Software

Apple is Disrupting Mobile Gaming. Are Consoles Next? – Motley Fool

Sony’s PlayStation Vita is off to a rough start after dramatic drops in sales within the first week. Apple’s iOS platform has provided an alternative that has swayed a large portion of mobile gamers. With an upcoming Apple TV, the … Continue reading

Apple seeds new Mac OS X 10.7.3 Build 11D46 to developers – Apple Insider

Apple delivered a new build of Mac OS X to developers, focused on iCloud Document Storage, Spotlight, Safari, and Mail, iCal and Address Book features. The new gigabyte-sized delta version of the 11D46 build replaces last week’s 11D42, three other … Continue reading

How to add multitasking to your old iPhone without jailbreaking – CNet

I get that. But that doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice all the cool, new goodies that accompany the latest versions of iOS. If you’re hanging on to your little piece of Apple history (whether because you have to or … Continue reading

Apple’s iPhone Strategy Cutting Into Android Market Share – ReadWriteWeb

The smartphone market is cyclical. Apple made its big push with iOS 5 and the iPhone 4S in the fall. The company is likely to do that again this year with a late season rollout of the iPhone 5. Meanwhile, … Continue reading

Apple iOS Devices Fare Well in Latest Nielsen Report – Itproportal

In the latest Nielsen report covering the status of the global smartphone market, Apple seems to have regained a substantial portion that it had lost to Android. According to industry experts, the push back from Apple has been primarily driven … Continue reading

jQ.Mobi JavaScript framework boasts faster mobile apps – Network World Fusion

JQ.Mobi, an HTML5-optimized rewriting of the JQuery JavaScript library, is available in a beta version as of this week for Android and Apple iOS software developers, with proponents citing dramatic speed improvements and size reduction. Offered by HTML5 …

jQ.Mobi JavaScript framework boasts faster mobile apps – Australian Techworld

JQ.Mobi, an HTML5-optimized rewriting of the JQuery JavaScript library, is available in a beta version as of this week for Android and Apple iOS software developers, with proponents citing dramatic speed improvements and size reduction. Offered by HTML5 …

Whited00r Puts iOS 5 on iPhone 2G, iPod Touch 1G – Wired News

Sick of all the multi-tasking, home-screen folders and faster performance of all those iOS versions you can’t run on your (frankly embarrassing) old hardware? Then you might like to give Whited00r 5.1 a try. It’s a custom version of Apple … Continue reading

MGG 376: Managing iCloud Backups, Graphics Cards, Batteries, & LaunchAgents – Mac Observer

The audio for this podcast is available to premium subscribers only. Purchase a subscription or Login. Today’s show features your two favorite geeks, Dave Hamilton & John F. Braun, first sharing some tips about managing your iCloud backups (and how … Continue reading

Apple Goes Back to School With E-Textbook Apps – E-Commerce Times

Apple is propelling its e-textbook offering by changing the very nature of the textbook. “Apple is making books more interactive and leveraging its iOS SDK platform to grow the iOS user installed base,” said Shah. This strategy not only generates … Continue reading