The Camera In The Book: Engaging Paddington On iPad
The book is no longer a book. This charming iPad remake of Paddington Bear goes way beyond early “interactive” conversions of linear texts b… Read more »
In Russia, DST's Mail.ru And Yandex Ramp Up Mobile Presence
photo: Shutterstock / Helen & Vlad Filatov
Following on from its acquisition of mobile software developer SPB at the end of November, Yandex is making one more move to increase its ub… Read more »
Europe Probing Apple And Publishers For E-book Price 'Cartel'
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After carrying out unannounced inspections at the companies back in March, the European Commission is now starting a formal antitrust invest… Read more »
Flipboard Coming to China, Teams Up With Sina and Renren
Earlier this year you may recall that everyone’s favorite iPad reading app Flipboard was blocked in China. But apparently the GFW ain’t no t… Read more »
Verizon Expected To Post Huge Subscriber Increase In Q4 Thanks To iPhone 4S
The launch of the iPhone 4S was a little more interesting than other iPhone launches because for the first time three carriers were on board… Read more »
Financial Times Launches Dedicated Android App
With mobile readers proving to be very avid readers of the Financial Times, the newspaper has launched a new version of its native Android a… Read more »
How Crocs Are Helping Apple Stomp On Samsung
photo: Flickr / Mark Crawley
What do Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and its elegant iPads have in common with plastic, waterproof clogs that people love to hate? More than you might… Read more »
Xbox 360 Leads The Way To Engaged TV
photo: Microsoft Xbox Kinect
Interactive TV, a phrase still used but painful to hear, grates like the name of an old girlfriend, conjuring up hopes long since unfulfille… Read more »
Update 2: The Next Chapter For Apple vs. Android: HTC At The ITC Next Week
Update: After this story was posted, the ITC announced it would delay the date of the hearing by eight days, to December 14, to give it more… Read more »
Apple Loses Bid For Preliminary Injunction On Samsung's Galaxy Tab In U.S.
photo: Samsung
After months of forcing Samsung to scramble in courtrooms around the world, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) was denied an injunction against sales of the… Read more »
Why Both You And Carrier IQ Are Pawns In The Fight For Mobile Data
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There is no question that we love our mobile devices. There’s also no question that we are paranoid about how much of ourselves we pour into… Read more »
Kindle Fire To Ship 3.9 Million Units In Q411, 2nd Only To iPad: Estimate
photo: Amazon
Amazon’s Kindle Fire is the second most popular tablet after the iPad and will ship 3.9 million units in the last quarter of this year, proj… Read more »
Comscore: U.S. Mobile Market Still Two-Horse Race Between Android And Apple
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Comscore’s latest mobile numbers are out, and they continue to paint a familiar picture: Android and Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) are gaining at the e… Read more »
Facebook Appoints A New Head Of Mobile Developer Relations
If you had any doubt about Facebook’s ambitions in mobile, here’s another move that underscores the social network’s priorities. It has hire… Read more »
Byliner Kicks Off Original Fiction With 'Joy Luck Club's Amy Tan
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Longform journalism site Byliner kicked off its narrative nonfiction “Byliner Originals” publishing program this past spring, with Jon Kraka… Read more »
RIM: $485 Million Charge On PlayBook Surplus, Admits It Won't Make Targets
News today from Research In Motion that underscores why, sometimes, the number of shipped devices is not always the best short-term indicati… Read more »
Android Store Opens In Oz, But It Won't Have The Galaxy Tab 10.1 Just Yet
One superstore step forward for Android in Australia, but another step back for Android-maker Samsung. Today saw what could be Google’s answ… Read more »
Carrier IQ Responds More To Privacy Allegations, But Many Questions Remain
As more detail unfolds of companies swearing off any involvement with Carrier IQ (and some admitting using it for diagnostics) amid allegati… Read more »
James Frey's Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland
photo: Glu Mobile
When we last heard from James Frey, he was releasing a YA novel with a soundtrack. Now his book packaging company, Full Fathom Five, is laun… Read more »
Apple, Samsung Dispute Likely To Turn On 1994 Knight-Ridder Tablet
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A leading design patent expert predicts that Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) will be unable to stop Samsung from selling its Galaxy tablet in the United… Read more »
Consumer Reports Launches iPad Subscriptions, 7 New Smartphone Apps
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Consumer Reports, which named the iPad the top tablet earlier this year, is now adding subscriptions and free access for print subscribers t… Read more »
Report: Apple To Give 4G A Shot In Arm With Next-Generation iPad, iPhone
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We’ve seen some significant strides for LTE in the past year — with some big names like Verizon and AT&T (NYSE: T) getting behind the fast… Read more »
Amazon Widens Its Kindle Footprint With €99 Device On Sale In Spain, Italy
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It’s taken a few years, but Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) has really ramped up the number of countries where it is selling its Kindle products. Today… Read more »
Hearst's Carey: We Will Have One Million Paying Digital Subscribers In 2012
On the heels of the Economist claiming one million monthly mobile readers of its magazine across Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and Android devices, ano… Read more »
Yes, HP May Finally Have Some News On WebOS — In The Next Two Weeks
After a disastrous wireless turn from HP (NYSE: HPQ) that culminated last week with HP taking a charge of $1.66 billion to wind down its web… Read more »
Aussie Court Gives Samsung Galaxy Tab The All-Clear But Is It Too Late?
