Apple revealed many new plans and features in the keynote event for its Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco Monday, but one that's set off a flurry of interest among iPhone fans ...

I’ll really miss Slide to Unlock, which I stopped using 18 months ago anyway. In iOS 10, Apple is getting rid of the gesture that unlocked an iPhone since the very first model, back in 2007. Slide to ...

Slide-to-unlock is one of the iconic gestures of the iPhone. It looks simple, but it was tricky to get right. Photo: Leander Kahney/Cult of Mac This an excerpt from Unsung Apple Hero, an e-book about ...

December 23, 2005: Apple files a patent application for its iconic “slide to unlock” gesture for the iPhone. At this point, the iPhone remains a secret research project. However, the ability to unlock ...

Despite ordering a preliminary injunction against sales of three Samsung smartphones on this week, a Dutch judge dismissed Apple's "slide-to-unlock" patent as "not inventive," and therefore likely ...