Google’s official app market found hosting malicious Android apps—again
Google has removed at least 15 Android apps from its official Play market after receiving outside reports they were malicious trojans that siphoned names, telephone numbers of email addresses of every...
Are iOS And Android Transforming IT Too Quickly For Certifications To Keep Up?
One of the traditional ways for IT professionals to highlight their knowledge of specific technologies and technical concepts is through the acquisition of certifications. There are a number of...Instagram Reaches 40 Millionth User Milestone Following Facebook Buyout
What a month it has been for Instagram. The lean and mean social photography app was just acquired by Facebook for a jaw-dropping $1 billion. Instagram for Android also launched at the beginning...German judge upholds ban on Apple push email, Apple must pay damages to Motorola Mobility
Apple suffered a significant blow in the ongoing patent battles with Android competitors today when a Mannheim regional court in Germany ruled against an Apple appeal. The court backed an earlier decision that banned Apple from offering the service for synchronizing emails on Apple’s mobile devices that use iCloud. The court said Apple must pay damages to Motorola Mobility,...
Jon Stewart Talks About Google’s Glasses And Facebook’s Purchase Of Instagram [Humor]
Disclaimer: Some of you may find this material offensive — you’ve been warned. Jon Stewart gives us his take on last week’s most talked about tech news: Google’s glasses and Facebook’s purchase of Instagram for 1 billion dollars. It’s classic Daily News humor that...Apple green-lighted to intervene in Lodsys lawsuit against iOS developers
After nearly a year of waiting, a federal judge has granted Apple's motion to intervene on behalf of iOS developers in a legal shakedown initiated by patent troll Lodsys. Specifically, Apple will now be allowed...
Tracking everything, Placeme is the smartphone assistant of the future
Placeme for iOS and Android may be both the scariest and amazingly futuristic app I've seen yet. The free software uses every sensor in your handset to track your activities, location and environment. Scary, yes, but it could power the smartphone personal assistant of the future.
How to sell a hot smartwatch: Add iPhone support
A Kickstarter project to bring a new smartwatch to market blew through its $100,000 funding goal in its first day, and two hours later it crossed the $200,000 mark. What's so unique about the Pebble E-Paper Watch? It works with both Android devices and the iPhone.
So much for Instagram defections, displaces its buyer Facebook as No. 1 iOS App
O.K., here is another Instagram story, but now its about the iOS app landing the No. 1 free app spot in the App Store for the first time—despite much media attention on the subject of it selling out to Facebook. Hipsters everywhere donning their skinny jeans took to Twitter to post one last heavily filtered image,...
Google Leads The Pack In Favorability Poll Ahead Of Apple, Facebook And Twitter
Ah, the wondrous findings of random polls. This one appears to favor my personal favorite company and therefore I won’t argue against it. The rest of you are free to sound off in the comments after reading the favorable findings of this ABC News/Washington...Amazon’s Appstore takes a 30 percent cut
Starting today, Amazon will open up its Android Appstore to in-app purchases, according to a report in AllThingsD. Its model will follow that of Apple and iOS, with Amazon taking a 30 percent cut of each purchase. Transactions will be handled thro...
Gartner: Tablet sales to double this year. The iPad still rules
Expects market to grow to nearly 119 million units in 2012, with Apple taking 61%
When it comes to tablet computers, a market Apple (AAPL) dominated in 2010 and 2011, Gartner expects more of the same for the foreseeable future.
In a report issued Tuesday, the research firm projected tablet sales to end users to reach 118.9...
