All Entries Tagged With: "Pop-up"
Apple Granted Design Patents for Slide to Unlock Feature and Pop Up Keyboard Characters
Cupertino, California-based Apple has reportedly been awarded design patents for the “Slide to Unlock” feature along with the pop-up keyboard characters on the iPhone by the United States Patent & Trademark Office [USPTO]. According to the document, Apple originally filed the patent application in July 30, 2007, which is around the same time that the first iPhone was released.
As we have previously explained, design patents only cover the ornamental part of a product, as opposed to a utility patent, which covers the functional part. That means that from today on, no other device — in the United States as least — can feature animations similar to the “Slide to Unlock” feature and pop-up keyboard letters.
The patent was officially named “Animated graphical user interface for a display screen or portion thereof.”
Google Updates Gmail for iPad With New Compose Window
Back in April, Google introduced a new optimized version of Gmail for the Apple iPad. The company announced today on its Google Mobile Blog that as part of a new series called “The Iterative Web App,” a new compose interface has been introduced to the web-based Gmail app for iPad.
Now, whenever users decide to write a new email, a bigger window will pop-up. Users will not have to struggle writing their messages on a split screen anymore. As Google explains, “more text is visible at once and there are no more distractions with messages on the side.”
The company also states that a few bugs have been fixed such as the issue that prevented scrolling on long messages. Google makes it clear that they are still experimenting with several features on the new screen. User feedback is welcomed through the feedback link at the bottom of the screen.
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Facebook ‘Like’ Buttons Experiencing Issues
It appears that now popular Facebook ‘Like’ buttons adopted by more than 100,000 websites across the Internet has been experiencing some kind of issue since yesterday. When a ‘Like’ button is clicked on websites, a small red “Error” link appears next to the button [pictured]. When the link is open, a windows pops-up and users are reportedly greeted with an error message that reads:
“The page at [page URL] could not be reached.”
The issue, which is affecting many users and websites is being blamed on a bug. Luckily, Facebook is on top of things, and working on the situation. Rumor has it that by changing the text from “Like” to “Recommend,” many have seen an improvement on the service. However that’s not officially guaranteed to work.
Laugh of The Day: First Look at The Nintendo 3DS
Last week, Nintendo announced that it is currently developing a 3D successor to the Nintendo DS that will not require special 3D glasses. They call this new revolutionary handheld gaming device the Nintendo 3DS. Today, we get our first look at what the device will look like with its amazing 3D graphics that literally just pop-up out of the screen. Fine, maybe it’s not the real thing, but it’s a funny video nonetheless. Specially, since all we can understand from the person speaking Japanese is “Nintendo 3DS” and “Mario.”
Check out the video after the break.
Even More Details On Google Audio, Plus Screenshots
Google’s new music service, Google Audio, has generated a big buzz this morning. And while details are still a bit cloudy, we got hold of a couple of screenshots that gives us a little peek into what the features of the service will look like. For instance, when a user searches for U2 on Google, the results show 4 of their songs which can be played with either LaLa or iLike. When you click on any of the 4 songs, the player of your choice pops up. The player includes an option to purchase that song.
According to TechCrunch’s source, Google’s Product Marketing Manager, Matt Ghering, sent these screenshots to various partners to show them what Google Audio might look like. At this point, it’s not clear whether or not this is the final look.
YouTube Releases New Advertising Product Named Call-To-Action Overlays
Today, YouTube is releasing a new free addition that some of us are going to either love or hate; a new advertising product named Call-To-Action Overlay. It is basically a semi-transparent pop-up bar at the bottom of videos, linking viewers to any site you choose. I know what you’re thinking, you’ve seen that before, right? Yes, but that was part of YouTube’s Ads by Google to make profit. This new feature actually allows any user to link to a site they choose. For example, if we were to upload a video, we could add an overlay linking back here, to the site or any specific article for that matter. Before, you had to include links in the summary of the video on the right side of the page. You will be able to place these overlay ads on a video by entering it to YouTube’s CPC Promoted Videos program.
