Archive : Mobile

If you believed that Twitter’s popularity was waning down, you may be just right – Facebook’s owned Instagram had garnered more app users attention than Twitter. According to a ComScore study reported by AllThingsD last month U.S. mobile users “visited Instagram from their smartphones more frequently and for longer periods of time than they visited Twitter”. Mark Zuckerberg [...]

Apple has made iOS 6 available for download, the newer iteration of the mobile Operating System offers better Facebook Integration, Passbook App, Smarter Siri and a lot more. Check out the cool Infographic below.  

Facebook on Tuesday began testing new ads, you may see ads on your smartphone apps, the ads have not yet started appearing on the Facebook app itself. You might also find them inside mobile websites you’ve connected to Facebook. The ads will be directed  to  users based on age, gender, home location and your interests. “Starting later today, you may start seeing banner and interstitial [...]

Twitter is abuzz with reports and retweets that Apple’s iMessage may be experiencing outages. Apple’s system status shows no signs of an outage, however the steady stream of users on Twitter reporting  disruptions in service continues. “Retweet if your iMessage is not working,” @dreamchaserzeek tweeted Monday. The status update was re-tweeted over 1100 times at the last count. “While [...]

iPhone’s record pre-ordering was just the start of good tidings at Apple after a sober last quarter, buzz over  iPhone 5 arrival is driving Apple’s stock to new heights. Stock price of the Apple’s share went past US $700 in after hours trading Monday after closing at $699.80. The Cupertino based company had already opened at an all time high this morning, with a current market cap of  [...]

According to a preliminary ruling on Friday by  International Trade Commission Judge at the Apple did not violate patents owned by Samsung in making the  iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. This gives Apple  yet another victory over Samsung in the current patent war being fought by the two companies in numerous countries around the world. Samsung had filed a complaint last year  accusing Apple of infringement [...]

Early bird gets the worm, err, the iPhone.  Apple’s blockbuster and eagerly awaited iPhone 5 pre-order stock was sold out in one hour  after the pre-ordering started at 8:00 a.m. this morning (at 12:01 a.m. PST on Friday, September 14). Shipping estimates on the Apple’s online store now currently say it will take at least two weeks to deliver phones in U.K. and in other countries. Heavy [...]

J.D. Power’s latest survey of tablet users found that Apple leads the market in customer satisfaction, which is not surprising considering the immense popularity and reputation Apple’s tablets and its other devices command. Apple ranks highest, achieving a score of 848, and performs well in four factors: performance; ease of operation; styling and design; and features. Amazon (841) closely [...]

Apple is retiring Ping, its iTunes based music Social Networking service on September 30th, they are no longer accepting new members as of today. Apple will instead leverage its partnerships with Twitter and Facebook to make its various software and service offerings social. iTunes 11 will instead display the Facebook friends who ‘Like’ each entry, Facebook and Twitter sharing for iTune [...]

During the Apple’s media event Tim Cook boasted “This is unlike anything we or anyone else in our industry has made before.“ let’s see how the iPhone 5 specifications stack up against  its main competitors.