Apple has been awarded yet another patent for a foldable device, with the latest embodiment featuring a clamshell design with touch-sensitive areas on the sides that serve as virtual buttons (via CNBC ...

Apple has been granted a patent for touch sensitive control areas including solid-state buttons on any surface of the current iPhone design, and a folding one. The touch screen wasn't invented with ...

A flat touch surface isn't enough — thirty years after it retired the trackball in favor of touch-sensitive trackpads on PowerBooks, Apple could be planning to combine the two ideas into a new input ...

Google has filed a patent for technology that detects gestures on the frame and back of a device. The patent notes that this could apply to a smartphone, tablet, and more. This could allow users to ...

Instant Digital shared a new leak on Weibo, which reveals that Apple is potentially developing a new iPhone case that would feature touch-sensitive capabilities to support new functions for the device ...

A new leak from Weibo claims that Apple is working on touch-sensitive cases for future iPhone Pro models. These cases could directly integrate touch-based sensor layers and act as a secondary touch ...

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