New iPhone Models Expected to be Launched at Apple’s Special Event
The past year has been tough on Apple’s bottom line and public prestige. Since Steve Jobs’ death the company’s stock price has slumped dramatically, losing $280 billion in value. Fierce competitors like Samsung continue to out-innovate the tech titan and gobble up market share. Apple has lost their competitive advantage in several key categories. Android’s […]
Apple Granted Patent for Gesture Controls Technology
Apple was recently granted a new patent by the USPTO for their application entitled “Working with 3D objects”. The patent shows Apple’s interest to increase the utility and functionality of mobile devices that in theory can be operated with simple hand movements without needing to touch the screen. The new technology operates by including a […]
Amazon Launches Developer Friendly SNS Push Messaging Service
Push messaging is a must have for any app that depends upon user engagement for their success. Unfortunately, from a technical standpoint push messaging systems are a pain for mobile developers to integrate, maintain and update. Deploying a cross-platform push messaging solution is an issue that has remained a complex and time-consuming for the Android […]
iOS 7 Beta 5 Released to App Developers
Apple recently released the 5th version of iOS 7 beta to the iPhone and iPad app developer community. The software release comes a little over a week since the tech giant released the 4th Beta version of the mobile operating system. According to 9 to 5 Mac, highlights of the 5th release include: New Xcode […]
Apple Dominance Slipping as Competitors Out-Innovate
Apple Inc. can’t seem to catch a break these days as the tech giant’s market share gets eroded a bit more every day. Could Apple be following the same downward trajectory as deposed heavyweights like Microsoft and Blackberry? A study released by research firm Strategy Analytics said, “Global smartphone shipments grew 47 percent to hit […]
Android Fragmentation Only Getting Worse
In our brave new mobile centric world, one year equals an entire life-cycle of technological innovation. Google knows this fact all too well, yet the search giant hasn’t figured out how to solve the mounting fragmentation problems for their Android mobile operating system. A full 2 years after launching Android version 2.3, more than […]
iOS 7 Beta Update #4 Released After Delay
Nearly two weeks after suffering a severe security setback to their Developer Portal, Apple has released a new update of iOS 7 to the developer community. The hacking incident forced the company to take the the iOS Developer Center offline for 8 days while software engineers and the security team worked furiously to patch vulnerabilities […]
Apple Developer Center Yanked Offline After Suffering Security Breach
Apple’s Developer Center is still unavailable after being breached by a hacker last Thursday. Apparently the intruder attempted to secure personal information about registered developers from the developer website. Sensitive personal information such as developers’ names, mailing addresses, and email addresses may have been accessed. The portal has been offline for six days now while […]
Google Maps App for iOS and Android Get Monster Upgrade
Google is proving once again why they are arguably the most innovative company on the planet. With the recent release of Google Maps 2.0 for iOS and Android, users can now leverage a slew of new valuable features. App users can now view live traffic conditions on the road and get alerts about traffic accidents. […]
Study Shows that a World Without Apps Could Cause Society to Breakdown
In celebration of the iTunes App Store’s 5th birthday, e-commerce giant E-bay asked 200 iPhone owners to drastically change their lifestyle. The challenge for the 200 participants was to survive 4 whole days without using any mobile apps. The results of living an app free life were interesting to say the least. The biggest take-away […]