I doubt that we will see the joystick built into the home button within the next couple versions of the iPhones like the iPhone 6s (expected in 2015) or the iPhone 7 (expected in 2016) because it ...

Kristy McNichol-born Christina Ann McNichol in Los Angeles on September 11, 1962-hit it big as Letitia "Buddy" Lawrence on ...

It is believed the button would retain the current Touch ID fingerprint sensor, and that a single click would cause it to pop up and transform into a slightly elevated thumb joystick. A simple ...

As per the patent application, Apple’s next-generation Home button will be multi-mode with the first mode retaining the standard functionality and the second one converting it to a gaming joystick.

As you can see in the next photo, when the home button is popped up, it can be used in a similar way to a joystick for gaming. This pop-up mechanism could provide gamers with a more precise and ...

Romano designed the controller -- which has 29 buttons and "joystick mouse" -- as part of the StarCraft II Stick Ultimate Build-Off challenge run by game blog Shoryuken.