FORTUNE -- Some purists used the fact that Apple (AAPL) had replaced the always appealing but generally anonymous faces in its TV ads with a couple of Hollywood celebrities -- Zooey Deschanel and Samuel L. Jackson -- as evidence that the company had...
The Zooey Deschanel effect
The iPhone's "buzz" got a bump after Apple started using celebrities in its Siri ads
Apple bites Android: Customs halts U.S. sales of HTC phones
Two models held for inspection after a December patent ruling in Apple's favor
FORTUNE -- In what is believed to be the first tangible effect of the two-year-old proxy war Apple (AAPL) has waged against Google (GOOG) though the makers of Android phones, U.S. Customs officials have delayed shipment of two of HTC newest models pending...
Apple’s Patent Complaint Causes U.S. Customs To Ban HTC One X And Evo 4G LTE
In December of 2011 the International Trade Commission (ITC) ruled in favor of Apple for placing a ban on the U.S. import of multiple HTC smartphones. It was the first major...Does your Facebook mobile app suck? Here’s why
Is your Facebook mobile app slow to update or showing old data on Android or iOS? If so, you're not alone. I've noticed a degradation in the mobile application's performance for months but I never knew exactly why it was. Until now.
Verizon To Set 28 New Markets Ablaze With 4G LTE This Thursday
In two days, hundreds of thousands of Verizon customers will be able to experience the blazing speeds of 4G LTE thanks to another major rollout. Verizon continues to leave its competitors in the dust and come May 17, Verizon will have blanketed 258 markets...Notify Highlights Real-Time iOS Device Data And Management [Mobile Management Month]
May is Mobile Management Month at Cult of Mac, where we will be profiling a different mobile management company every weekday. You can find all previous entries here and read our Mobile Management manifesto here. Notify has...Coming soon: Chrome for iPhone & iPad
Google's Chrome browser is will appear on Apple's iOS devices this quarter suggests Macquarie (USA) Equities Research, reducing the payments that Google makes to Apple for search results in Safari. That sounds great but Apple's third-party browser limitations will surely minimize any benefits for Google.
Google’s Android profits: ’40% of a little is a lot less’
An eye-opening comparison of Android's income statement with Apple's
FORTUNE -- As part of an extended look at what he calls Google's (GOOG) "Android economics," Asymco's Horace Dediu on Monday published what may be the first independent estimate of the company's Android income statement.
As the chart at right shows, Android generates revenue for Google through three...
How to harden your smartphone against stalkers—Android edition
With great power comes great responsibility, so lock up that smartphone.
Facebook brings bigger pics and posts to mobiles
Facebook users on Android, iOS and mobile browsers aren't stuck with postage-sized pictures and posts any more. Facebook announced on Monday that it now supports full-sized pictures on all three platforms as well as posts that will automatically scale from edge-to-edge of a handheld device. 
Facebook Rolling Out Improved News Feed Photo Layout To Mobile, Android, iOS Apps
Facebook has begun rolling out an improved photo layout for its news feed across its mobile web, Android, and iOS apps. The update addresses the way a series of photos are displayed in a feed, making it hard to see each small thumbnail. Thanks...Superstacks: How consumers trade convenience for choice
Welcome to the concept of the superstack -- which acts to circumvent the openness that the Internet and the digitization of content has enabled and once again lock consumers into a single platform for their content determined in part by the hardware they choose.
