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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
iOS Download Stats For China Show The Importance Of App Localization
photo: Getty Images / Feng Li
New statistics showing the popularity of various free and paid iOS apps in China show the great importance of localization. And now that Chi… Read more »
RIM, Apple, Microsoft All Taking A Swipe At NFC Mobile Payment Technology
As the Black Friday shopping opportunities continue to pile up, the mentions of mobile payment services get ever more frequent, too: in just… Read more »
Apple Approves, Then Rejects, iOS App That Allowed Games Via Subscription
In its usual quiet fashion, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has removed an iOS application designed to let users subscribe to games through in-app purcha… Read more »
Mail Online Readers Say They Will Pay, But They Won't Be Forced To
“We’ve done qualitative research in the UK that did tend to indicate users of Mail Online would pay something for certain aspects of the con… Read more »
To Buy Or Not To Buy: Nokia Struggles To Manage Lumia 800 Sales Message
So much hope has been pinned on Nokia’s comeback strategy — in which it has pivoted in the space of less than a year to develop a new line… Read more »
Windows Phone Marketplace Is Riding High On Free Content
Last week, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) revealed on the anniversary of the Windows Phone Marketplace that the app storefront now has some 40,000 a… Read more »
Mobile Ad Figures Show Android Has Secured Its OS Lead, Apple A Device Lead
Monthly figures out from Millennial Media once again show that Android is the most dominant OS on its mobile ad network — the mobile platfo… Read more »
Why Siri May Wind Up Being As Revolutionary As The iPhone's Touch Screen
photo: Corbis / Joshua Sudock
The man sits down in front of the computer and says, affably: “Computer!” Nothing happens. In a now-hear-this tone, the man repeats: “Comput… Read more »
McAfee: Android Biggest Malware Target Today, Yet Symbian Still Tops It
With 550,000 activations per day, and 200 million activations to-date, Android is fast shaping up to be the world’s biggest OS, but that gro… Read more »
Doubling Down: Why An Amazon Bet On A Smartphone Faces Longer Odds
While the jury is definitely still out on the Kindle Fire, is Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) thinking more broadly about mobile? If the company is inte… Read more »
One More Step For Apple In China: It's Now Accepting App Payments In Yuan
photo: Getty Images / Feng Li
China has become an increasingly important part of Apple’s empire, and today it looks like the company has taken one more step to growing th… Read more »
Nokia Drops More Hints Of An Upcoming Windows 8 Tablet
photo: Microsoft
Considering all the issues and upheavals that Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has had in its core business of mobile phones — what with the declining mar… Read more »
Steve Jobs Pondered Creation Of An Apple-Only Mobile Phone Network
photo: AP Images
Steve Jobs, wireless network operator? Apple’s co-founder talked to industry legend John Stanton from 2005 through 2007 about the possibilit… Read more »
Gartner: Android Now Over 50 Percent Of Smartphone Sales, The Rest Decline
Android may have some shortcomings, but Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has made enormous advances with manufacturers in terms of getting its OS on thei… Read more »
Tencent Launches A Shanzhai iTunes To Sync Your iPhone, iPad
photo: Apple iPod Commercial
Tencent (HKG:0700), China’s social media giant, has thumbed its nose at Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) (NASDAQ:AAPL) by releasing a desktop ‘App Assista… Read more »
Samsung Wins The Right To March Trial In Bid To Ban iPhone 4S In Australia
photo: Samsung
One more development in the legal fight between Samsung and Apple: a court in Australia has granted a March date for a case being brought by… Read more »
Apple's Only Dipping A Toe Into Mobile Payments, But It Could Make A Splash
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has yet to give a line on where it sees NFC in its future product and service roadmaps, but that doesn’t mean the company… Read more »
How Low Will They Go? Average Smartphone Price Falls Again In U.S.
