You’ve always got to take patent applications with a pinch of salt. Having a patent approved is a world apart from just applying for one, and even then there’s no guarantee that what’s being described will ever see the light of day. But there’s something intriguing about this one from Google: it’s been turned around in lightning speed and has Android chief Andy Rubin’s name attached to it. Is this the next Nexus phone? Read more
Yes, yes, we only reported on an Apple patent application a few hours ago, but interesting stuff is interesting stuff. While this morning’s news focused on Apple’s future attempts to get into and control your living room, this is an altogether more feasible idea: an iPhone case made entirely out of glass. Read more
One of our very favourite music apps, Shazam, has just landed on Nokia’s brand new Ovi Store. Shazam is a music discovery tool that enables you to hold your phone out whenever you hear a tune you want to identify, using that snippet to work out what it is from its 8 million track database.It’ll probably have a tough time with John Cage’s 4’33” though.
