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Developers Favor iOS Devices Over Android, Firm Says – YAHOO!
The company said that, while the market nearly doubled for both Android and iOS, “we believe key events changed the proportion of support between these two platforms.” It pointed out that, during this time, Apple expanded distribution of iOS devices … Continue reading
Apple gives internship to iOS concept designer Jan-Michael Cart – Intomobile.com
Jan-Michael Cart is best known around the Internet for working with MacRumors to create a concept design of the iOS Assistant, which would later become Siri on the iPhone 4S. The mockup shown in the photo above turned out to … Continue reading
Why Eric Schmidt’s prediction about Android vs. iOS development is dead wrong – Network World Fusion
Google Chariman Eric Schmidt recently addressed an Android user lamenting the fact that that mobile apps are often released on Apple’s iOS platform well before they finally reach Android. Schmidt cooly and curiously explained that this dynamic will …
Microsoft Rolls Out SkyDrive App for Windows Phone, iPhone – WebProNews
At first glance, the SkyDrive app appears to be a suitable and competitive alternative to Apple’s iCloud as well as with third party apps like Evernote. Among the many file sharing cloud services out there, how many of you already … Continue reading
Devs still prefer iOS to Android: report – ZDNet Australia
Despite the boom in Android’s market share, Apple’s iOS is still holding onto the hearts and minds of most app developers, says mobile analytics firm Flurry. Analysing both iOS and Android for a new study, Flurry calculated the number of … Continue reading
Real iPad 3 Found in iOS 5.1, No iPhone 5 – Softpedia
Developers snooping around the iOS 5.1 beta 2 code have found references to the real iPad 3, not being duped by Apple’s decoy strings of code referencing inexistent devices. Labeled with a device ID of 1, the iPad 3 code … Continue reading
Apple grabs iOS concept UI creator – SlashGear
Apple has hired the designer behind a number of iOS UI concepts, including a fast app switcher and dynamic icons that access different elements of an app, bringing the arts student on for a seven month internship. Jan-Michael Cart confirmed the placement … Continue reading
New Apple hires suggest improvements coming to iOS Notification Center – Apple Insider
A number of recent hires at Apple suggest the company is looking to make further improvements to the Notification Center feature that debuted with the launch of iOS 5. Jan-Michael Cart, a student at the University of Georgia and specialist … Continue reading
Microsoft SkyDrive for iOS Takes on iCloud, Dropbox – PC World
Microsoft’s SkyDrive cloud storage service debuted for iPhones this week, after it had been available to Windows users for several years and on Windows Phone 7 devices more recently. Microsoft understands that a lot of Windows users are carrying iPhones … Continue reading
Microsoft SkyDrive for iOS Takes on iCloud, Dropbox – Computerworld
PC World – Microsoft’s SkyDrive cloud storage service debuted for iPhones this week, after it had been available to Windows users for several years and on Windows Phone 7 devices more recently. Microsoft understands that a lot of Windows users … Continue reading
