Nissan, a name that you won’t expect to be associated with
, announced an iPhone case that isn’t just scratch resistant, but is also the world’s first “self-healing” iPhone case, using innovations from the automotive world.
The company, in collaboration with a Japanese university, had developed this “self-healing” paint technology a few years back. It’s already being used in a few Nissan cars, and the
case is the first application of this technique (more…)

Last week, we reported about a company called
, which claimed to
, with a process that applies a patent pending waterproof coating on the iPhone to protect it from water or liquids.
Though it seemed too good to be true, quite a few of you seemed to be interested in the technology that could waterproof your iPhone .
– another startup demonstrated their “WaterBlock” technology at CES 2012, which could make smartphones like the iPhone waterproof.
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The latest version of the Skype app finally adds support for Bluetooth headset, thus enabling hands-free Skype calls and also gets anti-shake technology, which Skype claims
. Skype seems to have also tweaked the user interface.
Bluetooth support for iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPod touch 4th Generation, and iPad 2
Advertising will be shown to users that do not have Skype Credit, a calling subscription or premium subscription
Skype iPhone and (more…)

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It has been over a year since the iPhone 4 Antennagate debacle filled the pages of most tech blogs. In that time, everyone from random people on the street to Consumer Reports criticized the iPhone antenna issues, problems that a new patent application from Apple seeks to solve.

Sniffed out by Patently Apple , this application for a window that acts as an antenna may end up being (more…)

Back in January, China Mobile’s Chairman Wang Jianzhou had revealed that
.
MarketWatch reports that China Mobile ‘s Chairman Wang Jianzhou has revealed that it has reached a consensus with Apple on supporting its fourth-generation 4G TD-LTE technology on future iPhones.
China Mobile, the country’s biggest mobile carrier, was earlier in talks with Apple to bring a TD-SCDMA version of the iPhone to China. TD-SCDMA is the Chinese 3G standard that (more…)

Business Insider reports that according to Bernstein research report, Apple ’s
won’t include NFC technology for mobile payments. NFC technology is quite popular in countries like Japan and South Korea for mobile payments but is yet to take off in the West.
will include NFC technology, while there are some who claim that Apple will introduce it in
next year. 
NFC is a short range wireless technology that enables devices to communicate (more…)

Couple of days back, we reported that
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TechCrunch has just reported that they’ve received some more interesting information from their source about Apple ’s partnership with Nuance.
as it is a leader in this space and also holds wide range of patents. It makes a lot more sense than buying the company, which currently has a market cap of $6.5 billion.
one anonymous tipster who correctly knew other information about the two companies tells (more…)

, which will be
. Apple had acquired Siri last year, a startup that had launched a
, which was quite popular on the
.
TechCrunch reports that Apple is in talks with Nuance Communications, whose speech recognition technology is used in Siri’s
.
Apple has been negotiating a deal with Nuance in recent months, we’ve heard from multiple sources. What does that mean? Well, it could mean an acquisition, but that is looking fairly unlikely at (more…)

We were quite excited when Apple acquired Siri last year. Siri was a young startup that had launched a
, which was quite popular on the
.
, which will be
.
The use of Siri’s artificial intelligence and assistance technology is said to be deeply integrated into the OS for all the different services offered. And the team is now putting the finishing touches on the elements that will be demoed at WWDC, we hear. This tech may also be opened (more…)

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but is apparently working on it to bring the technology to iOS devices next year, which meant that it will be introduced in
.
will come with built-in NFC chips.
An entrepreneur who is working on a top-secret NFC product told me today that he believes the iPhone 5 will have NFC and cited a friend who works at Apple as a reliable source for the information. To further bolster his statement, the entrepreneur said that manufacturers of NFC readers (more…)