The rise, fall, and rise of portable MP3 players
Apple perfected the media player with the iPod, then abandoned it. Source: The rise, fall, and rise of portable MP3 players | The Verge
Apple ordered to pay $5.7bn after losing vibration tech patent suit
Apple has been ordered to pay $5.7bn (£4.3bn) in damages after a US jury found it had used another firm’s tech without permission. Audio firm Taction Technology claimed in 2021 that Apple had infringed two of its patents for haptics … Continued
Apple at 50: Three products that changed how we live – and three that really didn’t
Few companies have managed to define how people use technology in their everyday lives as resoundingly as Apple. The company, which celebrated its 50th birthday this week, was started by two Steves in a San Franciscan garage. It has had … Continued
GoPro Releases Another Teaser of Its Next-Gen Cameras. New Clues Emerge
What began as a hypothesis in the first teaser now moves closer to confirmation. The company is not preparing a routine update. It is signaling a shift in how its cameras capture and render images. Source: https://ymcinema.com/2026/03/28/gopro-releases-another-teaser-next-gen-cameras-new-clues/
Apple Moves to Samsung. Is Sony’s 50% Sensor Monopoly Ending?
For more than a decade, Sony has been the undisputed leader of the CMOS image sensor market. Its sensors power the iPhone, dominate high-end Android devices, and quietly underpin much of today’s imaging ecosystem, from smartphones to cinema cameras. Now, … Continued
Apple’s New Sensor Shift Design Is Built for Stable Focus in Handheld Video
For filmmakers, the biggest weakness of smartphone video has never been resolution. It has been motion. More specifically, how stabilization, autofocus, and handheld movement interact during a real shot. Walking, reframing, pulling focus, or simply holding a shot for several … Continued