New Apple patent proposes a more durable Lightning cable, docking station

Apple patents don’t guarantee that the actual product gets made but here’s something we’re hoping would make an eventual appearance. Apple is looking for a way to make the Lightning cable more durable and flexible up to the tip. Accompanying this is a new dock that will make it safer and easier to charge your Apple device.

According to Patently Apple, this is the description of the new patent: “On August 28, 2014, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that reveals an improved method of producing a lightning connector that has a newly defined breaking strength. This new feature will be able to protect the receptacle lightning connector and/or the electronic device from damage when a force is applied to the lightning connector. One of Apple’s patent figures specifically presents a new docking station utilizing this new feature.”

Source: Patently Apple | Via: Cult of Mac

Samsung gets first dibs of Nokia’s Here on Android

Nokia’s map application Here was initially promised to arrive on Android but it never arrived. Samsung has partnered with Nokia to bring a beta version of the app for Android exclusively for them. The app will be made available for Samsung devices when they unveil the Gear S smartwatch. It will offer turn-by-turn pedestrian navigation to the new wearable and will be able to sync routes with compatible handsets using Here.

Source: Here

Alienware's Area-51 gaming PC returns in stunning new "Triad" form

Featuring the all-new Triad chassis industrial design engineered to provide superb thermal efficiency, amazing ergonomics, ease of access for upgrades and looks as powerful as it performs

Here is a completely different spin on a legendary gaming PC. Alienware, announced  the return of the legendary Alienware Area-51 performance gaming desktop, packing the newest technologies from Intel, NVIDIA and AMD, to give gamers high frame rate fragging at any resolution.

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Super Smash Bros., amiibo, Pokémon and new hardware bundles coming in Nintendo’s holiday lineup

Nintendo has prepared a massive lineup of new games and products for the 2014 holiday season. The lineup includes new entries from some of the biggest franchises in gaming, new hardware bundles for Wii U and Nintendo 2DS, and new amiibo interactive figures featuring some of the most iconic characters in the world of video games.

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