406 posts and columns on iOS

Scoutmob Attracts Investors and Partners by Saying It’s Not a Daily Deals Company

in Commerce on May 24 at 5:30 am PT

Scoutmob was able to attract $3.25 million in new funding and a major new payments partner, by pitching itself as a mobile company and not as a fledgling competitor in the daily deals space.
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Facebook’s “Social Readers” Still Fading

in Social on May 22 at 7:00 am PT

The Washington Post and Guardian apps see another steep drop in usage. Great news.
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Maybe You Should Start Paying Attention to Indie Games Developers

in Commerce on May 17 at 2:47 pm PT

Combine small teams, personal passion and a large accessible market and you have the makings of a creative explosion.
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Mobile Gaming Is Hot, but Pocket Gems Won’t Sell Out

in Commerce on May 17 at 9:26 am PT

Pocket Gems says it is not for sale, even though other mobile gaming companies like OMGPOP and Funzio are cashing out at big valuations.
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The Era of AppNation Has Arrived

in Numbers on May 16 at 4:59 pm PT

It seems like a foregone conclusion that the era of the app has arrived.
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Apple’s Coming Map App Will “Blow Your Head Off”

in Mobile on May 11 at 10:16 am PT

iOS is about to get a new Apple-built mapping solution.
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Google Revamps Google+ for iPhone

in News on May 9 at 1:23 pm PT

Google has launched an updated version of Google+ for iPhone, with larger profile pics, optical cues, a more prominent “+1” atop the news stream and other visual enhancements to create a more eye-friendly app. Google+ app users can also sync photos from their iPhones to a Google+ album, use mobile “Hangouts” to video chat with friends and view a “Nearby” news feed to see status updates from people around the same location.

Tablets Quickly Becoming the Portable PC of Choice

in News on May 4 at 4:01 am PT

By 2017 NPD expects tablet shipments to hit 424.9 million units, exceeding notebook PC shipments — for the second year in a row.
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Is Dropbox Pulling a Honey Badger on the App Store?

in Mobile on May 2 at 3:26 pm PT

Apple catches Dropbox’s hand in the App Store cookie jar, smacks them down.
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Apple and Taxes: What the New York Times Missed

in News on April 30 at 11:01 am PT

Sunday’s New York Times story on the strategies Apple uses to minimize its tax bill missed a few key points worth considering.
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Angry Birds Space Hits 50 Million Downloads in Just Over a Month

Signs of a Pinterest API: Snapguide Adds Mobile Sharing Buttons

Sundar Pichai: Google Drive Is About Context, Where Competitors Are About Files

in News, April 24, 2012 at 11:19 am PT

AT&T Activated 4.3 Million iPhones in Q1

in News, April 24, 2012 at 7:41 am PT

Adobe’s Latest Creative Suite Floats Into the Cloud

in News, April 23, 2012 at 11:07 am PT

New Site Tracks Smartphone Market Share in Near-Real Time

in Mobile, April 21, 2012 at 5:00 am PT

Banjo’s Response to Congress on iOS Address Book Privacy (Letter)

in Social, April 18, 2012 at 9:23 am PT

Wearable Devices: How Geeky Glasses and Wristbands Will Move Mainstream

in Voices, April 17, 2012 at 4:45 pm PT

Judge Looses Apple’s Legal Hounds on Lodsys

in News, April 12, 2012 at 3:05 pm PT

BBC Worldwide Invests in Games Technology Company Spaceport.io

Teardown Shows Nokia’s Lumia 900 Costs $209 to Build

in Mobile, April 11, 2012 at 5:30 am PT

Jobs’s Biographer to Page: What Part of “I’m Going to Destroy Android” Didn’t You Understand?

in News, April 5, 2012 at 12:19 pm PT

Nokia’s 41-Megapixel Camera Comes to the U.S., but Just for a Visit

in Mobile, April 4, 2012 at 6:00 am PT

Finally, a Reason to Read Magazines on a Tablet

in Media, April 3, 2012 at 5:00 pm PT

Mobile Conference Literally Divided Between iOS, Android Users

in Mobile, April 3, 2012 at 2:06 pm PT