Apple may be looking into making the iPad Pro’s Smart Cover even smarter. Apple has filed a patent for a Smart Cover that will keep users up to date with alerts for things like notifications. What ...

Did you think Apple’s iPad Smart Cover was the pinnacle of the Cupertino, California, company’s accessorial ingenuity? Not quite, if a new patent’s any ...

Apple's next iPad Smart Cover will make use of LED lights to deliver notifications, a patent filing suggests. An Apple document titled "Integrated visual notification system in an accessory device" ...

It's rare that we both bringing up new Apple patents here at TUAW, simply because most of them are too nonspecific or obscure to really put much weight on, but this newly published patent is just too ...

The tech giant wins big with more than two dozen new patents for some of its major products, such as iTunes, iMac, Time Machine, iPad Smart Covers, and even Apple Store displays. Dara Kerr was a ...

Apple has today been granted a patent for an iPad Smart Cover with more smarts than usual: it incorporates a built-in display, and even a Wacom-style drawing tablet. The patent illustrates a number of ...

Alongside the new iPad Pros, Apple launched new Smart Keyboard Folio and Smart Folio cases. Just as notable as the two new folios, however, is that Apple is no longer offering a traditional Smart ...

When Apple introduced the Smart Cover, one of the selling points was the soft microfiber lining that not only protects the iPad’s display, it also cleans it. What may not be obvious from the ...

A final ruling has come down from the appeals court, and Apple is on the hook for import duties on the long-discontinued iPad 2 Smart Cover The Cupertino tech giant first urged the Federal Circuit to ...