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04.3.09 / RIM Launches App Store for Blackberry

With the success Apple has had with the app store for the iPhone, Research In Motion decided to give it a shot.  April 1, RIM launched their Blackberry app store. Understandably so, RIM wants in on the app store hype … Read more »

04.2.09 / iPhone Could be Launching Soon in China, But No YouTube for You

Rumors abound that Apple will launch its iPhone 3G in China in May 2009, but Chinese users who were expecting to use their iPhones to access YouTube beware:  the Chinese government began blocking YouTube on March 23, according to CNet … Read more »

04.1.09 / Skype Makes Big Play on Mobile Carriers with iPhone App

By announcing an iPhone application—to be released today—Skype has made their intentions clear to wireless carriers:  we’re coming after you where you live. Mobile devices are “where the majority of the world’s conversations are happening these days,” said Scott Durchslag, … Read more »

03.31.09 / Rethinking Free in a Down Economy

Not so long ago, you could have collected enough of those “Try AOL for Free” installation disks to shoot skeet—for free—for the rest of your life.  The move may have backfired for AOL, but in the Great Recession of 2008-2009, … Read more »

03.17.09 / Apple iPhone OS 3.0 Release Includes Cavalcade of Features, Functionality

Apple’s new iPhone OS 3.0 release, unveiled today, will offer iPhone users something they’ve demanded since the iPhone’s inception:  the ability to cut, copy, and paste text from one application to another.  But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. … Read more »

03.2.09 / iPhone-Controlled Car to Debut at Geneva Motor Show

The unveiling of a new high-tech, high-performance electric car is a tecchie de rigeur these days, but Swiss automobile design house Rinspeed is set to take it to a new level at this year’s Geneva Auto Show.  Throw away those … Read more »

02.25.09 / iPhone App Counts Cards, Casinos Told

iRainMan?  Not quite.  But a new strain of card counting applications for Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch have casinos standing up and taking notice. Earlier this month, Nevada’s Gaming Control Board warned casino operators of the new apps, stating that … Read more »

02.24.09 / Spotify Setting Its Sights on the iPhone?

TechCrunch UK is speculating that Swedish online streaming music service Spotify is going mobile.  Citing recent news that the company just hired a director of portable solutions, and a spattering of rumors on Swedish blogs, TechCrunch’s Mike Butcher believes that … Read more »

02.18.09 / ARM Demonstrates First Multicore Processor for Smartphones

At a private event during the Mobile World Conference in Barcelona, Spain, this week, ARM has demonstrated the first working example of a multicore processor that could dramatically speed up smartphones, reports Apple Insider.  The chip design, based on ARM’s … Read more »

02.9.09 / Axe Does End-Around to Get Flash-Like Experience on iPhone

The Apple iPhone and Adobe Flash—never the twain shall meet, at least for now.  Some say the blame lies with technical issues; others claim Apple is simply protecting its turf . . . after all, why would anyone buy an … Read more »