Apple has been awarded a patent for the loupe magnification tool in iOS. The tool is familiar to almost everyone who has ever used an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. It's the magnifying glass that pops up while you are positioning the cursor in a text field. The loupe tool also pops up when you are interacting with other various elements on screen.
The patent, titled "Device, method and graphical user interface for management and manipulation of user interface elements," was first
