Facebook announces mobile platform; Single Sign-On, location APIs, deals to start
Facebook today announced the introduction of its mobile platform. The purpose of the project is to provide a social environment for mobile devices that will …
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Facebook has 200 million active mobile users, improves iOS and Android applications
Today, at the company’s mobile media event, social networking giant Facebook announced that it has roughly 200 million active users on its Facebook mobile products; …
Electronic Arts: Q2 earnings strong, Medal of Honor sells 2 million units in two weeks
Today, software giant Electronic Arts reported their Q2 earnings for fiscal year 2011. The company’s bottom line was just fine — $884 million in net …
iPad to be sold at all Best Buy Mobile locations
Following news that the iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS would become available at Target stores on November 7th, Bloomberg BusinessWeek reports that Apple’s iPad will …
Skyfire for iOS approved with Flash-to-HTML5 video converting in tow
A new report Tuesday morning from CNNMoney.com states that Skyfire’s mobile Web browser for iOS has been approved by Apple. Skyfire 2.0, which the report …
iOS 4.2 GM fixes dialer security flaw
Just a quick follow up to an article we posted last week. It looks like Apple’s iOS 4.2 gold master candidate, which was pushed out …
iOS 4.2 GM hits Apple’s developer center
Apple promised iOS 4.2 by early November and tonight the company delivered. The gold master revision of iOS 4.2 has just dropped in Apple’s developer …
iPhone 5 to support portable computing using NFC
A new report from Cult of Mac suggests that Apple may have some nifty new features in store for the upcoming iPhone 5. Rumors that …
Monster headphones causing problems with iPhone, iPad and iPods [Updated]
If you own a pair of Apple-friendly Monster headphones that haven’t been very Apple-friendly lately, you’re not alone. A source at Apple recently told BGR …
NPD, Canalys: Apple passes RIM in U.S. smartphone market
New numbers released Monday by research firm NPD Group suggest that Android has further extended its lead in the U.S. with 44% of the smartphone …
Videolan serve Apple copyright infringement papers; VLC app to disappear into the ether?
It’s starting to look like VLC’s days in the iOS app store are numbered. Videolan developer, Rémi Denis-Courmont, has confirmed that the company has sent …
Apple passes RIM to become fourth largest phone vendor
With just a single phone model in its repertoire (two including the iPhone 3GS, which is still available for purchase), IDC reveals Apple has passed …
Business Insider: Apple holding ‘secret’ iOS developer conference next week
What’s better than a developer conference? A secret developer conference of course. Business Insider is reporting that Apple, Inc. will be hosting a “secret iOS …
Garmin to offer navigation software exclusively on ASUS for Android; coming soon to BlackBerry, iOS [Updated]
Hot on the heels of the public break-up between GPS giant Garmin and handset maker ASUS, the navigation company has announced that it will still …
Apple opens website, App Store to China
Late yesterday, Apple went live with their Chinese web storefront — apple.com.cn — and iOS App Store. The Cupertino company boasts that all 300,000 iOS applications …
iDOS emulator brought DOS and Windows 3.0 to iOS; now toast
We’re not sure how software developer Fast Intelligence managed to sneak iDOS past the app approval team at Apple, but the influx of blog coverage …
Apple adds iOS Concierge service for Apple Store check-ins [Updated]
Like Foursqure, Apple’s new app update will allow users to perform location based check-ins. Unlike Foursquare, Apple’s new app will actually be useful. The service …
Security flaw allows calls (and more) from a locked iPhone running iOS 4.1
Blog 9to5Mac has picked up on an interesting bug in iOS 4.1, running on the iPhone, that will allow users to bypass the device’s lock …
VLC Media Player for iPhone now available
We knew it was coming, but that doesn’t make the arrival of Applidium’s VLC Media Player universal binary any less exciting. That’s right kids, your …
Antoine Dodson plays pitchman for Sex Offender Tracker app
Could there possibly be a better way to introduce the world to an app that locates sex offenders? Antoine Dodson, who inadvertently earned a place …
The iPhone is the worst…
In my line of work, cell phones come and go faster than mixed drinks on MTV’s Jersey Shore. They’re here, they’re gone and most of …
Google adds Russian, Polish, Czech and Turkish to Voice Search
If you’re proficient in Russian, Polish, Czech, or Turkish, and want to search the web in one of the aforementioned tongues, Google has got you covered. Recently, …
Angry Birds Halloween edition for iPhone and iPad scares me
Why does it scare me? Because I already have no free time, and this just equals bad news. Rovio, the makers of Angry Birds have …
EA acquires Chillingo for $20mm; Angry Birds now angrier than ever
Electronic Arts confirmed today that it will acquire Angry Birds publisher Chillingo in a deal rumored to be worth just under $20 million. Unfortunately the …
Apple adds FaceTime to Macs
TechCrunch noticed a FaceTime app icon in the dock of the demo machine being used to demo the new iLife ’11 features, and well… it …
Apple unloads 250,000 Apple TV units in first six weeks
It might not have launched with a new name or an App Store as rumors suggested, but Apple’s refreshed set top box still managed to …
Loopt integrates Facebook Places into its iOS app
Location-based social networking site Loopt has just announced a new feature, Facebook Places. As touted in a press release, a newly released iOS application will …
Next Apple iPhone (Verizon model) hits “AP” field test stage, iPhone 5 hits “EVT” stage?
One of our solid Apple sources has just let us know some pretty interesting (and exciting) information surrounding Apple’s upcoming iPhone devices. For starters, we …
VentureBeat: Apple's App Store hits 300,000 applications
VentureBeat is reporting that Apple’s iOS application store crossed the 300,000 app threshold in the last 24-hours. The publication cites data from analytics firm Mobclix and notes that Apple …
Angry Birds for Android gets over 1 million downloads in 1 day
There is no denying the Angry Birds phenomenon. Rovio Mobile, the developers behind the multi-platform Angry Birds app, have just announced a staggering stat — …
