The Wall Street Journal just threw its weight behind some fairly old scuttlebutt that Apple’s new iPhone will employ thinner screen technology when it arrives, presumably later this summer or sometime in the fall. That technology …
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10 Best (and Worst) Batman Apps for iPhone, iPad and Android
With “The Dark Knight Rises” in theaters this Friday, here’s a check of the 10 hippest (and not-so-hip) Batman-themed apps for iPhones, iPads and Android devices.
Musical DNA: WhoSampled iPhone App Scours Tracks for Borrowed Riffs
If you’ve heard all of the new Bruce Springsteen album, Wrecking Ball, you’ve probably wondered, listening to its final rousing track, “We Are Alive,” why that song sounds so familiar. Or maybe you got the riff right away on your …
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Five Years Ago Today, the iPhone Went On Sale
Apple’s much-anticipated iPhone, which goes on sale in the US today, will struggle to break into the mainstream because of a lack of a 3G connection and low demand for converged devices, according to research.
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A Brief History of Apple’s WWDC Keynotes, 1997-Present
At 1pm ET (10am PT) today I’ll be liveblogging Apple’s Worldwide Developer C0nference (WWDC) keynote, live from San Francisco’s Moscone West. You can join co-host Doug Aamoth and me at techland.com/wwdc12, and I hope you …
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Last Chance for Your Apple WWDC Predictions
Forty-eight hours from now, Apple’s WWDC keynote will be nearly over. I’ll be there in person at the Moscone Center, and I hope you’ll join me by attending our liveblog coverage, where I’ll report the news as fast as I possibly …
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iOS: Can We Declare a Moratorium On the Prison Metaphors, Please?
The Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Micah Lee and Peter Eckersley have published a post about iOS titled “Apple’s Crystal Prison and the Future of Open Platforms.” In it, they do what you’d expect the EFF to do in an item with …
Prepaid iPhone Plan to Cost $55 for Unlimited Talk, Text and Data
Cricket Wireless is getting set to roll out a prepaid mobile plan for the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S here in the U.S.
On June 22, you’ll be able to pick up a 16GB iPhone 4S for $500 or an 8GB iPhone 4 for $400, paired with a …
Facebook Releases New Instagram-Style Photo App for iPhone
Hey, remember when Facebook bought Instagram for $1 billion? Well apparently buying the number one mobile photo app on the market isn’t stopping the freshly IPO-ed Facebook team from releasing a similar app of its …
Overhauled Google iPhone App: Full-Screen Image Results, Faster Search
Using Google to look up random stuff in social situations is one of the joys of owning an iPhone. Sadly, the search experience using Google’s iPhone app so far has been pretty unimpressive.
Google is looking to remedy that …
Review: The Weather Channel’s Slick New (and Free) iPhone App
Cracks about meteorological accuracy aside, I’ve morphed into my family’s weatherman in recent years — partly because I’m the only one with a smartphone, partly because I’m obsessed with severe weather-watching. My wife has the …
Snapkeys 2i: ‘Invisible’ Touchscreen Keyboard for Phones and Tablets
Touchscreen QWERTY keyboards for tablets and phones all have the same insurmountable problem: To type on them, you must look down at the keys to see what you’re doing. For users who can touch type on physical keyboards, the need …
