BROWSING: iOS

After launching its mobile device management (MDM) platform, called BlackBerry Mobile Fusion in the U.S., the Canadian Research in Motion (RIM)  gathered journalists and clients in São Paulo to unveil the solution in Brazil. Mobile Fusion is a single interface that provides a unified view for managing...

The corporate mobility market still has a huge potential for growth. Although it has been a while since enterprises started providing their employees with mobile devices, most enterprises remain focused on basic skills, such as sales force automation. That is why there is still...

Google has made its popular Chrome web browser available for the iOS devices, and today Chrome is the most popular download in Apple's app store.

It is very difficult for companies to protect mobile devices for reasons such as technical issues (some devices will not install all the desired software); low battery capacity (when performing a lot of processes, the battery goes out) and because in many cases, the...

Share of Research In Motion (RIMM) are up this morning on reports that the Canadian company is preparing to lay off thousands of employees. Executives at the struggling maker of BlackBerry smartphones and tablets have said in the past that they hope to cut...

Despite reports that Apple's share in the smartphone market of China has slipped in Q3 and Q4 of 2011, the company had an exceptional fourth quarter globally by selling 35.5 million smartphones to end users, a 121.4% increase year on year.

The iPhone 4S is helping Apple's iOS operating system to catch up with Android, at least in the short term. The latest data from NPD Research shows that 43% of the smartphones sold in October and November run iOS, versus 47% for Android. Android...

With Americans spending more time using smartphone apps than browsing the Web, application developers often have their pick of job offers -- especially if they develop for the Android operating system. But while employers are increasingly searching for Android developers, most full-time app developers...

The devices we carry in our pockets today have little in common with those of just a few years ago. Incremental upgrades to components and the widespread adoption of touchscreens have prompted significant changes to designs and form factors. While device design and function...

Apple's announcements today were anticipated for two big reasons: new products and features but, mostly, because it was the first time Tim Cook conducted a launch as Apple’s CEO. Cook and the rest of Apple’s team presented a “Let’s Talk iPhone” event following the...

Not too long ago we heard some evidence that eReaders - specifically Barnes & Noble's Nook Color - were being snapped up by the world's womenfolk. Now according to some official numbers from Nielsen, women are buying almost two thirds (61%) of all eReaders sold.

A lot of noise was made last week about Nintendo getting pressured by investors to bring its games to the iOS platform. It's pretty clear that the market for stand-alone portable gaming devices is toast, and Nintendo needs to make some tough (ego-shattering) choices.

According to a study by ABI Research published today Android tablets have already dented the iPad's market share to the tune of 20% over the last twelve months.

Facebook has released its own separate group messaging app for Android and iOS, though initial impressions from early adopters today were overwhelmingly negative.

Job figures in the telecommunications space remained steady in Silicon Valley last month, according to new statistics released by the U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics. Preliminary figures showed telecommunication jobs for the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara area at 5.9 thousand, marginally up from last month’s 5.8....

Google has found itsef under attack from all sides this week as rivals attempt to patent bash it and poke holes in its open mantra, but a new study has taken things a step further with a claim that “Android ranks as the most...

Google has found itsef under attack from all sides this week as rivals attempt to patent bash it and poke holes in its open mantra, but a new study has taken things a step further with a claim that “Android ranks as the most...

Mobile has become the absolute fabric of Apple Inc. (AAPL). The business has changed so dramatically thanks to the iPhone (and increasingly the iPad) that it barely resembles itself from even four years ago. During the just closed quarter, Apple sold 20.34 million iPhones and...

In a recent draft proposal, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it will regulate apps that combine with medical devices that are already regulated by the agency, such as heart monitors that transmit data to a smartphone. The FDA is taking these first steps...

It only seems like a matter of weeks ago that Google released Android 3.1, which included some nice incremental updates to version 3.0, aka Honeycomb. The jump from 3 to 3.1 included scalable homescreen widgets and some browser speed improvements, and now 3.2 looks to build out Android's featureset further.

Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple Inc. (APPL) and its iPad 2 is still the most popular tablet around the globe, even after it’s been on the shelves for four months. In the last couple of weeks, Apple has finally chipped away at a vast backlog of...

A large-scale investigation into the demand for mobile developers has revealed that Google's Android operating system is seeing greater demand than ever before, and is on track to overtake demand for iPhone developers in 2012.

Apple Inc. (AAPL) said the company is working to fix security flaws highlighted by the German Federal Office for Information Security (GFOIS) this week. The agency said “critical weaknesses” in Apple’s iOS allows software viruses to infiltrate the mobile operating system when users open...

The days of Apple and Google's tit-for-tat device activation race has long since passed with Google emerging the clear victor. The search giant's Android operating system pulled ahead, somewhat inevitably, due to the broad range of devices available and, some would argue, its increasing quality compared the ageing iOS interface.