Apple updates ‘Apple Store’ app with self checkout, in-store pick up support
Apple on Tuesday released a highly anticipated update to its Apple Store app for iOS, adding functionality that may represent the future of the company’s …
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Spotify for Windows Phone 7.5 now available
During an event in New York City on Monday, Microsoft announced that the popular music service Spotify will launch for Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango) devices …
HTC details Ice Cream Sandwich plans for Rezound, EVO 3D, Sensation and more
HTC recently confirmed that a number of its handsets will receive an update to Google’s latest Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) operating system. The company …
Microsoft’s Kinect development kit now supports Windows 8
Microsoft released its Kinect for Windows SDK Beta 2 on Friday that adds support for Windows 8, among other changes. According to ZDNET, Microsoft has …
Apple releases iOS 5.0.1 beta 2 to developers
Apple on Friday released iOS 5.0.1 beta 2 to developers. The new software is available for Apple’s iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPad, iPad …
Google Offers for Android now available
Google launched its Google Offers for Android application on Thursday, a new app that allows users to search and find local deals. The application is …
BBM Music now available in the U.S., Canada and Australia
Research In Motion announced on Wednesday that its BBM Music service will launch Wednesday in the United States, Canada and Australia. To begin, users can …
GarageBand now available on iPhone and iPod touch
Apple announced recently that its popular GarageBand music creation software is now available on the iPhone and iPod touch. Prior to Tuesday, it was only …
iTunes Match testing continues with iTunes 10.5.1 beta 2, still no public release
Apple’s iTunes Match service was supposed to be released to the public by the end of October and while we’re still not sure why the …
Google launches official Gmail app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch [updated]
Google released an official Gmail application for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch on Wednesday. According to Google, the application supports the following features: Get …
Google to charge for Google Maps access starting in January
Beginning January 1st, Google will start charging a fee to developers and websites that frequently access its Google Maps API service, BBC reported recently. Developers …
Windows market share slides in October as Mac, Linux gain
Just-released data from Net Applications shows that Microsoft’s share of the PC operating system market continued its slow decent in October as Apple’s Mac operating …
News360 3.0 now available for iPhone and Android smartphones [updated]
News360 announced on Tuesday that the second generation of its popular news client is now available for the iPhone and Android smartphones. We are big …
Google details new Gmail changes [video]
This past summer, Google began rolling out a sample of its revamped Gmail user interface and on Tuesday it discussed many of the brand new …
New Apple Store app launches Thursday; here’s how it will change Apple’s retail operations
While information about Apple’s new iOS app and retail plans have leaked out in various forms over the past few weeks, we now have the …
Windows 8 will be huge for Microsoft and PC industry, Acer CEO says
Microsoft’s upcoming next-generation operating system will be the driving force behind the company’s triumphant “re-rise” according to Acer chairman and CEO, J.T. Wang. While Microsoft maintained …
iOS market share balloons in October, Android climbs to No. 2 mobile OS
Propelled by the popularity of its iPad tablet and the successful launch of the latest iPhone, Apple’s share of the mobile operating system market jumped …
AirPlay Mirroring, iMessage reportedly headed to OS X [video]
The eventual arrival of iMessage on OS X, in some form, is almost a foregone conclusion at this point, but a new report claims to …
WhatsApp users now send over 1 billion messages each day
We’ve been big fans of WhatsApp’s cross-platform messaging service ever since it first launched, and directly outside of Apple’s own iMessage or RIM’s BlackBerry Messenger …
Windows Phone Apollo update may land in mid-2012
Microsoft is poised to issue its next Windows Phone update during the middle of next year, Engadget said Thursday, citing Nokia executive vice president Michael …
Android fragmentation gets visualized [infographic]
There have been six smartphone distribution updates since Android was released: Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread and most recently, Ice Cream Sandwich. One man, Michael …
Verizon Wireless issues HTC ThunderBolt Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) update
Verizon Wireless announced on Wednesday that it is beginning to issue an Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) update to its HTC ThunderBolt customers. In addition to bringing …
Sprint issues security fix for HTC phones
Sprint on Tuesday confirmed that it has released an over-the-air security update for several HTC smartphones. In a statement posted to Sprint’s community forum by …
Motorola to release first Android 4.0 devices six weeks after final ICS build [updated]
Motorola Mobility announced on its Twitter account Tuesday that it will release devices powered by Google’s latest Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) operating system six …
RIM to release PlayBook OS 2.0 mid-February, still struggling with multi-device BBM support
BGR reported exclusive details of RIM’s upcoming BBX-based smartphone code-named the BlackBerry Colt earlier this year, and we have since heard that there is going …
Android said to have overtaken Apple in global mobile app downloads
Applications downloaded to Android devices in the second quarter surpassed the number apps downloaded from Apple’s iOS App Store. New data from market research and …
BGR for iPhone (and iPad!) gets updated
We’re back with a huge update to our popular BGR for iPhone app and this time, in addition to redoing the app from the ground …
Android Market surpasses 500,000 published apps
The total number of published applications in Google’s Android Market climbed past the half-million mark in September. According to data from mobile app market intelligence …
BBX 2.0 demo shows Android apps running on BlackBerry PlayBook [video]
Earlier this week, Research In Motion introduced the developer beta of BBX OS 2.0, which supports the Eclipse Android development platform on the company’s BlackBerry PlayBook. …
Windows Phone boss ‘flattered’ by Android 4.0 copycat features
Microsoft’s head of Windows Phone Andy Lees recently said he was flattered by parts of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich that appear to mimic features …
