Apple wants to patent the center notifications

Apple has "copied" Android notifications, or is it the opposite? If the apple was granted a patent that required, we can also assist in this small space-time paradox. That iOS notifications are "inspired" to those of Android is obvious (and is also good for goodness sake, we will not be here to complain of those who have been inspired by those to thing), but it seems Cupertino wants to put the hat on . But first things first.

In 2009 I applied for a patent for the currently noted notification bar of android. a number of years when Apple introduced its "notification center" and currently has seen fit do constant thing: raise the patent.

The notifications Android, although there has been enriched over time, have remained virtually the same, especially in the method of use and interaction, or a swipe down from the status bar higher. The version of Apple behaves substantially in a similar manner, with obvious aesthetic differences aside, due mostly to the presence of small widget inside it, and to the possibility of also receiving pop-up notifications.

How is it then that two patents essentially very similar could live we do not know (but if you already have the solution to the apple does not violate the Mountain View, anything is possible), as it is not obvious that this is a prelude to a cause he's ridiculous and that I really do not imagine there not so likely to be achieved, given that the dates of the patents are all on the side of Google.

No scaremongering in short, the most of the comforting realization that for once Apple came in second in the race to the patent. And we hope that this is really all there is to say about it.

Source: Visit

Samsung may abandon Android in 2013

Samsung has officially announced its intention to start selling smartphone operating system Tizen, developed jointly with Intel. The first devices based on the new OS will be released in 2013, the performance and cost of devices to be announced.

Observers believe that Samsung opted for Tizen in the effort to reduce its growing dependence on the successful operating system Android, especially in light absorption Google mobile phone manufacturer Motorola Mobility for $ 12.5 billion last spring.

Tizen is the operating system open source on the kernel Linux. It is designed for smartphones, tablets, laptops, televisions, navigation devices and other electronics. Development of the OS are Samsung and Intel with support from the Linux Foundation.

Samsung aims to facilitate its growing dependence on Google for fear of weakening its leadership position in the smartphone market. Analysts believe that in the future the Korean company can completely eliminate the use of Android, with the result that Google will lose its largest partner in the mobile market.

It is known that devices based Tizen Samsung product line will replace the inexpensive communicator platform bada. The intention to combine the two projects - Tizen and bada - the company announced in January last year.