Apple will make future Apple Pencil with touch gestures

Apple's Pencil that goes well with the iPad is one of the most advanced styluses out there supporting some basic gestures like a double-tap on the pen itself, for example. But according to a new patent that surfaced in the US Patent and Trademark Office, Apple is working on a next-generation Pencil that has more advanced gestures. The patent describes a stylus with a flexible, touch-sensitive area that can recognize various gestures depending on your fingertip placement. The swiping gesture is one of them. The patent then goes on to outline that a user who's holding a pen won't be...