Surely one of the biggest projects for Tim Cook, Grand Poobah of Apple was to not only deliver on to me a large screen fruit phone (so far #fail) but to also land the iPhone in to the China market. As of yesterday his success percentage was goose eggs but he has got himself to … Read more
This morning Instagram pulled the curtains back to reveal their newest feature aimed at making Instagram a more personal social sharing platform. They call it Instagram Direct, a way of sharing photos and videos with those close to you who will know the value of the moment in time the photo or video captures. Instagram … Read more
BlackBerry this morning has announced their 2013 4Q results. The company has managed to return to profitability earning 22 cent per share ($94 million) on $2.7 billion in revenue. This beats analyst projections and is a good sign for the company going forward. The company shipped 6 million smartphones in Q4 2013, 1 million being … Read more
Mary Jo Foley was the first to report a while back that Microsoft would be providing updates to the core apps in Windows 8. Specifically the calendar, mail and people apps would be receiving updates. A short while ago Microsoft took to the Windows Blog to let everyone know that these much needed updates will … Read more
In case you’ve been living under a rock, or living your life, you might have missed the news that the BlackBerry Z10 launches on carriers AT&T (tomorrow 3/22) and T-Mobile (3/26?) and Verizon (3/28) by the end of March. AT&T pre-orders started on March 12, and Verizon 2 days later. T-Mobile opened up pre-orders for … Read more
Samsung has no intentions of letting Apple debut market disruptive products and have the benefit of a couple years to themselves garnering all the profit and mindshare. The latest example is Samsung confirming the development of a smart watch. Recent rumors have pegged Apple intending on releasing such a product at some point this year. … Read more
We already know that launch dates for the HTC One has been pushed back due to a struggle to secure vital components for their flagship. In particular the focus has been on the difficulty securing camera parts that their UltraPixel technology relies on. The Wall Street Journal reports that in addition to the camera parts … Read more
Microsoft has made quite a fuss over being Scroogled and how Google “reads” users emails and the dangers of such behavior. Well I have news for Microsoft. Bing Now is a scandal waiting to happen. I’m talking about major device altering scandal proportions. First some info on what Bing Now is to catch you up … Read more
I’ll keep beating this drum. Samsung has become king of advertising and are reaping the benefits. The Galaxy S4 is getting even more attention than its predecessor, the GS3, did from Samsung’s hype machine. Today brings a second teaser video that builds on the first where their super carrier Jeremy tries his best to keep … Read more
I’m sorry but are we as a society have not gotten to the point where the newspaper reading in a bathroom can be acceptably replaced by an iPad in a bathroom. Certainly not in a public bathroom. Yuppy-central Starbucks doesn’t qualify as an exception. In true spirit of George Costanza allow me to impart some … Read more
I love it, I can already feel the flaming coming! Oh well, what is a little Mobility Digest Monday Apple News to start the week off right for what will undoubtedly be Apples biggest week of 2011. First off, let’s hit the Apple stock that soared over night to over $700.00 per share and eased … Read more
Certain special events only come once a year (or even less) such as the Olympics, LeapYear, January 1st, taxes, and Christmas. Today’s writings will be focusing on something a little different, but equally exciting and definitely of great interest to the entire mobile community. This is just a global bulletin announcement to make sure that … Read more