Microsoft Releases Flagship “Office” Software for iPad
Microsoft and Apple, two long-standing rival heavyweights of the American tech industry, recently joined forces to launch Office for iPad. The productivity software release features three familiar programs — Word, Excel and PowerPoint — which have been thoroughly revamped for the iPad’s touchscreen interface. Ecommerce analysts believe that Microsoft’s tenuous alliance with Apple is likely […]
Attack Detection Mode: Your iPhone to the Rescue?
The United States Patent and Trademark Office recently revealed details of a patent filed by Apple for a mobile device feature capable of automatically summoning emergency assistance. Apple calls the feature a “mobile emergency attack and fail-safe detection” system, and it is comprised of software and hardware additions to smartphones. According to the patent filing, […]
Android’s Market Dominance Extends to Tablets
It’s official: the Android operating system is now the market leader in the world of tablets. Worldwide sales of Android OS-powered tablets rose from 53 million units in 2012 to almost 121 million units in 2013, marking a 68 percent jump. The huge leap forward allowed Android to wrest the top tablet sales position away […]
Iconic iPhone Turns 7 Years Old
[space20] On January 9, 2007, former Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled his company’s latest creation: a smartphone that he believed was going to become a “revolutionary product” that would “change everything.” Time has proven him right. As of the final quarter of 2013, over 420 million iPhones have been sold worldwide. Even so, the iPhone’s […]
Mobile App Marketplace Seeing Explosive Growth
Growth Forecasts for Global Mobile App Marketplace The mobile apps business worldwide is a success story that grwoing faster than a brush fire. According to Gartner Research, app developers earned an impressive $26 billion in 2013. Revenues were spurred by paid download sales and in-app purchases. 102 billion apps were downloads in 2013 compared to […]
NSA is Hacking Your iPhone, US Government Spy Program Revealed
[space40] Advanced NSA Spying via iPhone Hacking Revealed [space20] Edward Snowden’s leak of NSA spying tactics has shocked and amazed. News has come to light showing the US Government’s blatant disregard for democratic values, spying on US citizens and non-citizens alike, collecting a treasure trove of personal and private information on billions of people. In […]
iPhone and Android Devices Becoming Real-life Remote Controls
The continued development of cloud computing has laid the groundwork for a near-future reality in which a single device — your smartphone — will begin to act like a kind of remote control device for your whole life. Because smartphones and tablet computers now rely on “the cloud” to boost their data processing potential, a […]
iOS Developers Notified, Apps Must Update for iOS 7 or Face Rejection
Apple recently announced changes to its app submission guidelines, which will require developers to optimize their mobile software for the iOS 7 operating system. The new guidelines cover both new and existing apps. Optimization updates must be complete by February 1, 2014 in order for apps to qualify for sale and distribution. In order to […]
This Week in Mobile – Headline from Across the Tech World
Samsung Loses Patent Judgement in their Own Backyard Apple and Samsung are duking it out in courtrooms across the globe. In the latest battle in the mobile patent wars, Samsung was dealt a hefty blow in their own backyard. What makes this particular case unique was that it played out Samsung’s home country of South […]
How App Developers are Changing the Future of Healthcare
The healthcare system has generated a massive amount of data in the past half-decade. According to statistics compiled by PubMed, a major medical publications organization, the past five years have seen an incredible number of research studies and papers, including: 132,241 studies on hospital morbidity 39,230 studies on medication interactions and side effects 9,745 papers […]