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iOS More Crashtastic Than Android February 07, 2012 
The rivalry between Google and Apple in the cutthroat mobile device world took a new turn recently when mobile-app support platform company Crittercism published a study that found iOS apps crash more often than their Android counterparts. Crittercism analyzed more than 214 million apps launched in November and December that use its service.
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Apple's Enterprise Coup d'Etat February 02, 2012 
As a long-time Mac and iPhone user, I always enjoy seeing new people I work with embrace the Apple way. At the same time, while out and about at work conferences and trips, I consistently see more and more iPads and iPhones. I'm sure some of this is my ability to recognize an Apple product while my ability to spot two different Android-based phones is a little less refined.
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iOS and OS X: Time for Some Real Convergence January 26, 2012 
Lately I've found myself more frequently irritated and dissatisfied with my Mac than ever before. This is a weird feeling, made all the more powerful by the fact that Mac OS X Lion is the most useful operating system ever. With a simple two-fingered swipe on my Magic Mouse, I can flick my entire screen to a whole new desktop view, and with a swipe in the other direction, go back.
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Apple Nips at Android's Tail January 18, 2012 
Apple came close to matching Android's smartphone market share during the fourth quarter of 2011, according to a Nielsen report released Wednesday. The debut of Apple's iPhone 4S in the fall had a major impact on the proportion of smartphones sold in the quarter. Demand for iPhones increased nearly 20 percent in December compared to three months earlier, Nielsen found.
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HTC: If Thine Feature Offends Thee, Pluck It Out December 20, 2011 
The United States International Trade Commission has ruled that Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC violated an Apple patent under Section 337 of the U.S. Tariff Act of 1930. It has issued a limited exclusion order that will take effect in April prohibiting the importation "of infringing personal data and mobile communication devices and related software."
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Microsoft Opens iOS Window for Xbox Live Fans December 09, 2011 
Xbox gamers can access their Xbox Live accounts from their iPhones and iPads now that Microsoft has launched the My Xbox Live app for iOS. Access to Xbox Live has been available on Microsoft's Windows Phone platform since it launched more than a year ago, but this is the first time Microsoft is offering the app on a competing system, although third-party apps have allowed at least partial capability before.
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iOS Update Fails to Silence Battery Complaints November 11, 2011 
Apple on Thursday pushed out iOS 5.0.1, an iPhone operating system update designed to address problems some iPhone 4S users had reported regarding the device's quickly draining battery. However, the update apparently did not solve the battery-drain issues for everyone, according to many posts on the company's own support forum.
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What Did Apple Win With the Demise of Mobile Flash? November 11, 2011 
Adobe's announcement this week that it was stopping further development of its Flash player for mobile devices could create more winners than losers in the cybersphere. One beneficiary of Adobe's decision, which appears to have vindicated Apple's dogged stance not to support Flash on its mobile devices, will be the latest version of the language for creating Web pages, HTML 5.
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Dev Dumped After Laying Bare iOS Vulnerability November 08, 2011 
Apple has reportedly banned noted hacker Charlie Miller from its developer program for a year, apparently in response to an app Miller wrote on the iTunes App Store that exploits a zero-day vulnerability he spotted in iOS. Miller did notify Apple of the flaw three weeks ago, the developer tweeted.
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Android, iOS Duke It Out for Smartphone Ad Supremacy - iPad's in the Ring Alone October 26, 2011 
Android has become the platform for mobile advertisers to target, it would seem, based on separate reports from ABI Research and Millennial Media. Android served up more ad impressions overall in Q3 than rival iOS, at 56 percent, Millennial Media reported. For its part, ABI Media noted that in Q2, Android overtook iOS to become the market share leader in mobile application downloads.
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iOS 5: Excellent, Awesome and Somewhat Confusing October 14, 2011 
After learning that it would cost me $449 to upgrade from my iPhone 4 to an iPhone 4S, I pushed the pause button on those plans and decided to see how iOS 5 on my iPhone 4 shakes out first. After all, it's not as if I don't appreciate my iPhone 4. It's a great phone, quite serviceable, and now, with iOS 5, it's better than it was just a few days ago.
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iPhone 4S, iOS 5, iCloud: All the Pretty Pieces Come Together October 12, 2011
Apple made available on Wednesday the newest version of its mobile operating system, iOS 5. In order to get it, iDevice users will need to install the newly updated iTunes 10.5, which rolled out Tuesday. The new system enables iPhone users to sync their devices with their Macs or PCs via WiFi instead of tethering the phone to the computer.
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iPad's the Mobile Device Superhighway for Web Traffic October 12, 2011 
Mobile devices are generating a growing portion of Internet traffic, according to comScore, with much of it coming from iPads and iPhones. comScore quantifies the Web traffic driven specifically by smartphones and tablets at 6.8 percent. Of that 6.8 percent, two-thirds come from mobile devices and one-third from tablets.
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iPhone 5 Hopefuls Get Over It, Scoop Up 1M iPhone 4Ss October 12, 2011 
Apple lost its iconic cofounder Steve Jobs one week ago. Tributes and eulogies came from global leaders in every sphere, from politics to arts and, of course, technology. "You can definitely see the sentiment in Silicon Valley. It's very sad," Trip Chowdhry, senior analyst for Global Equities Research, told MacNewsWorld.
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Good, Solid iPhone 4S Disappoints iPhone 5 Wishes and Hopes October 04, 2011 
"The steak without the sizzle" is how Jason Wisdom characterized the newly unveiled iPhone 4S, Apple's latest creation. It is essentially a solid workhorse with little pizazz to wow the masses. "The device has lots of technical upgrades, and one feature -- the new Siri -- did get rabid, enthusiastic response from the audience," said Wisdom, principal of Wisdom Consulting.
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Windows 8 on Tablets: Impressive Now, but Ask Me Again in 2012 September 15, 2011 
As a diehard Apple fan, it will take an absolutely astounding device to dislodge me from my Mac, iPad, and iPhone. And yet, the Windows 8 operating system for both tablets and PCs that Microsoft has been showing off this week has caught my attention. Windows 8 on a tablet has some features I would like to see available on my iPad -- seriously.
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