We’ve seen browser wars and search engine wars and mobile operating wars and it’s pretty clear where the next battle will be fought – your TV. And expect the same players to be there – it’s Microsoft, Google and Apple coming right at you. Microsoft is continuing to show off Kinect and Xbox and how … Read more
Just thinking about the integration taking place across devices these days and it’s amazing how much more software goes into the OS these days and what this means for devs. I mean, we used to get a phone with a calendar, email, SMS, phone, calculator and a browser and add a few games and we … Read more
If you have ever walked into an Apple Store you may have noticed the cool acrylic docking stations that are used for the iPad and iPhones. If you have and wondered how in the world you could make one yourself or schemed how you could “pinch” one out of the Apple store, hold everything, because … Read more
There is no doubt that the mobile device market is as fierce as ever with the flood of Android devices in the market place and the promise of Mango and Windows Phone getting real. So is that pressure forcing Apple to rethink the next iPhone release and make sure that this is a major update … Read more
This will make a lot of devs happy. ExEn is a project by Andrew Russell that was community funded (so those that contribute get the benefits) that let you port XNA games to iOS and Silverlight and an Android port is going to follow shortly. And this will eventually become open-source. So a developer that … Read more
My father in law got an Android and maybe out of habit from using Windows decided to install an antivirus application. I cringed to hear this, thinking it’s an unnecessary waste of resources and if he wants to stay safe all he has to do is not enable sideloading (which he wouldn’t, and even if … Read more
Google just announced three updates to Google Sync for iPhone and iPad users: We don’t have to tell you that the workforce is increasingly mobile, and that workers on the go expect to be fully productive on email and calendar from their mobile devices. But we do want to tell you that we have a … Read more
The year was 2007 and Apple had released the iPhone to great reviews but was lacking features. Many brushed aside Apple’s chances to be a serious contender to Microsoft’s mature Windows Mobile platform. Apple had complete faith in its product and what they wanted to change about the smartphone. It wasn’t until several updates later … Read more
Now this is what iOS 5’s new Notification Center needed to look more Android-ish, widgets to toggle your device’s data connection, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and other stuffs on/off. In less than 24 hours after the iOS 5 was revealed, it was jailbroken and recently it was discovered that iOS 5’s new Notification Center can handle custom plugins/widgets. And now we have…
First Microsoft creates and releases awesome apps for iOS devices ignoring it’s own mobile platform (Windows Phone) and now see what we have here? Microsoft brings a Windows Phone Mango feature to the iPhone. The Bing app for iPhone now gives you app suggestion…
Yes, Apple is releasing iMessage which is effectively BBM for iPhones. So you can send messages between iPhones without sending texts and get read receipts and that sort of stuff. If it sounds like BBM for iPhones it is and that’s the gift and the curse. As much as people love BBM, the huge limitation … Read more
You know those warnings when you get into a plane and they warn you to turn off cell phones and electronic devices and then you pretend like you turned it off and keep using it? Yeah well it turns out those warnings are real. ABC News retained a copy of confidential studies that report that … Read more