Computerworld - Microsoft will probably tie Office apps for the iPhone and iPad to its Office 365 "rental" subscription plans to prevent the mobile apps from cannibalizing sales and to skirt the "Apple tax," analysts said today. "I do see ...
Tags: Microsoft, Office apps, mobile apps, iOS, Android apps
Google today launched a version of its Chrome browser for iOS, the Apple mobile operating system that powers the iPhone and iPad. The company confirmed that the browser is essentially Safari in disguise, as Chrome relies on Apple's ...
Tags: iPhone, iPad, Google, Chrome browser, iOS, Apple, mobile operating system
Windows malware slipped past Apple's eye and has been found tucked into software available on the company's iOS App Store. Although the malware, labeled a worm by Microsoft and tagged as "Win32/VB.CB" by the company, is ineffective ...
Consumers ranked Google Maps better than Apple's new homegrown mapping technology by more than 2 to 1 on Twitter, a social media analytics company said today. iOS 6 users can sidestep the change to Apple Maps by calling up Google's ...
Tags: Google Map, Apple, homegrown mapping technology, Twitter, iOS 6
As their company's stock continued to slump, Facebook executives had to face not one but two other pieces of tough news this week. Just as an angry third-party developer blasted Facebook's allegedly high-handed negotiation tactics in an ...
Tags: Fake Users, Angry Developer, Facebook, Bad Week
Facebook has reinvented its Poke feature with a new standalone iOS app that lets you send messages,photos and videos to your friends on the social networking service that disappear within 10 seconds of someone opening them. While it might ...
Tags: Facebook, Poke App, David Petraeus, Snapchat
Asynchronous turn-based gamesthose apps in which you and an opponent trade turns in a game that unfolds at a pace of your choosinghave proven to be a popular addition to the iOS App Store. But Disc Drivin may prove that even the most ...
Tags: iPhone, iPad, gamesthose apps, Disc
Lately, I've heard a lot about a new website that shows what percentage of someone's Twitter followers are "fake," "inactive" and "good." If the Fake Follower Check site is accurate, some of the biggest Twitter users, including President ...
Tags: new website, Twitter followers, software
The Personal Capital ( Macworld rated 4.5 out of 5 mice ) Web app is a great tool for tracking your financial assets no matter what kind of computer youre using. But you cant use the Personal Capital website with any of your iOS ...
Tags: Personal Capital, Web app, iPhone, iPad
Google Maps' return to the iPhone and iPad this week may not be permanent, an analyst said today. "It would have been out of the question," said Ezra Gottheil, an analyst with Technology Business Research, referring to a rejection of ...
Tags: Google, Computer Products, Google Maps, Ios
IDG News Service - Facebook has launched a new version of its app for Android smartphones that promises users speedier access to their messages, timeline and news. The app marks a rewrite of several major parts of the Facebook software to ...
Tags: Computer Products, Facebook, Android App, engineering blog
Two years after it managed to place a browser-related app on the iOS App Store, Mozilla last week announced it was retiring Firefox Home and yanked it from Apple's market. The move was only the latest in a string of messages that the ...
Tags: iOS App Store, Mozilla, Firefox Home, Apple's market
Mattel 01628 500 000 Mattel had two of the top five family games last year, according to NPD December 2011 data, and Uno was the number one card game. This season it has a number of fresh products, including Chameleon Crunch, which ...
Tags: Sector Guide, Puzzles, Games
iOS 6 brings some changes to its three on-board stores: the iOS App Store, the iTunes Store and iBookstore. These changes dont change functionality as much as they improve navigation and usability. The result is a more pleasant shopping ...
Tags: iOS 6, App Store, iTunes Store, iBookstore
As the countdown clock ticks toward Windows 8's launch later this month, Microsoft has still not shown that there will be enough apps to drive users toward the new OS, an analyst said Friday. Last week, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer again ...