iOS, Android Developer Gap Is Shrinking: Report
eWeek
For the last several years, Apple's iOS mobile operating system has been getting most of the attention from software developers every time a new version comes out, in comparison with new releases of Google's competing Android OS. But something ...
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Appthority Unveils Hidden Security Risks of Top Mobile Apps
Melodika.net (press release)
Black Hat -- Appthority, The Authority in App Security™, has released its App Reputation Report to cast a spotlight on the hidden behaviors of the top free mobile apps. The report reveals the security issues raised by the "bring your own device" (BYOD) movement, app market ... The Appthority Platform™ analyzed the top 50 free apps from Apple's App Store™ and Google Play for risky app behaviors. App Reputation Report highlights include: Both the iOS and Android app market are incredibly fragmented when it ...
See all stories on this topic »Google introduces Handwrite as mobile search tool
Los Angeles Times
Google introduces Handwrite as mobile search tool. print. Comments. 0. Google Handwrite.Google's new Handwrite lets you search on your phone by handwriting your search. (Google). By Salvador Rodriguez. July 27, 2012, 11:06 a.m.. Not content with voice, image or text searching,Google has now introduced Handwrite, a new tool that lets you search on your phone by handwriting out your query. "Say you're standing on a .... 'Dancing With the Stars' cast · Meditationapps let the peace flow through the phone ...
See all stories on this topic »Building Android Apps in Easy Steps
iProgrammer
The market for apps for mobile devices is growing fast, so many developers must have wondered about creating their own apps. Building Android Apps is another in the ... However, as part ofGoogle's Labs closure but was handed back to MIT, its original creators, at the end of 2012. Although this information is included ... There's a chapter on sensing conditions, that looks at managing location information, contacts, movement, interacting with phone calls, messages, and tweeting. For programmers used to working in ...
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Facebook Phone Dismissed by Zuckerberg
PCWorld
"Facebook is the most-used app on basically every mobile platform," he explained. "So when we think about what we want to do right now, ... "We want to not just have apps that people use but also be as deeply integrated into these systems as possible," Zuckerberg added. "We want to support a development ... Google has entered the business with its Nexus phones and tablet; Amazon, with its Kindle line; and even Microsoft has thrown a chip in the ring with its Surface tablets. Mark Zuckerberg. Zuckerberg, though ...
See all stories on this topic »How makers of phones and tablets are faring
The Seattle Times
Makers of mobile devices have begun releasing their earnings reports for the latest quarter. Many companies including Nokia and Research in Motion have been struggling to compete with Apple and manufacturers of devices running Google's Android ...
See all stories on this topic »Apple Officials Said to Consider Stake in Twitter
New York Times
While Apple has been hugely successful in selling phones and tablets, it has little traction in social networking, which has become a major engine of activity on the Web and on mobile devices. Social media are increasingly influencing how people spend their time and money — an important consideration for Apple, which also sells applications, games, music and movies. Apple has considered an ... And Google, an Apple rival in the phone market, has been pushing its own social network, Google Plus. “Apple doesn't ...
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Turn your old smartphone into a great media player
CNET (blog)
Clear off extraneous apps. This is especially true of apps that require a data connection, as you are most likely taking your phone off your data network. Of course, you'll probably still have a Wi-Fi connection at least occasionally, so you may want to keep a few handy (or fun) apps around on the off chance that you'll want them in the future. In any case ... Spotify is great for streaming, but requires a subscription to use on mobile devices. Last.fm, Pandora, and ... Expert claims Google'sNexus 7 display has flaws. Mobile ...
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Google+ unique visitors up 66 percent since November, study finds
CNET (blog)
That debate hit a tipping point in April when Google senior vice president of social Vic Gundotra wrote in a blog post that "more than 170 million people have upgraded to Google+." Although some believed that it was an actual user ... Mobile. Download Now ...
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Google adds 3D imagery to Google Earth for iPhone, iPad
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MobileBurn cell phone news and reviews ... San Diego, Santa Cruz, Tampa, Tucson, and the San Francisco Bay Area (including the Peninsula and East Bay) as well as Rome, Italy, but Google says it will be offering the feature for more cities in the future. Additionally, the new version of the app ...Our specialty is our in-depth, hands-on tablet & mobile phone reviews, though we also try to keep our readers abreast of the most important mobile device news and product launches in the industry. All Content Copyright ...
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Mobile technology could suffer under Olympic pressure
VatorNews
To prepare for the mobile demand of 2G and 3G connection around Olympic Park, the city and organizers have installed 30 mobile phone masts across the 2000 square meter site to help reduce issues that could occur inside the Park. Stuart Newstead, chair of the the body representing ... This Olympics will also be the first to really integrate so many apps, connections and way to follow the events whether you are at home, work, on the train or in the Olympic Park. NBC, in partnership with Adode, is going let people ...
