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Walmart Challenges Amazon in International Patent Race for Drone Delivery Technology
While online giant Amazon has been in the news recently for asking the Federal Aviation Administration to ease restrictions for its planned drone-based delivery services, a battle …
A Look at Google’s Patent Applications for Light Field Technology
Google’s U.S. patent application 20190124318—originally assigned to Lytro, an American developer of light-field cameras, before it went defunct in March 2018—was published in April 2019. Google …
Personalized Media Communications Sues Google, Netflix and Akami Over Content Delivery Patents
On March 21, Personalized Media Communications, LLC (PMC), owner of 98 patents covering networked equipment technologies, filed patent lawsuits in the Eastern District of Texas against major tech firms …
Apple’s Next Move: Flexible Device Display Interfaces
Apple has increased its expenditures on research and development recently, spending $3.75 billion on R&D during Q4 2018 compared to just less than $3 billion during Q4 2017—a year-over-year …
Gamestatix Develops a Blockchain Platform to Correct Inequalities in Booming Gaming Market
Gamestatix intends to release an ERC-20 token that can be deployed on an Ethereum blockchain. Launched in 2014, this technology makes it possible for Gamestatix to pay in …
PayPal Secures Patent for Augmented Reality Glasses
The unusual direction of innovative developments in the field of fintech is underscored by U.S. Patent No. 9953350, called Augmented Reality View of Product Instructions, which was …
Ford Developing Autonomous Systems for Police Cars, Other Emergency Vehicles
A statement published on the official website of Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) indicates that the company expects to have a fully autonomous car in commercial operation …
Zuckerberg Announces Facebook Users will Determine Trustworthiness of News
On January 19th, Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg announced that his company would increase its efforts against “fake news” by asking its users to rate the …
Apple Files Patent for Recognizing Whispered Voice Commands
One digital assistant technology developed by Apple allowing Siri to respond to whispered voice commands is disclosed by U.S. Patent Application 20170358301, titled Digital Assistant Providing Whispered …
Disney to enter streaming video market in late 2019 with networks for sports, family entertainment
This August, The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) announced that it will be releasing two large Netflix-like streaming video services which will both be available in late 2019 …
Viewers stream 7 billion hours of content on Roku
Roku offers 5,000 streaming channels through its Channel Store and, to help consumers find interesting content more easily, it has developed a channel-targeting technology protected by U.S. …
Comcast to roll out XFinity Instant TV streaming service by fall 2017
One of the obstacles Comcast has to hurdle in order to attract these high-end buyers is the likelihood of a server malfunctioning and shutting down. This issue …
Nintendo Switch Not Just a Second Console Gaming Platform
The predictions on the success of Nintendo’s (TYO:7974) newest game platform, the Nintendo Switch, have varied over the last six months. According to interactive media and …
Linksys WRT32x router unveiled at CES, features Killer Mode for gaming with no lag
On January 4, 2017 Linksys announced it had teamed up with Rivet Networks and effectively brought the Killer Mode technology directly into a router that is needed to prioritize …
Qualcomm unveils virtual reality headset platform powered by Snapdragon 820
Not only do virtual reality devices sometime present too much information to users, they do a poor job of prioritizing the space available in augmented reality (AR) …