Tweet Apple in October announced that iPhone, iPad and iPod users had downloaded over 18 billion applications from the iTunes App Store since the service launched in 2008. The company recently released its iTunes Rewind 2011 lists, counting down some of the most popular content of the year. The annual recap looks at Apple’s favorite apps across 21 categories,
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Tweet The revamped Gmail for desktop is slowly rolling out to users, and like its Google Reader and Gmail app for iOS cousins, it has a few problems. Aside from aesthetic complaints about the fields of empty white space, the new Gmail has some functional problems, too: Some things are distracting; some are annoying; and some just don’t make sense. Below
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Tweet Having trouble with the battery on your iPhone? You’re not alone: A recent wave of complaints from iPhone 4S owners apparently even has Apple worried about battery issues. But fear not, iPhone owner! You may not be able to have a work battery and a home battery like your Android-toting brethren, but there are simple steps you can take
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Tweet The iPhone 5 isn’t surfacing anytime soon, but Apple is offering another “5″ fix with the release of its latest mobile operating system, iOS 5. iOS 5, which will be available starting October 12, was unveiled back in June at the Worldwide Developers Conference and offers a slew of new features and updates, including deeper integration with Twitter, over-the-air
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Tweet The first half of 2011 was the busiest period of malware to date as increasingly sophisticated hackers set their sights on mobile devices, particularly those using Google‘s Android operating system, according to a new report. In a report released Tuesday, the cyber-security firm McAfee said malware jumped 22 percent in the first half of
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Tweet The ever-popular Apple iPad, with its wide, high-resolution screen, is a great device for watching video (better than the tiny iPhone, anyway); and yet the options for video discovery are surprisingly limited, given how tailor-made the iPad seems to be for media consumption of all kinds. Sure, you’ve got YouTube for your standard viral
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Tweet New findings released by Jumptap, a mobile advertising network, reveal that residents of the Southern and Southwestern United States tend to prefer devices running Google’s Android operating system, whereas Apple’s iOS devices are more popular in the Midwest and Northeast. According to data (PDF) pulled from over 11 billion requests via 83 million unique
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