The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday granted Apple a patent for a mouse with embedded touch sensors, otherwise known as the Mighty Mouse or Apple Mouse. Apple's U.S. Patent No.

The Apple Mouse that came with the 1984 Macintosh was the first to truly popularize the concept of mouse-driven computers. ... and doesn’t make the mouse move around like touch gestures do.

Apple introduced a new multi-touch mouse today called "Magic Mouse". The mouse uses the same multi-touch technology found in the iPhone, iPod Touch, and Mac notebook trackpads.

Force Touch, meanwhile, was curiously absent. In the patent, originally reported on by Patently Apple, it appears the Cupertino company is rethinking its mouse’s design for the better.

Click here for more. Apple is reportedly planning to release a completely redesigned Magic Mouse in 2026. A new leak suggests ...

Apple Introduces the World’s First Multi-Touch Mouse Apple today introduced the new wireless Magic Mouse (model MB829LL/A), the first mouse to use Apple’s revolutionary Multi-Touch™ technology.

The Apple rumor-mill’s speculation of a replacement for the Mighty Mouse has been borne out today, with Apple introducing the world’s first wireless multi-touch “Magic Mouse”.

One of the Apple fellows behind the company's multi-touch iPhone interface has shifted his attention to a next-generation mouse design that will forego the use of buttons or a scroll ball in favor ...

"Apple's Multi-Touch technology allows us to offer an easy to use mouse in a simple and elegant design," said senior vice president of worldwide product marketing Philip Schiller.

Of course, it’s not clear when Apple would update the Magic Mouse with Force Touch — but we’d have to think it’d come soon. Hopefully, it arrives with new MacBooks at WWDC or in the Fall.

Apple didn’t outline what a Force Touch-equipped Magic Mouse would be used for in its patent application, and it’s unclear whether the company actually plans to put the feature in the Magic ...