Smartphone sales at AT&T and Verizon Wireless over the past two years show that Android isn’t growing in the U.S. and that all new growth is coming from Apple’s iPhone. A report by Benedict Evans highlights the clearly evident trends among American iPhone carriers (above). Android is a commodity sale Evans also drew attention to [...]
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Google’s Android has flatlined in the U.S. as Apple’s iPhone steals all growth
Posted by Gary on April 19, 2013
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LinkedIn revamps mobile app with updates stream, focus on content
Posted by Gary on April 18, 2013
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Business networking site LinkedIn continues its push toward an encompassing connected product tailored to professionals with its newest mobile offerings, which brings a news stream and redesigned look that directs users to content-driven features. LinkedIn on Thursday launched reworked apps for iOS and Android, both of which offer a richer experience than their predecessors, mostly [...]
Apple extends MacBook bottom case replacement program by two years
Posted by Gary on April 18, 2013
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Apple last week quietly made a change to its program regarding defective MacBook bottom cases, extending the coverage period from two years after purchase to four years. First spotted by MacRumors, the program’s extension comes as the original end-by date quickly approaches, and now gives affected MacBook owners four years from the original purchase date [...]
Taiwan’s tech companies banding together with Apple to take on Samsung
Posted by Gary on April 17, 2013
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The dominance of South Korea’s Samsung in the technology industry’s supply chain has sparked fears among Taiwan-based companies, who are making moves to counter Samsung and align with major device makers like Apple.Samsung was even accused by a local magazine of launching an internal “Kill Taiwan” campaign, according to a report from the Associated Press [...]
Funny or Die’s ‘iSteve’ hits the web one day early with 78-minute run time
Posted by Gary on April 17, 2013
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The Steve Jobs parody biopic “iSteve” has been released one day ahead of schedule, and coming in at 1 hour and 18 minutes, is as long as many feature-length films. “iSteve” was originally slated for debut on Monday, but comedy website Funny or Die pushed back the release due to the Boston Marathon bombing. The [...]
Facebook app for iOS gets Chat Heads, stickers, new News Feed
Posted by Gary on April 17, 2013
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Facebook on Tuesday rolled out an update for its flagship iOS app that doesn’t quite bring it in line with the capabilities of Facebook Home on Android, but does port over some new elements. Facebook version 6.0 brings the Chat Heads contact feature to Apple’s platform, though in a more limited capacity than they appear [...]
Facebook reportedly in discussions to bring ‘Home’ to Apple’s iPhone, Microsoft Windows Phone [u]
Posted by Gary on April 16, 2013
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Coming on the heels of Facebook’s debut of the Google Android-based “Home” app launcher earlier in April, the company is now said to be in talks with Apple to possibly collaborate on such an initiative for the iPhone. Update: A source with knowledge of the situation has told The Next Web that Facebook is not [...]