Software

Poll: What’s Your Most-Wanted iPad 3 Feature? – PC Magazine

But what about the software? Apple’s iOS 5 only made its debut in October, so it might be a bit early for a complete iOS upgrade, but Apple is surely working on the next-gen version of its software, so why … Continue reading

Apple updates iPad App Store with faster UI – Apple Insider

Apple on Tuesday revamped the user interface of the iPad section on its iOS App Store, possibly in preparation of a third generation tablet expected to be announced on Wednesday. The iPad App Store facelift saw minor tweaks in how … Continue reading

iOS 5.1 Hits Gold Master, Should Launch With iPad 3 – WebProNews

With the launch event for Apple’s latest tablet less than 24 hours away, reports are circulating this afternoon that the gold master version of iOS 5.1 has been undergoing Apple’s thorough QA testing for about three weeks. Citing a “very … Continue reading

How Google Play stacks up against iTunes & iCloud – Venturebeat.com

On the eve of Apple’s much-hyped iPad HD event, Google has fired a shot right at Apple when it comes to media with its new Google Play store. Google Play will smartly combine all of Google’s other stores like the … Continue reading

iOS 5.1 GM with two secret features passes Apple’s testing – report – Apple Insider

The golden master build of iOS 5.1 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch is said to have passed Apple’s internal quality assurance testing and will arrive in the coming days with Japanese support for Siri and other unknown features. The … Continue reading

Android Market, Books, Music rebranded "Google Play" to compete with Apple’s iTunes – Apple Insider

Apple’s iOS platform continues to eat up around 90 percent of mobile software revenues. At the end of 2010, Google refreshed its Android Market design, but early last year the company’s Android platform manager Eric Chu told developers that Google … Continue reading

Apple price target raised to $710-share at BarCap – Marketwatch

Sales “seem to be benefitting from international rollouts, pent-up demand and overall excitement around the unmatched Apple ecosystem,” including applications, iCloud services, the Siri voice-response system, the iOS operating system …

Imagine Your iCloud Photo Stream Gone Public – That’s MVN – Softpedia

MyVirtualNeighbor today formally announced an update to its MVN iOS app, which adds two new modules – “Chilling Here” and “Photo Sharing.” It appears that said update is yet to go live on the iTunes App Store (at the time … Continue reading

iOS Smokes Android in HTML5 Drag Race – TechNewsWorld

Apple’s (Nasdaq: AAPL) iOS handles HTML5-based games as much as three times better than Google’s (Nasdaq: GOOG) Android in HTML5, according to a new study from Spaceport. The report specifically measured how many images could be moved around the screen … Continue reading

Apple: With iPad News Ahead, Barclays Ups Target To $710 – Forbes

“Sales seem to be benefiting from international rollouts, pent-up demand and overall excitement around the unmatched Apple ecosystem (apps, iCloud, Siri, iOS, etc.). By the calendar 2012 second half, we believe momentum can get even stronger …