photo: Samsung
A reversal of fortunes, of sorts, for Samsung in its ongoing case against Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) in Australia: today, an appeals court unanimous… Read more »
Apple Asks German Court To Rule On Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1N Redesign
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Clever naming strategies aside, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) isn’t buying Samsung’s argument that a revamped version of its Galaxy Tab can skate free… Read more »
After Download Frenzy, Apple Cuts Cord To iTether 's iPhone Tethering App
photo: Patrick Hankinson
An iPhone application called iTether that would let iPhone users run their Mac or PC over the phone’s data connection without paying their c… Read more »
Has Microsoft Missed The Boat With A Tablet OS? Forrester Says Yes
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Android device makers, RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) and (catastrophically) HP (NYSE: HPQ) have made little dent so far in the tablet market, currently d… Read more »
Skyhook Teams With Norton On Tracking Service For Android Devices
Skyhook Wireless, the location-services company that has been embroiled in lawsuits with Google (NSDQ: GOOG) over patent infringement and re… Read more »
Rolling Stone Releasing Beatles' Guide For iPad; Mag Apps Coming In '12
Rolling Stone magazine will release an iPad app companion this week for its The Beatles: The Ultimate Album-by-Album Guide book this week, a… Read more »
One More Step In The Google/Motorola Merger: EU Approval Sought
The Federal Communications Commission in the U.S. may have dealt what might possibly be a fatal blow to AT&T (NYSE: T) in its bid to buy T-M… Read more »
One More Step In The Google/Motorola Merger: EU Approval Sought
The Federal Communications Commission in the U.S. may have dealt what might possibly be a fatal blow to AT&T (NYSE: T) in its bid to buy T-M… Read more »
Black Friday Roundup: Strong Start, But Will Sales Hold?
photo: Corbis / Heide Benser
Despite warnings from groups like the OECD that Europe and the U.S. are heading into recession, the flurry of online and mobile activity tha… Read more »
An E-Book Gifting Campaign, Starting On Cyber Monday
photo: Open Road Integrated Media
In a holiday season when e-readers are more popular than ever, many consumers still don’t know how to give them to others as gifts. So today… Read more »
Crunch Time For Apple's Rivals: iPhone Sales In UK Grew Again In October
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) acolytes will probably be saying “told you so” when they hear of this: sales of the iPhone, which had been in decline in… Read more »
Economist Claims Over A Million Monthly Mobile Readers
The Economist said more than three million of its iOS and Android apps have been downloaded, as it reported six percent higher half-year ope… Read more »
IPCom Threatens Injunction On HTC In Germany, But HTC Brushes It Off
The German courts have proven to be some of the most heated in the current rash of mobile patent suits, and here is one more case to cement… Read more »
White Friday For Samsung: A Lifeline In Aussie Galaxy Tablet Injunction?
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Could there be a little glimmer of light at the end of the tablet injunction tunnel for Samsung in Australia? With Christmas now exactly one… Read more »
How Will Facebook's Buffy Phone Look? There's An App For That
Facebook has not approached anything resembling a confirmation of the reports that it is developing its own phone with HTC, code-named “Buff… Read more »
