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Thinking about buying a new smartphone for yourself or as a gift this holiday season? Most cellular carriers are offering great deals on top-of-the-line smartphones right now. It pays to pay attention. Note that some of these offers can change on a moment’s notice, and others could vary by locati ... Full Article »
Google’s Android platform will be the leading platform for developers within six months, Google CEO Eric Schmidt said last week, but if that’s true, it’ll be a serious turn-around for the platform. During 2011, Apple’s iOS platform continued to lead the way in terms of apps starting on its ... Full Article »
It hasn’t even been a year since coffee giant Starbucks rolled out its various mobile apps, notably on Apple’s iOS platform as well as Google’s Android and Research In Motion’s BlackBerry, and it seems customers who love coffee love the apps as well. The Starbucks app has a number of cool f ... Full Article »
It’s kind of hard to gauge the influence that mobile devices have on other markets. For example, Apple believes that the iPad is having a pretty serious effect on the PC market (as well as some effect on Mac computer sales), diverting customers away from traditional computers and toward its tablet ... Full Article »
Advertising is a big part of the app industry, and among the advertising networks that keep track of just how effective those ads are is mobile ad company Millennial Media. The network’s most recent numbers show Google’s Android pulling down the most impressions of any mobile operating system, b ... Full Article »
There is no better time than now to purchase a smartphone. Apple’s iPhone 4S and the soon-to-be released Samsung Galaxy Nexus and Motorola RAZR are setting new standards in smartphone functionality, reliability and design. In fact, these top-of-the-line devices are setting a higher bar for everyo ... Full Article »
The Yellow Pages contact directory is traditionally one of the easiest ways to find businesses, addresses, and phone numbers. Taking efforts to stay ahead of the curve, the product has evolved to bypass the print era into its current web-based form and mobile presence. For example, the YP Yellow Pa ... Full Article »
Gears of War 3, the final installment in the third-person, cover-based shooter series for the Xbox 360 that has helped define this generation of video games, hit store shelves at 12:01 a.m. this morning. But next week, iOS and Android users are going to get a crack at a game that brings the feel of ... Full Article »
The Federal Trade Commission has settled with a pair of app developers who have made apps they claimed could help clear up acne. Give them points for originality, but neither app actually had any scientific evidence to back up that it might be helpful. The FTC contacted and then settled with both ... Full Article »
Projections suggest that while alternative mobile tablets are picking up steam in the market, Apple’s iPad will continue to dominate into 2012. The information comes from an analysis by DigiTimes, which believes Apple will ship 40 million of its devices by the end of the year, giving it about 61 ... Full Article »
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