Apple's Patent to provide iPhone and iPad displays a private toggle

Of all the portable device displays on the market today, Apple has one of the most impressive with the Retina Display on the iPhone 4. It offers such a high resolution you can’t see the individual pixels while at the same time allowing multiple people to view content with wide viewing angles.

That’s all well and good when you want to share what’s on the screen with others, but what about those times when you are reading a private document, placing an order you don’t want your girlfriend to see, or just want to stop people looking over your shoulder at your beautiful screen?

Patently Apple has encountered a recent patent application by Apple that indicates that future displays of Apple mobile devices such as the iPod touch, iPhone and iPad will provide options for 'privacy mode viewing'.

Here’s how it will work, according to the patent:

How the user will actually enter privacy viewing mode is illustrated in Apple’s patentFIG. 2A’s patent point 210 below. Here we see that touching a corner of a future display will pull up a touch event option allowing the user to “change angle.” This will provide the user with options of entering various modes such as privacy and others. Refer to the above image for details on the privacy mode toggle is rumored to work. 

Angry Birds on PC and Mac

The popular game Angry Birds made by Rovio is now available on Windows and Mac platforms. It was the #1 paid app in many countries and continues to be so. The game is also available on various other mobile platforms such as the iOS and the Symbian OS. This game consists of seven birds with super abilities. By using slingshots, you can control the jump and the height of ill-tempered birds to tear down the building where the collection of green piggy thingies are sheltered. Quoting Rovio's site,


"Angry Birds features hours of gameplay, challenging physics-based castle demolition, and lots of replay value. Each of the 120 levels requires logic, skill, and brute force to crush the enemy.
Protect wildlife or play Angry Birds!"

Automatic Read More/Continue Reading Hack for Blogger with Thumbnail

Ever since Blogger, introduced the new feature of using jump break everyone has been using it in their desired position. But with the help of the following code which I am posting you need not worry about having to use the jump-break. It automatically summarizes the post and it detects the presence of a picture and automatically changes the summary of the post. Also it does not provide the normal read more link below the summary, instead it displays read more on "title of post here." In order to demonstrate the effect more clearly I will be uploading a picture of the effect.

Nokia's Tie-Up with Microsoft

Nokia has now a tie-up with Microsoft. Soon it will launch a range of products that will have the Windows Phone 7 operating system. Microsoft has also taken a lot of effort by asking developers to develop apps for the  Windows Phone 7 OS. But it still would take some time to match the app market of the Android OS and the iOS from Apple. But this tie-up is under much scrutiny as it puts Nokia's other operating systems in danger. Nokia have not decided what they are going to do with their flagship OS, the Symbian which is running on most of its latest mobiles. Symbian^3 is being used in devices like the N8 and the E7 communicator, and Symbian V5.0 in Nokia's first touch phone, the 5800, the 5233 and many more devices. With the launch of Windows Phone 7 in its devices could it mean that Nokia will concentrate lesser on the Symbian OS? And what about MeeGO and Maemo which Nokia launched in the N900 in an attempt to tackle the Android OS. Its future as well, remains uncertain. Nokia has lost its hold in the smart-phone market but it still continues to be the number one manufacturer in India. With the advent of Android, the sales of the iPhone and Symbian based devices have taken a hit. With the launch of the Windows Phone from Nokia nearly half a year away (6-7 months approximately) it further threatens Nokia's hold in the smart-phone category. Nokia needs to make its intentions clear and start making better devices if it wants to make an impact on Android based devices such as the HTC Wildfire, Incredible etc..