After a developer discovered that the Path social-networking app was silently uploading iPhone users’ address books to its servers, a whole lot of other shoes — that is, other apps doing similar things — started to …
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50 Best iPhone Apps 2012
Whether you’re looking to load up a new iPhone or simply expand your collection, here’s our 2012 list of download-deserving apps.
Leaked BlackBerry 10 Images Show Android-Like Widgets, iPhone-Like Apps
BlackBerry 10 is looking a little bit like an iPhone and a little bit like Android in a batch of leaked screenshots.
Images of the BlackBerry 10 operating system, published by CrackBerry.com, apparently surfaced in a document …
One Billion Smartphones by 2016: Here Comes the Mobile Arms Race
By 2016, just four years from now, one billion consumers will have smartphones, according to Forrester Research. In the U.S. alone, consumers will own 257 million smartphones and 126 million tablets.
via One Billion Smartphones by 2016: Here Comes the Mobile Arms Race | Business | TIME.com.
RIM Director to BlackBerry Critics: No, You’re the Idiots
Roger Martin, the dean of the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, is also a board member of BlackBerry maker RIM. And in an interview with the Globe and Mail’s Gordon Pitts, he’s anything but sheepish about the …
Waze Gets a Dash of Siri-Like Handsfree Input
Of all the iPhone apps in the world, none have a greater potential to benefit from Siri’s voice input than ones that provide turn-by-turn navigation–since spoken commands would provide not only convenience but safety. (And, in …
Google Wallet Hack Shows NFC Payments Still Aren’t Secure
You probably won’t see the Wallet Cracker app in the Android Market anytime soon. That’s not because it doesn’t work; it actually works perfectly, which is the problem.
In a video posted by security firm Zvelo, the program …
Doesn’t Anyone Want Americans to Buy Nokia Phones?
Windows Phone 7.5 Mango is an impressive operating system. Nokia makes nifty hardware. So despite Windows Phone’s tiny market share to date and Nokia’s recent woes, I want to be optimistic about the Finnish phone maker’s return …
Verizon (Finally) Confirms Motorola Droid 4 Release Date
Fear not, those of you who hate typing on touchscreens, because Motorola’s finally given its long-awaited Droid 4 smartphone a release date. The QWERTY keyboard-equipped phone will be available on Feb. 10 for $199.99 with a new …
Latest Samsung Galaxy S III Rumors: Ultrathin Design, May Release Date
Following in the footsteps of its predecessors, Samsung’s Galaxy S III is rumored to be one of the world’s thinnest smartphones when it launches in May.
According to South Korea’s Electronic Times News (via BGR), the Galaxy S …
Windows Phone 8: Microsoft’s 4 Big Challenges
The tech world is abuzz with new details on Windows Phone 8, the next major upgrade for Microsoft’s mobile operating system.
According to reports from PocketNow and Paul Thurrott, Windows Phone 8 will support a wider range of …
A BlackBerry 10 Smartphone, Lovingly Rendered
For anyone out there still excited for BlackBerry 10 smartphones, a new product rendering of the so-called “BlackBerry London” is now making the rounds. The image, from a leaked product roadmap, first appeared on …