iOS

Court papers have revealed that the normally closed-doored Apple has licensed software patents out to other companies, including Nokia and IBM. It also offered a similar deal to arch-nemesis Samsung in November 2010, but the settlement negotiations fell …

You don’t have to be an Android user to know Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread and Ice Cream Sandwich are codenames for Google’s Android platform just as you don’t have to be a Windows Phone user to know that NoDo … Continue reading →

HTC’s Android devices “are helping prevent Apple’s iOS from becoming the sole viable mobile platform and thus ‘locking in’ consumers and software developers to that platform,” Google said in the filing. Apple has argued that it’s …

Facebook has released an update to its mobile app for Apple’s iOS devices that fixes a bug that caused the wrong comments to show up on some photos. The update, which officially “fixes an issue that caused incorrect comments to … Continue reading →

Assumptions that Apple uses its patent portfolio to strongarm rivals into costly, time-wasting revisions of hardware and software, rather than as a way to milk them of cash, may have to be reconsidered with the news that the Cupertino company has … Continue reading →

This summer we reported that the Nokia-Apple war, which was going down in a court room instead of the market, was settled. Nokia initially sued Apple at the end of 2009 over ten GSM, UMTS, and WiFi related patents allegedly … Continue reading →

Although last week Apple said that its newest mobile operating system, iOS 5, does not support the Carrier IQ software, it slipped in a caveat. “We stopped supporting Carrier IQ with iOS 5 in most of our products,” said Apple … Continue reading →

JP Morgan analysts who met with top Apple executives note that the company’s leadership views both its own iPhone 3GS and Amazon’s Kindle Fire as devices that will attract customers to iOS as they “gravitate to more feature-rich experiences.” Analyst … Continue reading →

Georg Albrecht, a spokesman for Apple in Germany, declined to comment. “We stopped supporting Carrier IQ with iOS 5 in most of our products and will remove it completely in a future software update,” Natalie Harrison, a spokeswoman for Apple … Continue reading →

In the fight against malware, Apple’s iOS outshines Android as a safer environment, but no mobile device is free from risk, says a new report from McAfee (PDF). Apple has so far done a good job of securing its devices, … Continue reading →