iOS
Apple bolstering privacy by ending developer access to UDIDs – CNET News
The unique string of numbers that individually identifies each iOS device has typically been used by developers as a way to track their app installations across Apple’s user base. About six months ago, Apple warned developers that their ability …
Google earns 80% of its mobile revenue from iOS, just 20% from Android – Apple Insider
Many observers had mistakenly interpreted Google’s mobile revenues to mean Android revenues, but the majority of Google’s mobile search, maps and YouTube traffic come through Apple’s iOS devices, which make up more than half of all high end mobile devices … Continue reading
SuperPhoto Easy iOS Photo Sharing App Announced, Accessible to Visually Impaired – PR Newswire
SuperPhoto also follows Apple’s Accessibility standards and, using Apple’s VoiceOver which is included on all iOS devices, is 100% accessible by visually impaired users, making it one of the few camera apps to be so. A single touch of a … Continue reading
How Apple’s Siri got her name – YAHOO!
Siri, Inc. was incorporated in 2007, and the technology was launched as an IOS app available in the Apple Store in early 2010; plans were in the works to make the software available for the Blackberry and Android phones. Things … Continue reading
Windows PCs to decline as Android, Apple devices rise – CNET News
The venerable Windows-Intel PC will see a sharp decline by 2016 while devices running Android and Apple’s iOS are on the rise, market researcher IDC said today. There will be a “dramatic shift” between 2011 and 2016, with the “once-dominant … Continue reading
Smartphone platform wars: It’s an iOS, Android world and stinks to be ‘other’ – ZDNet
Summary: The sad reality in smartphone land for RIM and Microsoft today boils down to this: It’s an Android and iOS world. You just live in it. Smartphones are now half of all mobile phones in the U.S. and it’s … Continue reading
Apple generates four times more revenue for Google than Android devices – 9TO5Mac
The important aspect to realize is that this figure represents more than just Android revenue. Apple’s iOS devices have carried Google Maps and Search since the iPhone’s 2007 birth. Apple sold 315 million iOS devices during that time.
IDC predicts Apple’s iOS to grow to 17% of all smart connected devices in 2016 – Apple Insider
A new analysis combining PCs, tablets and smartphones into one category of “smart connected devices” projects iOS devices will grow from a 14.6 percent share of the market in 2011 to 17.3 percent in 2016. Market research firm IDC released … Continue reading
Apple Claims New iPad’s Battery Charging is Perfectly Normal – PC Magazine
The new iPad’s battery performs within the normal parameters of an iOS-based device, thank you very much. At least that’s the story Apple is telling in the face of criticism of the way the company’s latest tablet deals with battery … Continue reading
TeamViewer® Launches Version 7 for Mac – YAHOO!
The new version allows cross-platform online sessions between Windows, Linux, Mac, iOS and Android. Having released TeamViewer 7 with the brand new TeamViewer Online Meetings functionality for Windows and Linux earlier this year, the latest version for Mac …