iPhones usually when millions of people are eagerly awaiting before the Apple stores and virtually in front of the online shops the sales start. However, the recent rumors on the iPhone 7 would even suggest that it will bring only discreet hardware upgrades.

Therefore now suspect some analysts that the iPhone 7 falling revenues will not be able to stop. Only the iPhone 8, the current state of knowledge, is again a big jump, and thus also a great selling point. But that should come before the end of 2017 - so it could be a long, hard time for Apple.

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Lumia 940: Microsoft-mobile will be more expensive than iPhone 6 and Galaxy S6

For the launch of Windows 10 Microsoft is expected to also present its new top smartphone Lumia 940. However, the high-end smartphone with Windows Phone to be extremely costly latest rumored. According to media reports, the Lumia 940 will cost more than the iPhone 6 (from 699 euros) and the Galaxy S6 (from 699 euros).

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Should the rumors prove true would the suggested retail price for the Lumia 940 will be about 700 Euro. Here Microsoft is one of the smartphone website WMPoweruser report, not even manufactured from premium materials such as glass or metal, but put on a polycarbonate case with the Lumia 940. Microsoft could justify the price but by gadgets. So is rumored that the Lumia 940 has an iris scanner.

Furthermore, it should also support the Lumia 940, the Windows 10 feature Continuum. With Continuum, the Lumia 940 will be transformed into a PC.

WMPowserUser cites in its report on the Dutch website MyWindows who claims to have received the information from a reputable informants. Meanwhile MyWindows has been deleted from your own website but the message. Whether this was done under pressure from Microsoft or the magazine doubts have come to the source is unclear.

All information and rumors to Top upcoming Smartphone from Microsoft you can find constantly updated on our overview page for Lumia 940.

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Apple adds new Lightning dock for iPhone 6/6 Plus

Alongside updates to its MacBook Pro and Retina iMac lines, Apple on Tuesday released a small but long-anticipated accessory for iPhone owners with an all-new Lightning dock designed to work with the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus.

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The new Lightning dock features a flat surface with a small protrusion that holds the Lightning connector, a design that should make it compatible with most cases. Previous iterations of Apple's iPhone docks have used recesses to add support, making it impossible to keep the iPhone in a case while using them.

Apple's online store lists shipping times for the Lightning dock at one to three days. It does not appear to be available in brick-and-mortar Apple Stores just yet, but customers can have it shipped to their local store for pickup.

The iPhone Lightning Dock is available now for $39 directly from Apple.

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The iPhone 6 sold still like hot cakes

The winning streak of the iPhone 6 keeps well to continue, which go at least analysts at UBS from. As Business Insider reports, they predict Apple also for the second quarter 2015 sales higher than expected. The quarter was Apple for the second best quarter ever.

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UBS estimates sales of 51.1 million iPhones, according to the second quarter were quite realistic. Analysts at Swiss bank see the future of the popular top model thus slightly more optimistic than their colleagues against. On average paragraphs of about 45 million iPhones are expected. The prediction comes by a team within UBS, the usually more accurate estimates provided in the past than the average.

250 million iPhones sold by 2016?

One reason for the positive expectations, the analysts see in Apple's increasing success in China. The Californians have recently replaced the former number 1 Xiaomi from first place and are now in the Middle Kingdom's most successful smartphone manufacturers. But even in the West, demand for the iPhone 6 is unbroken.

The popularity of phablets like the iPhone 6 Plus also increases. End of the third quarter is then probably already the next Apple smartphone whether iPhone 6s, 6c or iPhone 7, success will probably also continue. Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster believes even that Apple will have sold up to the year 2016 more than 250 million iPhones.

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Consumer Report: iPhone 6 is better than Samsung Galaxy S6 S5

With the Samsung Galaxy S5 of the South Korean manufacturer has landed no big hit last year. The sales figures remained well below expectations and this was demonstrated by the Samsung business figures of recent quarters. This year it is to go with the Samsung Galaxy S6 S6 Edge back uphill. The US counterpart of the Warentest "Consumer Reports" Foundation has engaged intensively with the Samsung Galaxy S6 and has come to the conclusion that the iPhone 6 to the Galaxy S6 is superior. At the same time the tester, the Galaxy S5 preferable to the S6.

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iPhone 6 beats Galaxy S6 S5

Harsh words, the Consumer Reports for the new Galaxy S6 has left. In a recent report states, inter alia, that Samsung clearly on iPhone 6 design oriented and this was imitated. Also for the inner workings of the formulation sounds not really better. The S6 is inferior to the S5 in the past year.

