Software

Apple’s Walled Garden: Sledgehammer Needed – TechWeb

Fair enough, and Apple does deserve a tip of the hat when it comes to its track record of iOS malware versus its biggest competitor, the Google Android platform. But, with Google introducing its new “Bouncer” service, which automates the … Continue reading

Apple iPhone pushes Android out of favor – Akron Beacon Journal

Google licenses the Android operating system to multiple hardware makers, while Apple’s iOS software is available only on its own products. The rising popularity of devices running Android has been seen by investors as a long-term threat to Apple’s …

Apple iCloud/Mobile Me May Be Banned in Germany After All – Softpedia

Though it seems to be doing well against Samsung, Apple has not been as fortunate in the suits that Motorola started against it. The Apple 3G iPad 2, iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 were forced off the German store not … Continue reading

Mobile device management: Apple’s extra little tricky requirement – Australian Techworld

Anyone wanting to buy mobile-device management (MDM) software to manage Apple iOS devices will find they need a special digital certificate from Apple to activate it, a requirement that doesn’t apply to the same MDM software that would be used … Continue reading

Halliburton to ditch BlackBerrys in corporate transition to Apple’s iOS platform – Apple Insider

Exclusive: In yet another blow to troubled Research in Motion, one of the world’s largest energy service corporations — Halliburton — plans to phase out thousands of employee BlackBerrys in favor of advancing its business via the iPhone and Apple’s … Continue reading

MobiForms Added Apple iOS Device Support to the MobiForms Sync Server – Newswiretoday.com

Replace these Affiliate Programs at ANYTIME! Your banner here within the next hour. Following last summer’s successful release of the cross-platform MobiForms developer tool for Apple iOS devices including iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch the MobiForms team …

Best Buy Customer Survey Hints At A 42” Apple TV, Will Run iOS And More – Redmond Pie

We’ve been hearing rumors and counter-rumors of an Apple television for a couple of years now, but things have really heated up of late. Now Best Buy has waded into the talk of a television with an Apple logo by … Continue reading

Apple kicks China’s most popular browser out of iTunes – The Register

The company’s web browser, security suite and instant-messaging client have all disappeared from the Chinese iTunes store, leaving the company with with no presence on iOS at all, and struggling to get information about which of Apple’s rules it might … Continue reading

Three Reasons Apple’s iCloud Isn’t Ready for Business – Entrepreneur

While Apple may be a gem in the eyes of its customers, one of its newest features — the iCloud– is sorely lacking when it comes to applications for small-business users. Apple markets iCloud, its cloud-computing and file-syncing service, as … Continue reading

Shock iPhone, iPad Ban As ‘Droid Win (AGAIN) – ChannelNews

The iPad 2 and iPhone 3G models have been pulled by Apple and iCloud could be in line for ban too. Apple has pulled iPhone and iPad 2 models from store shelves as Motorola accuse it of pinching 3G wireless … Continue reading