See all stories on this topic »Seven smart tricks to stay focused on schoolwork and projects
CNET (blog)
Unless you have a family member at the hospital or someone who needs a ride from the airport, you can turn off your phone. Same goes for e-mail, instant-messaging apps, Facebook, and ...RescueTime is a great, free service that will keep track of the sites and apps you use over time, then tell you about it in excruciating, possibly embarrassing detail. (Don't worry, your information is all kept strictly ... Technically Incorrect. Picture of · Expert claims Google's Nexus 7 display has flaws.Mobile ... Mobile. Download Now ...
See all stories on this topic »How to automatically delete Chrome browsing data
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(Credit: Google). Chrome is one of the most popular Web browsers, but sometimes a missing feature can be rather shocking. Automatically deleting things like your browsing and download history, cache, cookies, and even saved form data is missing from Chrome! ... CNET Mobile Apps. CNET On The Go. Download the native CNET app for the platform of your choice. Download Now. Recently Viewed Products; My Lists; My Software Updates; Promo; Log In | Join CNET. © 2012 CBS Interactive. All rights reserved.
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Cricket's Muve Music® Playlists to Support Our US Athletes and Top Apps for ...
Sacramento Bee
Cricket's Muve Music subscribers can show their support for US Athletes while listening to a variety of heroic playlists on Muve Music and any Cricket Android smartphone customer can follow all of the excitement on their mobile phone by using one of Cricket's top Android App picks. Muve Music is the first music service designed for the mobile phone with unlimited ... Download the free 2012 Team USA Road To London App at Google play. London 2012 Join In App is a free Android App to help plan, enjoy, and share ...
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Of Androids and Apples
Washington Post
Olympics Google Doodle celebrates. .... The tablets and phones that I touch for hours every day cost hundreds of dollars, but I'm locked in not to the object, but to the proportionately insignificant investment in apps. .... Mobile: Washington Post on the go ...
See all stories on this topic »Day One of Def Con 20
Computerworld (blog)
a presentation about government surveillance via mobile location data -- Christopher Soghoian mentioned that Sprint couldn't handle the amount of government and law enforcement surveillance requests. ... The two “scariest” aspects of this location data surveillance include topics that we don't have much information about such as historical cell tower dumps where hundreds if not thousands of innocent Americans are caught up in a dragnet and entered into a database simply because theirphone pinged a specific ...
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Apple Loop: The Great iPhone Pause, Mountain Lion Roars and Samsung Goes ...
Forbes
We have over 225000 apps that have been optimized for iPad. There's an ... Indeed, Apple, which sold its first iPhone nearly twenty years after Samsung started developing mobile phonetechnology, could not have sold a single iPhone without the benefit of Samsung's patented technology. Even as Apple ... Kodak fire sale: Apple and Google are gearing up to bid for the 1100 patents that Eastman Kodak is putting up for sale and which it estimates are valued at as much as $1.6 billion, according to the WSJ. The bids ...
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Law firms target Zynga for alleged insider trading
CNET (blog)
Google oops: Did not delete Street View data as promised. Internet & ... Expert claims Google'sNexus 7 display has flaws. Mobile ... CNET Mobile Apps. CNET On The Go. Download the native CNET app for the platform of your choice. Download Now. ie8 fix ...
See all stories on this topic »Google failed to delete all Street View data in UK
Computerworld
Solution Centers. BlackBerry We See a Better Way to Manage the Mobile Enterprise · BMC Control-M Workload Automation · View all Solution Centers · Events ... IDG News Service - Googledisclosed Friday in an email to the U.K. Information Commissioner's Office that it had not yet deleted all user data collected by its Street View vehicles, as it had agreed to more than 18 months ago. The Street View vehicles .... any device, with any content. Easily create and manage custom iPad & iPhone apps for your business.
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eWeek
For the last several years, Apple's iOS mobile operating system has been getting most of the attention from software developers every time a new version comes out, in comparison with new releases of Google's competing Android OS. But something ...
