Another patent application surfaces showing the iMac maker is at least thinking about a way to incorporate its touch interface with its desktop lineup. Erica Ogg is a CNET News reporter who covers ...

Apple has been granted a patent (number US 11853518 B2) for a “Multipoint Touch Surface Controller” that hints at future iPhones and iPads with new multi-touch features. And it could also involve an ...

Coming in June, the Instinct is an EV-DO Rev. A device which Sprint said "speeds up the user experience like no other touch-screen phone," an obvious jab at Apple's iPhone, which dominates the ...

Every touchscreen device has its own particular quirks when it comes to interactivity. You may assume that a touch screen is a touch screen, and there are no particular differences to consider, but ...

While sitting on the skin, a compact device that applies force in any direction to generate a variety of sensations. Professors John Rogers, Yonggang Huang, and J. Edward Colgate; Postdoctoral ...

A Piper Jaffray analyst says Apple might be planning on bringing a touch-screen Mac tablet to store shelves next year. But is a touch screen the best idea? CNET contributor Don Reisinger is a ...

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 ...

With full freedom of motion, new device can generate a variety of sensations, including pulling, stretching, sliding, vibrations, pressure and twisting. When it comes to haptic feedback, most ...