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Week in Apple: onward to 2012 edition! – Ars Technica
The slow week between Christmas and New Year is finally almost over, but it wasn’t a boring week in Apple news here at Ars. We compared five different podcast apps for iOS, discussed potential fixes to the problem of iMessages … Continue reading
Apple’s Terrific And Tumultuous 2011 – Boston Globe
Word started to get out that iOS 5 would be pushed to the fall, instead of a summer release. But the good news was that it sounded like Apple’s new cloud service would be launched at WWDC. Apple set the … Continue reading
Apple files for iOS face detection patent – SlashGear
The US Patent and Trademark Office has just published a patent application today from Apple that reveals the company’s plans for implementing face recognition and presence detection technology. Apple intends to implement the technology in iOS devices …
Android, iOS gain subscribers in US while RIM slides – Computerworld Australia
Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS gained a larger percentage of the U.S. smartphone market in the latter part of the year, while Research in Motion’s share declined along with Microsoft and Symbian, according to the latest figures from market researcher … Continue reading
iOS developers go into 2012 still battling patent troll Lodsys – Ars Technica
That’s what sparked iOS developer Mike Lee to organize the Appsterdam Legal … community needs to unite if they want to fight this kind of legal threat. “Even if Apple were to step up and do more than they’re doing… … Continue reading
Apple Patent Reveals Face Detection for iOS – Tom’s Guide
Apple may be looking to add facial recognition to iOS, indirectly backing up previous iTV reports that Apple wants users to be recognized across multiple devices. As stated in previous reports, Apple insiders claim that the company wants iOS to … Continue reading
iOS 5 Untethered Jailbreak: Teething Issues, Apple Updates Keeping Pod2g, MuscleNerd Busy – IBTimes
An untethered jailbreak for Apple devices powered by the A4 processor has been released. Meanwhile, users of Apple devices running on the A5 processor are still waiting for their jailbreak. However, the release of a break for A4 devices doesn’t … Continue reading
Apple’s iOS, Android Duke It Out Over Holiday Sales – CIO Insight
Analytics firm Flurry has estimated some 6.8 million iOS and Android device activations on Christmas day. In a Dec. 27 posting on its corporate blog, Flurry described that activation number as “a 353 percent increase over the baseline” of the … Continue reading
Apple Prepping Face Unlock for the iPhone, But Do You Want it? – Gotta Be Mobile
The use of presence detection is one way Apple hopes to improve face unlock on your phone and iPad. As shown in the image above, your iOS device could detect your presence when placed in a dock. If you were … Continue reading
Samsung leads smartphone market, but Apple gaining – Zd Net Asia.com
Android, meanwhile, continues to dominate the mobile operating system landscape. Apple’s iOS also made headway, though not at Google’s expense. Google’s mobile OS controlled 46.9 percent of market, up 3.1 percent over the previous three months, while Apple …
