Peer to peer Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Getaround app takes car sharing peer-to-peer on the iPhone

by Mike Schramm (May 24th, 2011)

Getaround is a brand new app launching today on the App Store that is designed to be a "peer-to-peer car rental marketplace." The idea is that it's like a Zipcar sort of service, but run peer-to-peer style, so anyone can rent their cars for just a few bucks an hour. If you need a car for a ...

Apple submits patent application for magnetic and sound-based peer-to-peer technology

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 21st, 2011)

A patent discovered by Patently Apple suggests that Apple may use a magnetic compass and supersonic tone technology to share data between your iPhone and other electronic devices. In this new peer-to-per communication system, a magnetic compass is used to monitor the magnetic signature of a ...