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Whenever an organization acquires any patent there is\u00a0a whole lot\u00a0of speculation that hits the market along with the product. Let us now see some of these acquisitions that made highlights in February, 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Google has purchased Odysee, an iOS and Android app concerned with the backing up and sharing of photos.<\/span><\/p>\n Odysee\u2019s capabilities are slightly\u00a0different. It allows for full quality photos to be automatically backed up, via the cloud, to your computer. At the same time, Odysee concerns itself with seamless private sharing of these high quality images.<\/span><\/p>\n It has been rumored that Google is looking to separate its photos feature into a stand-alone app. Bulking out its feature-set would be a natural move if the company wants to be able to compete with the other formidable photo-sharing <\/span><\/p>\n services out there.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n According to a patent that was recently unveiled, Apple is looking at ways to incorporate Touch ID into the very touchscreen of its devices.<\/span><\/p>\n Apple is now making iPhones with significantly bigger displays then before, and it can do so because these phones are slimmer, and the side bezels are thinner. There\u2019s one major area to improve, though, and that\u2019s the top and bottom bezel areas.<\/span><\/p>\n It is about the potential for a significantly smaller iPhone. As well as, how the home button is now limiting compact Apple and can go with its phone design. It will almost certainly be removed in the years to come, and now we know that this won\u2019t come at the expense of the Touch ID.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Google has just won a patent for a kind of smart Incognito Mode that automatically engages a private web browsing session where appropriate.<\/span><\/p>\n Right now, if you want to start a private web browsing session, where no cookies, history, or web caching files are stored locally, you have to do so manually.\u00a0Google\u2019s proposal is that this process could be initiated automatically every time you access certain websites – whether they relate to banking, log-in screens, payment inputs, or something a little more risky.<\/span><\/p>\n Given that this patent request was filed back in 2011, it\u2019s quite possible that Google is about ready to roll with this handy feature in the near-future version of Chrome.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Reference:\u00a0Site 1<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n(1) Google acquires Odysee.<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
Why would Google need this? It has<\/strong>\u00a0Google+ photos!<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
What’s the speculation about?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
(<\/strong>2) Apple’s button-less Touch ID patent<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
Why?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
What is the speculation about?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
(3) Google’s auto-Incognito Mode patent<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
Why do we need this?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n