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| Facebook ad revenue slowdown: a mobile problem domain-B With Facebook's inaugural results perceived as being underwhelming, its inability to monetise the usage of its network through mobile phones continues to be a concern for investors. Andreas Pouros*, COO of London-based independent digital marketing agency Greenlight, ... Apps: People often access the Internet on their mobile devices via apps. This is fine for the likes of Google because whether you access Google'sresults in a web browser or one of their apps you are still being shown their paid search results. See all stories on this topic » |  domain-B |
Melodika.net (press release)
Black Hat -- Appthority, The Authority in App Security™, has released its App Reputation Report to cast a spotlight on the hidden behaviors of the top free mobile apps. The report reveals the security issues raised by the "bring your own device" (BYOD) movement, app market ... The Appthority Platform™ analyzed the top 50 free apps from Apple's App Store™ and Google Play for risky app behaviors. App Reputation Report highlights include: Both the iOS and Android app market are incredibly fragmented when it ...
See all stories on this topic »Google introduces Handwrite as mobile search tool
Los Angeles Times
Google introduces Handwrite as mobile search tool. print. Comments. 0. Google Handwrite.Google's new Handwrite lets you search on your phone by handwriting your search. (Google). By Salvador Rodriguez. July 27, 2012, 11:06 a.m.. Not content with voice, image or text searching,Google has now introduced Handwrite, a new tool that lets you search on your phone by handwriting out your query. "Say you're standing on a .... 'Dancing With the Stars' cast · Meditationapps let the peace flow through the phone ...
See all stories on this topic »Building Android Apps in Easy Steps
iProgrammer
The market for apps for mobile devices is growing fast, so many developers must have wondered about creating their own apps. Building Android Apps is another in the ... However, as part ofGoogle's Labs closure but was handed back to MIT, its original creators, at the end of 2012. Although this information is included ... There's a chapter on sensing conditions, that looks at managing location information, contacts, movement, interacting with phone calls, messages, and tweeting. For programmers used to working in ...
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| What Olympic Sports Use The Most Mobile Technology? Business 2 Community The New Dell Ultrabook XPS 13 · SaaS Case Study: Security and Google Apps · Mac OS X Mountain Lion Ready For Launch Tomorrow ... mobile devices are growing because of their portability and ease of use, says Oldham. Since you may not see many athletes or coaches using their iPads during the actual London 2012 Olympics, what are some of the sports where mobile and high-tech was employed? Swimming and Diving. The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) is one of the powerhouses in applying high-tech to ... See all stories on this topic » |  Business 2 Community |
PCWorld
"Facebook is the most-used app on basically every mobile platform," he explained. "So when we think about what we want to do right now, ... "We want to not just have apps that people use but also be as deeply integrated into these systems as possible," Zuckerberg added. "We want to support a development ... Google has entered the business with its Nexus phones and tablet; Amazon, with its Kindle line; and even Microsoft has thrown a chip in the ring with its Surface tablets. Mark Zuckerberg. Zuckerberg, though ...
See all stories on this topic »How makers of phones and tablets are faring
The Seattle Times
Makers of mobile devices have begun releasing their earnings reports for the latest quarter. Many companies including Nokia and Research in Motion have been struggling to compete with Apple and manufacturers of devices running Google's Android ...
See all stories on this topic »Apple Officials Said to Consider Stake in Twitter
New York Times
While Apple has been hugely successful in selling phones and tablets, it has little traction in social networking, which has become a major engine of activity on the Web and on mobile devices. Social media are increasingly influencing how people spend their time and money — an important consideration for Apple, which also sells applications, games, music and movies. Apple has considered an ... And Google, an Apple rival in the phone market, has been pushing its own social network, Google Plus. “Apple doesn't ...
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| Samsung Second Quarter Earnings Report Now Available, Mobile Handset ... Social Barrel IT & Mobile communications (IM), which include mobile handsets, had $21 billion in sales and an operating profit of $3.65 billion, a staggering 145 percent increase YoY. Samsung's second ... Samsung, of course, makes a lot more than just phones. Source: ... See all stories on this topic » |  Social Barrel |
CNET (blog)
Clear off extraneous apps. This is especially true of apps that require a data connection, as you are most likely taking your phone off your data network. Of course, you'll probably still have a Wi-Fi connection at least occasionally, so you may want to keep a few handy (or fun) apps around on the off chance that you'll want them in the future. In any case ... Spotify is great for streaming, but requires a subscription to use on mobile devices. Last.fm, Pandora, and ... Expert claims Google'sNexus 7 display has flaws. Mobile ...
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| Facebook Says New Mobile Products Coming, but No Facebook Phone SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog) Facebook Phone. While Facebook's earnings call was full of revenue generating strategies, including an increase in sponsored stories, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and CEO Mark Zuckerberg stressed the company's upcoming mobileproducts and integration. “We will develop new products, particularly in mobile,” ...Zuckerberg jumped in later to discuss mobile app products. “We want to support an ecosystem where other apps can build on top of Facebook,” he said. Read the ... LiveGoogle News by SYS-CON! See all stories on this topic » |  SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog) |
CNET (blog)
That debate hit a tipping point in April when Google senior vice president of social Vic Gundotra wrote in a blog post that "more than 170 million people have upgraded to Google+." Although some believed that it was an actual user ... Mobile. Download Now ...
