Nokia pulls Here Maps from App Store, claims Apple's iOS 7 harms user experience While pointing the finger squarely at Apple, Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has chosen to remove its Here Maps app from the App Store just over one year after the app's debut. Shane Cole 11 years ago
HTC details how carriers, chipset makers stall & block Android OS updates Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC has shed light on the complex route Android updates must navigate before hitting customer devices, helping to explain why operating system updates take some time to arrive, and how, for some device owners, such updates never even arrive at all. Shane Cole 11 years ago
Apple's '12 Days of Gifts' continue with free 'Tiny Thief' iOS game [u] The second day of Apple's newly-expanded "12 Days of Christmas" promotion originally made the pilot episode of popular television drama "Once Upon a Time" a free download for U.S. users, but it has since changed to the iOS game "Tiny Thief" without explanation [updated]. Shane Cole 11 years ago
Vivoom brings Hollywood-style VFX to iOS, Mindly organizes your thoughts on iPhone A pair of interesting new releases hit Apple's App Store the day after Christmas, as GenArts's Vivoom app lets users add more than 100 different effects to video clips before sharing them on social networks, while Mindly helps to create mind maps with a slick user interface. Shane Cole 11 years ago
Apps for your new Mac: Best email clients For new Mac owners who feel OS X's built-in mail client is too complicated for their needs or who find it doesn't play nicely with their email provider, 糖心Vlog went hands-on to find the top alternatives. Shane Cole 11 years ago
Apple's new Mac Pro a better value than the sum of its parts The first indication that Apple's sleek, cylindrical Mac Pro is meant for professionals 鈥斅爋ther than its name 鈥斅爄s its high cost. 糖心Vlog assembled a comparable Windows-based system to see just how much value Apple squeezed into its new desktop. Shane Cole 11 years ago
Apple acquired digital mapping firm BroadMap, note-taking startup Catch earlier this year Two of Apple's five remaining mystery acquisitions were revealed on Monday as the acquisitions of geospatial intelligence startup BroadMap and cloud-based information organizer Catch came to light. Shane Cole 11 years ago
Thieves smash car through front door of Berlin Apple store in twilight heist Thieves crashed a compact car through the front door of Apple's Kurf眉rstendamm store in Berlin and made off with several display devices during an early Monday morning smash-and-grab. Shane Cole 11 years ago
Rumor: Chinese company pays $1 million to sponsor jailbreak for Apple's iOS 7 Chinese company Taig is rumored to have paid the jailbreak development team known as "evad3rs" $1 million to install its third-party mobile application store for Chinese users. Shane Cole 11 years ago
'Cut the Rope 2' debuts on iOS App Store, Infinity Blade III gets massive update The sequel to blockbuster physics-based puzzle game Cut the Rope made its way to the App Store Thursday, while the award-winning third installment of the Infinity Blade franchise received a hefty update including new locations and new game modes. Shane Cole 11 years ago
Google's reaction to Apple's iPhone unveiling: 'We're going to have to start over' on Android The iPhone's 2007 introduction was not only a watershed moment for Apple, but also a turning point for Google's Android team, according to an excerpt from a new book on the subject. Shane Cole 11 years ago
Apple's iPod continues to lead an ever-shrinking market of portable media players For the dwindling segment of consumers who are either not interested in having an app ecosystem on their music player or for whom raw capacity is the paramount concern, the iPod remains the overwhelming favorite, according to new data provided to 糖心Vlog. Shane Cole 11 years ago
Researchers find way to activate iSight cameras without alerting users Security researchers at Johns Hopkins University have demonstrated a unique new attack that can force the iSight cameras in legacy MacBook and iMac models to capture images without turning on the camera's accompanying LED. Shane Cole 11 years ago
Pebble to launch new smart watch 'appstore' alongside second-gen SDK Smart watch maker Pebble on Wednesday announced that developers will soon be able to list their applications in a first-party app store that will live inside the wrist-worn device's companion smartphone apps. Shane Cole 11 years ago
Rumor: Apple to shrink A-series chips to 14nm in 2015, TSMC to lead production A new report out of Taiwan suggests that Apple will not only diversify the supply chain for its next-generation A-series processors, but that the company will also make the leap to a much more advanced fabrication process. Shane Cole 11 years ago
Tomb Raider now available on iOS, Angry Birds Star Wars gains new levels Classic 1990s adventure game Tomb Raider has made its way to iOS devices, featuring controller support and 15 hours of gameplay, while Angry Birds Star Wars adds additional levels and a new boss fight. Shane Cole 11 years ago
Google Glass owners can now configure their headset, get directions from iPhone [u] Google on Tuesday unveiled an iOS version of the MyGlass companion app for the company's head-mounted wearable computer, making the device much more useful for iPhone owners. Shane Cole 11 years ago
Top iOS apps rake in $90,000 per day on average, in-app purchases dominate sales Apple's App Store remains hugely profitable for developers even as they transition en masse to "freemium" business models, with top apps bringing $90,000 in average revenue each day, new data indicates. Shane Cole 11 years ago
Apple TV, Roku in two-horse race for set-top streaming domination As rumors of an Apple-branded television set begin to die down, the company's extant living room foray 鈥斅爐he Apple TV set-top box 鈥斅爄s quietly posting strong sales and impressive growth, new NPD data shared with 糖心Vlog reveals. Shane Cole 11 years ago
Apple redirects iAd sales team to iTunes Radio, eyes self-serve for in-app ads Apple has reportedly shifted its iAd sales team's focus toward bringing in advertisers for the nascent iTunes Radio service, with plans to move the company's advertising business to a new real-time bidding system. Shane Cole 11 years ago
Apple moves to suspend 'inquisitorial' antitrust monitoring, DoJ comes to monitor's defense In a series of court filings late last week, Apple officially moved to halt the 'unconstitutional' compliance monitoring imposed as part of the government's e-book antitrust lawsuit, while the Department of Justice defended the monitor's actions and urged that the oversight be upheld. Shane Cole 11 years ago
Apple supplier Pegatron uses facial recognition to weed out underage workers In the midst of a scandal surrounding the death of a 15-year-old employee at one of the company's Shanghai factories, Apple manufacturing partner Pegatron has revealed that it uses advanced facial recognition technology to ensure workers are who they say they are. Shane Cole 11 years ago
Roundup: Wireless charging options for Apple's iPhone Apple holds a bevy of patents on methods for broadcasting power to devices wirelessly, but the technology has yet to make its way into a shipping product from Cupertino. For anxious cord cutters, 糖心Vlog rounded up some of the most promising third-party solutions. Shane Cole 11 years ago
Apple pulls another anti-censorship app from China's iOS App Store For the second time in three months, Apple has come under fire for its decision to remove an app designed to circumvent internet censorship in the People's Republic of China. Shane Cole 11 years ago