The reasoning follows immediately. For years, Samsung has then go its equipment advertised that you can replace the battery and an SD slot allows for an external memory card. The S6 Samsung omitted these options and thus attracts the same with the iPhone. At S5, this was still possible. Even the S5 was advertised as waterproof, while the S6 nil. Customers who attach importance to a USB 3.0 port should also pick up the Galaxy S5, S6 the Galaxy this technology is no longer available.

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iPhone 6 convinced former Android users in Europe

Gain on the smartphone market for Apple - thanks to iPhone 6: Apparently Apple has with the operating system iOS increased its share in the first quarter of 2015 on business for mobile devices. Obviously, especially in Europe and China were able to convince the customer the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.

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The analysis by Kantar Worldpanel ComTech According to the gain of Apple in the first quarter 2015 in Europe 1.8 percent, bringing the total amount of iOS devices is 20.3 percent. In analyzing the data of the five largest markets in Europe were included: the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain.

Android continues to lead in Europe

According to Kantar, the group of new iOS users is largely made up of people who have previously owned an Android device: 32.4 percent should be their share. Nevertheless, Android leads the market in terms of the spread of operating systems in Europe continue to: Despite the loss of 3.1 percent in the first quarter 2015, the total share was 68.4 percent. In the US, the market share of Android from January to March 2015 amounted to just 58.1 percent - 0.2 percent more than the same period 2014th

The situation is different in China, where Apple could increase its market share in this period to 26.1 percent in urban centers. For comparison, in the first quarter of 2014, the figure was 17.9 percent. Overall, Apple sold in China now more smartphones than in the US.

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Apple's dependence on the iPhone is a danger

More than 61 million iPhones Apple sold in the first quarter - two-thirds of sales are attributable to the smartphone and also the new record. Nevertheless, the market reacts excessively enthusiastic.

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Apple is - in terms of revenue share - more and more to the one-product company: The iPhone brought the US company new record figures for the January March quarter, sales rose to 58 billion dollars.

This is mainly due to the success of the new iPhone 6 was responsible 61.2 million units Apple sold, and exceeded projections significantly. This smartphone attributable more than two thirds of all Apple revenues.

Especially in China, where Apple posted 71 percent higher sales than a year earlier, the iPhone is a 6 Star: Thanks to him, Apple took in the country for the first time more money than in the whole of Europe. In Korea and Vietnam, the new iPhone Apple brought new sales records, in Germany, sales grew year on year by more than 80 percent. Apple may be thanks to the iPhone in the global smart phone market is expected to push back against the eternal rival Samsung.

Cook still sees room for improvement

The high margin of the device, Apple also set another record: Over 40 percent of the previous quarter revenues are net income before taxes. "We see that more and more people switch to the iPhone 6 than in previous product cycles," said Apple CEO Tim Cook. So far, however, only 20 percent of iPhone users are on the go with the new device, Cook looks so still further growth potential.

Figures on the launch of the Apple computer clock Watch, however, Cook called not because all sales are incurred only in the current quarter. This is noteworthy because Apple on previous product launches never stingy with enthusiastic press releases and pre-sales to start day.

Even to ask the analysts to Cook declined to comment in more detail - therefore include various analyzes already that Apple has bigger problems with it to produce enough units for pre-order, and so remain below the forecasts. Who ordered an Apple Watch currently has to wait at least until June on the device.

Perhaps because of these problems, probably due to high marketing costs to launch the Watch says Apple for the coming quarter were slightly declining margins ahead - also remarkable as analysts previously always expected it to the Watch a higher profit margin brings as all other devices of the group.

Demand for expensive models could fall

However, even the start of the Watch does not change Apple's basic problem: Since it is directly linked to the success of the iPhone - without an iPhone version 5 or later does not work the clock - not reduces Watch Apple's dependence on the smartphone market, on the contrary: Only the success of the iPhone guaranteed demand for the Watch.

Market researchers expect that the demand in the smartphone market could subside especially on expensive high-end models at the end of the year. That could bring for Apple bigger problems than the Asian competitors that compete with middle class models below the iPhone. Various analysts questioned at the latest figures, which product Apple could break free from its dependence on the smartphone market in the long term.

The iPad is definitely not suitable as a redeemer - his sales figures fall constant: only 12.6 million units Apple sold in the quarter, about 25 percent less than the same period last year. So Apple had to give for the fifth consecutive sales declines in tablet known.

Apple has with the iPad a real problem: Unlike the iPhone users to buy not every two years a new device, but use their iPad like a long time as a PC. Even the first iPad in 2010 as Internet surfing device still as fit as a current iPad Air 2.

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