Adobe Digital Publishing Suite to support Apple’s iOS Newsstand
Adobe announced on Wednesday that its Digital Publishing Suite will offer support for Apple’s Newsstand feature in iOS. Newsstand will allow users to purchase popular …
Apps & Software
BlackBerry App World 3.0 now available
Research In Motion launched BlackBerry App World 3.0 on Tuesday and it adds number of enhancements over the previous iteration. BlackBerry App World 3.0 offers …
Samsung will ‘never’ buy webOS, CEO says
During the IFA trade show in Berlin on Friday, Samsung Electronics CEO Choi Gee Sung addressed rumors and speculation that Samsung was considering purchasing webOS …
Windows Phone Mango rollout could begin September 15th
Multiple signs have pointed to September 15th as the possible date when Windows Phone devices will begin receiving Microsoft’s Mango update. First, Microsoft’s own team …
Windows Phone Mango HTC Eternity and HTC Omega specs leaked
HTC has a press event scheduled for Thursday evening during the IFA trade show in Berlin, and purported specs for two phones BGR exclusively reported …
Apple, RIM sued by software maker Openwave over patents
Openwave Systems has filed patent infringement lawsuits against Apple and Research In Motion with a Delaware federal court and the U.S. International Trade Commission. Openwave …
Windows Phone Marketplace now home to more than 30,000 apps
The Windows Marketplace for Mobile is now home to more than 30,000 applications according to app tracking website WindowsPhoneAppList. On July 2nd, the Windows Marketplace …
Reports mixed on whether or not Apple's iTunes Match will support streaming [video]
When Apple originally announced its new iTunes Match service, which was launched to developers yesterday inside iTunes 10.5 beta 6.1, the Cupertino-based company said the …
Adobe launches CreatePDF for iOS
Adobe launched CreatePDF for iOS on Monday, a new application that allows iPad, iPhone and iPod touch users to create and open PDF files directly …
New HTC Sense 3.5 UI stars in 5-minute video walkthrough [video]
HTC’s unreleased Sense 3.5 UI has been shown off extensively ahead of its formal introduction thanks to Chinese-language website XDA.cn. Expected to be unveiled alongside …
BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 screenshots leak, reaffirm BES revamp
Purported images from version 2.0 of RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook OS have been published by a Chinese website. If authentic, they reaffirm several details about the …
Apple seeds new OS X Lion 10.7.2 build, iPhoto beta 3, iCloud beta 9 to devs
Apple seeded a new OS X Lion 10.7.2 build, iPhoto 9.2 beta 3 and iCloud beta 9 to its developers on Friday. Apple’s release notes …
Firefox 6 adoption takes off
Users are flocking towards Mozilla’s latest Firefox 6 browser according to new data from Chitika Insights, the research arm of ad network Chitika. The company …
Flipboard to add TV shows, books and movies; iPhone app on its way
Flipboard, the company behind the popular like-named social magazine application for the iPad, plans to add TV shows, books and movie content, Reuters reported on …
Windows OS shows biggest decline in August as Mac OS, iOS, Android grow [infographic]
New data shows that usage of Microsoft’s Windows operating system declined so far in August while Apple’s OS X and iOS usage increased, as did …
AirPlay drives iTunes momentum in online movie market share
A new report from research firm IHS suggests that Apple’s iTunes share of “consumer spending for movie electronic sell-through (EST) and Internet video on demand …
Hulu future foggy, bids for company due Wednesday
Bids for the online streaming company Hulu are due on Wednesday but it is still unclear what the company’s future will hold. Bidders will “submit …
WebOS developers flocking to Windows Phone, Microsoft director says
Microsoft is offering to help published webOS developers create applications for its Windows Phone platform. The response has been very positive so far, according to …
Apple releases iOS 5 beta 6 to developers; here's the full change log
Apple on Friday release iOS 5 beta 6 to developers. The new build is available as a 144MB over-the-air (OTA) update for developers with iOS …
Microsoft outs Windows Phone 'We're in' location sharing app
Microsoft’s Bing team took the wraps off of a new location-sharing application for Windows Phone on Thursday called “We’re in.” The application is similar to …
Most Android apps sit idle, top-50 apps make up 61% of all usage, Nielsen finds
Nielsen on Thursday ushered in a new era of mobile device usage reporting brought about by customer metering software installed on thousands of iOS and …
Latest Swype keyboard hits Sprint's Nexus S 4G [video]
Swype released the latest version of its popular software keyboard exclusively for Sprint Nexus S 4G users on Tuesday. Swype now supports new app gesture …
Apple releases OS X Lion 10.7.1
Apple on Tuesday released OS X Lion 10.7.1 to Mac users with the following changes listed: The 10.7.1 update is recommended for all users running …
Apple seeds new OS X Lion 10.7.2 build, iCloud beta 7 to developers
Apple started seeding OS X Lion 10.7.2 11C37 and iCloud beta 7 to developers on Friday afternoon. The latest iCloud beta 7 build includes updated …
Walmart dances around Apple's in-app purchase rules with VUDU web app for iPad
On Wednesday, Walmart subsidiary VUDU launched a new iPad-accessible web app that allows iPad users to stream more than 20,000 movies and television shows directly …
GameFly to launch unlimited game download service this fall
GameFly announced on Wednesday it will soon offer a new service called “Unlimited PC Play” that will allow gamers to download an unlimited amount of …
Microsoft adding speech recognition tech to Windows 8, next generation products [video]
Microsoft’s internal Tellme team is working on implementing speech recognition software into the Redmond-based firm’s portfolio of software and hardware products. Microsoft will build the …
How to make Apple's OS X Lion less horrible
Apple made Lion, its eighth major OS X release, available to Mac computer users on July 20th, and the Cupertino-based tech giant noted in the …
News360 2.0 brings web app, updates for iPad and Honeycomb
In a world packed with more news aggregation services and RSS readers than we could ever need, only a few manage to rise to the …
Amazon launches web-based Kindle Cloud Reader
Amazon launched its new Kindle Cloud Reader service on Wednesday that provides users with access their Kindle library using Chrome or Safari on Mac, PC, …