Nearly two-thirds of U.S. smartphone buyers paid less than $200 for their devices during the third quarter, according to a recent study publ… Read more »
Apple Launches iTunes Match, But Puts Temporary Hold On New Subscriptions
It took a little longer than expected, but Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) launched iTunes Match Monday with the release of a new version of iTunes just… Read more »
In Android/Apple Fight, Samsung Says It Won't Seek Korean iPhone 4S Ban
photo: Seoul: skinnylawyer // Android: Robert Andrews
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has gained another victory in its ongoing worldwide legal battle against Samsung. The Korean giant says it will not seek… Read more »
AOL Has A Profitable Mobile Business, But It's Not Because Of Apps Or Ads
AOL (NYSE: AOL) has banked a lot of its fortunes on selling advertising around a group of high-traffic web properties. But just as it still… Read more »
Bruised Apple To Sell Unlocked iPhone 4S Just As Sprint Tightens Grip
photo: Getty Images / Oli Scarff
Coincidence or design? Today came not one but two developments on the state of unlocked iPhone 4S devices: Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) will start to… Read more »
Roll On, Digital Reorganization. Telefonica Posts First Loss In Nine Years
photo: Flickr / Supermac1961
Telefonica (NYSE: TEF) has put its digital eggs into one basket — centralizing all its global digital operations into one new unit — and w… Read more »
Google Takes Two: Buys Apture To Enhance Chrome, Katango To Beef Up Google+
Not one but two tech acquisitions were announced by Google (NSDQ: GOOG) today: Apture and Katango, both of which point to Google’s ambition… Read more »
Judge Throws Out Lawsuit Against Apple Over 'iBrick'
photo: Apple
A California woman accused Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) last year of using an underhanded trick to force iPhone users to buy a newer model. This week… Read more »
Are iPhone 4S Orders Being Cut Or Not? Facebook Stats Could Shed Some Light
photo: Facebook
When Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) launched the iPhone 4S in October, some thought the device would be a disappointment to the market because it was no… Read more »
Amazon Buys Voice-To-Text Startup Yap. What Do You Think Of That, Siri?
photo: Corbis / Kevin Dodge
Apple’s use of the Siri voice assistant in the iPhone 4S has been one of the most-talked about features on the new device, but Apple (NSDQ:… Read more »
Shopping App Shopkick Adds 1,000 Old Navy Stores To Its Network
A big bump in business for bricks-and-mortar mobile shopping app Shopkick: the company has signed a significant deal with Old Navy clothing… Read more »
Updated: Flash In The Pan: Adobe Confirms End Of Mobile Flash And 750 Jobs
photo: Flickr / Jack Zalium
Update: Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE) how now posted an item on its own blog confirming that it will stop developing Flash for mobile devices, and will… Read more »
Branson's Next Mobile Act: An Investment In Mobile Payments Startup Square
Richard Branson is no stranger to investing in mobile media: among his more notable moves have been establishing *Virgin Mobile* years ago,… Read more »
Apple Vs. Microsoft Vs. Google Vs. Dropbox: A Cloud-Computing Guide
photo: Corbis / Vigfus Birgisson
“Where did the computer go?” was the slogan Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) used in 2004 when it launched the first of its current range of iMac desktop… Read more »
The Android Pile-Up On Apple In Europe: Motorola Gets Injunction In Germany
photo: Tricia Duryee
Apple’s latest Android nemesis in Europe? Not Samsung, and not a small-time Spanish tablet maker, but Motorola: the company, currently getti… Read more »
Apple Promises Software Fix Coming Soon For iOS 5 Battery Issues
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has owned up to the battery life issues that have been plaguing early adopters of iOS 5 and the iPhone 4S, blaming the is… Read more »
Mobile Apps Seeing ‘Astronomical’ Growth In China
These are the 10 countries where mobile apps have seen the fastest consumer adoption this year, new Flurry analytics show… Read more »
The NFC Dance: One Step Closer With PayPal; One Step Further With Square
We are still far from seeing simple, wave-and-pay NFC as a ubiquitous technology for mobile payments, and even further from seeing consumers… Read more »
A Spanish Android Tablet Maker You’ve Never Heard Of Beats Apple In Court
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has been going tooth and nail after big Android device makers, especially Samsung, accusing them in courts worldwide of l… Read more »
