Software

Dropbox 2.0: Still the best choice for students? – ZDNet

Summary: Dropbox has released version 2.0 of their Android app. With competition from other corporations including Apple’s iCloud, is it still the best choice for students? Dropbox has announced version 2.0 of its Android application.

Make a commitment to music in the cloud – USA Today

iTunes Match for Apple’s iCloud and iTunes is $25 a year. With iCloud and the latest version of iTunes, Apple started moving away from syncing devices. When you download a new song, book or TV show, it automatically appears on … Continue reading

Enterprise Smartphone and Tablet Incursion to Grow in 2012 – CIO

With mobile device management software, for instance, we now have the opportunity to block users from putting documents onto iCloud or other public clouds.” The second solution for companies looking to get a handle on mobile applications is to …

Don’t Lose Your iPhone to Holiday Distraction – PC Magazine

Find My iPhone Rohrbaugh recommends installing Apple’s free Find My iPhone app. Once you’ve installed this app you can log in to iCloud and locate your phone from any computer or mobile device. You can still use this app even … Continue reading

Launch of Apple’s Newsstand in iOS 5 accelerates magazine sales – Apple Insider

The launch of Apple’s Newsstand storefront and dedicated folder in iOS 5 has not only boosted, but also accelerated subscription rates for one prominent magazine. Popular Science +, the digital publication produced for iPad by Mag+, saw its sales leap … Continue reading

iOS 5 Untethered Jailbreak: Pod2g Not to Release A4 Jailbreak – International Business Times

I’ll put all my energy from now on on the A5.” The French hacker is reluctant to release the jailbreak so that Apple does not prevent the new jailbreak in iOS 5.1. As A4 device users already have tethered and … Continue reading

Media Alert: Batman: Arkham City Lockdown updated with iCloud support and two new skins – Gamasutra

[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Gamasutra and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource GamesPress.] Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment today announced that the Batman: Arkham City Lockdown App for iPad, iPhone …

Apple iPad and iPhone users account for 90% of all U.S. mobile purchases; spend 19% more per order than Android settlers – Macdaily News

Apple iPad and iPhone Dominate Mobile Shopping: Apple mobile devices account for the bulk of all online non-desktop sales: just over 92% of the sales originated from an iPad or an iOS-enabled device in December 2011, up from 88 percent … Continue reading

With Sync Solved, Dropbox Squares Off With Apple’s iCloud – Wired News

In early 2009, just months after Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi launched Dropbox, a service that promised to sync users’ photos, music, and documents across computers, Apple’s MobileMe team suggested the pair come by for a chat. The two MIT … Continue reading

iOS 5 Untethered Jailbreak: Why Pod2g, MuscleNerd Facing Hard Times to Jailbreak A5 Devices – International Business Times

Apple iPhones too Expensive for Cash-conscious Europeans … came up with a tethered jailbreak for A4 devices within 24 hours from the release of iOS 5. The reasons may vary in the community, but the main reason for the delay … Continue reading