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| Facebook value slumps as adverts are outwitted by apps This is Money Facebook value slumps as adverts are outwitted by apps. By City & Finance Reporter. PUBLISHED: 15:33 EST, ... But the firm more than tripled its capital spending to £263m in the second quarter, as it continued to work on ways to get its advertising on to mobile phones. Citi analyst Mark Mahaney said: 'Key ... A bright sport for the firm – which competes with Google and Yahoo – is that it continues to add users, hitting 955m active monthly users, up 29 per cent on a year ago. And this growth in users led it to just hit its ... See all stories on this topic » |  This is Money |
Mobile Burn
MobileBurn cell phone news and reviews ... San Diego, Santa Cruz, Tampa, Tucson, and the San Francisco Bay Area (including the Peninsula and East Bay) as well as Rome, Italy, but Google says it will be offering the feature for more cities in the future. Additionally, the new version of the app ...Our specialty is our in-depth, hands-on tablet & mobile phone reviews, though we also try to keep our readers abreast of the most important mobile device news and product launches in the industry. All Content Copyright ...
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| Have Smartphone Sales Hit the Saturation Point? ReadWriteWeb Featured Sections: Mobile & Start. Get the newsletter. This post is part of our ReadWriteMobile channel, which is dedicated to helping its community understand the strategic business and technical implications of developing mobile applications. ...“Ongoing macroeconomic challenges in mature markets like North America and Western Europe, tighter operator upgrade policies, and shifting consumer tastes were among the key reasons why global mobile phone shipments grew just 1% annually to reach 362 million ... See all stories on this topic » |  ReadWriteWeb |
VatorNews
To prepare for the mobile demand of 2G and 3G connection around Olympic Park, the city and organizers have installed 30 mobile phone masts across the 2000 square meter site to help reduce issues that could occur inside the Park. Stuart Newstead, chair of the the body representing ... This Olympics will also be the first to really integrate so many apps, connections and way to follow the events whether you are at home, work, on the train or in the Olympic Park. NBC, in partnership with Adode, is going let people ...
See all stories on this topic »Seven smart tricks to stay focused on schoolwork and projects
CNET (blog)
Unless you have a family member at the hospital or someone who needs a ride from the airport, you can turn off your phone. Same goes for e-mail, instant-messaging apps, Facebook, and ...RescueTime is a great, free service that will keep track of the sites and apps you use over time, then tell you about it in excruciating, possibly embarrassing detail. (Don't worry, your information is all kept strictly ... Technically Incorrect. Picture of · Expert claims Google's Nexus 7 display has flaws.Mobile ... Mobile. Download Now ...
See all stories on this topic »How to automatically delete Chrome browsing data
CNET (blog)
(Credit: Google). Chrome is one of the most popular Web browsers, but sometimes a missing feature can be rather shocking. Automatically deleting things like your browsing and download history, cache, cookies, and even saved form data is missing from Chrome! ... CNET Mobile Apps. CNET On The Go. Download the native CNET app for the platform of your choice. Download Now. Recently Viewed Products; My Lists; My Software Updates; Promo; Log In | Join CNET. © 2012 CBS Interactive. All rights reserved.
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| Apple bids for AuthenTec: Imagine an iPhone with a fingerprint sensor Digitaltrends.com Apple has put in a bid to buy AuthenTec, a mobile security company specializing in fingerprint recognition. Apple has offered $356 million for the company, though the merger still ... Motorola didn't take full advantage of its potential, but you could unlock the phone with it. The great thing about Apple potentially implementing a fingerprint sensor like this is ... Do not update Instagram: 'Find Friends' with Twitter blocked in new version · Google Earth for iPad, iPhone gets 3D cities and guided tours ... Best iPod Touch Apps ... See all stories on this topic » |  Digitaltrends.com |
| 2012 Olympics: Mobile, Social, 3D and Green Technorati 1) The official London 2012 Olympics mobile applications for the Events, News, Results and games can be downloaded here for Apple iOS mobile devices, GoogleAndroid-based devices and Blackberry products. NBC has mobile applications for the iPhone, ... See all stories on this topic » |  Technorati |
| Apple grabs up mobile security firm AuthenTec for $356 million TechRadar UK Founded in 1998, AuthenTec specializes in fingerprint scanning technology specifically aimed at mobile products like Apple's iOS devices. Apple's acquisition of the Melbourne, Fla. ... Google Earth brings 3D maps to iOS, saving desktop for later this year ... See all stories on this topic » |  TechRadar UK |
| Galaxy S3 Sales Help Samsung Soar to Record Q2 Profit Mobile & Apps Galaxy S3, London(Photo: Samsung | Mobile & Apps). Print: Email. Tweet ... No surprise then that its mobile phone business was the highest performer generating revenue of 20.52 trillion Korean won, up by 75 percent year-on-year. According to the Guardian ... See all stories on this topic » |  Mobile & Apps |
Sacramento Bee
Cricket's Muve Music subscribers can show their support for US Athletes while listening to a variety of heroic playlists on Muve Music and any Cricket Android smartphone customer can follow all of the excitement on their mobile phone by using one of Cricket's top Android App picks. Muve Music is the first music service designed for the mobile phone with unlimited ... Download the free 2012 Team USA Road To London App at Google play. London 2012 Join In App is a free Android App to help plan, enjoy, and share ...
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| Google admits it failed to delete all Street View data TechRadar UK Google admitted that it's still in possession of "a small portion" of the data its Street View cars collected in 2010 and earlier. The cars drive around with cameras snapping up photos for Google's Street View application, but it was uncovered earlier this year that ... See all stories on this topic » |  TechRadar UK |
Washington Post
Olympics Google Doodle celebrates. .... The tablets and phones that I touch for hours every day cost hundreds of dollars, but I'm locked in not to the object, but to the proportionately insignificant investment in apps. .... Mobile: Washington Post on the go ...
See all stories on this topic »Day One of Def Con 20
Computerworld (blog)
a presentation about government surveillance via mobile location data -- Christopher Soghoian mentioned that Sprint couldn't handle the amount of government and law enforcement surveillance requests. ... The two “scariest” aspects of this location data surveillance include topics that we don't have much information about such as historical cell tower dumps where hundreds if not thousands of innocent Americans are caught up in a dragnet and entered into a database simply because theirphone pinged a specific ...
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| Review: LinkedIn Mobile The Droid Guy Review: LinkedIn Mobile. July 27th, 2012 by Brad Leave a reply ». Tweet. Available On: Android, iOS. Price: Free. Download: Google Play | iTunes. The LinkedIn app is definitely an interesting one. Based on quality it's absolutely terrible. Upon opening the LinkedIn Mobile app you'll be introduced to the app with a cool intro animation. The animation is ... I can't properly test the app as of the latest update due to its in-capabilites of even allowing users to log in because it constantly resets your phone. I had to uninstall ... See all stories on this topic » |  The Droid Guy |
| Behind eBay's Comeback New York Times You don't have to type in a credit card number or PIN. It's just one click on yourmobile phone.” Mr. Spitz said he was recently stopped at a traffic light and the sun was bothering his eyes. By the time the light turned green, he had used his phone to order and ... See all stories on this topic » |  New York Times |
Forbes
We have over 225000 apps that have been optimized for iPad. There's an ... Indeed, Apple, which sold its first iPhone nearly twenty years after Samsung started developing mobile phonetechnology, could not have sold a single iPhone without the benefit of Samsung's patented technology. Even as Apple ... Kodak fire sale: Apple and Google are gearing up to bid for the 1100 patents that Eastman Kodak is putting up for sale and which it estimates are valued at as much as $1.6 billion, according to the WSJ. The bids ...
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| LG Nitro HD owners, you've been blessed with Android 4.0 Digitaltrends.com Not mentioned in the features list is the inevitable weird looks that people will give as you stare into your phone and wait for it to unlock for you. If you're one of the lucky ...Checkout our T-Mobile feature shopping aisle! View the T-Mobile ... Best AndroidApps ... See all stories on this topic » |  Digitaltrends.com |
CNET (blog)
Google oops: Did not delete Street View data as promised. Internet & ... Expert claims Google'sNexus 7 display has flaws. Mobile ... CNET Mobile Apps. CNET On The Go. Download the native CNET app for the platform of your choice. Download Now. ie8 fix ...
See all stories on this topic »Google failed to delete all Street View data in UK
Computerworld
Solution Centers. BlackBerry We See a Better Way to Manage the Mobile Enterprise · BMC Control-M Workload Automation · View all Solution Centers · Events ... IDG News Service - Googledisclosed Friday in an email to the U.K. Information Commissioner's Office that it had not yet deleted all user data collected by its Street View vehicles, as it had agreed to more than 18 months ago. The Street View vehicles .... any device, with any content. Easily create and manage custom iPad & iPhone apps for your business.
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