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Android falls slowly as Apple rises in US reports through March

, Jun 4th 2013 Discuss [7]

As it has been for the past three months, so it is again here in the March research coming from comScore showing mobile device usage in the USA. While comScore shows Google as the top smartphone platform in the three-month-average ending in April 2013, it remains the fourth month in a row that, while Google's share falls, Apple's rises. BlackBerry, on the other hand, continues to fall with Microsoft's Windows Phone platform while Symbian rests at the bottom of the stack with no change between periods, sticking with just half a percentage point. Read The Full Story

Gmail “categories” update arrives on iOS to join desktop and Android

, Jun 4th 2013 Discuss [0]

Now that the Android version has officially (past the APK, even) arrived on smartphones, tablets, and in web browsers for all [Android] devices, Google's iOS edition of the new category-laden Gmail has been pushed to iPhones, iPads, and iPod touches galore. This update brings largely the same experience to Apple's mobile operating system that we saw yesterday with Android, here offering up Google's new integration of pre-baked categorization of your email. This update, like all others, is a free update and requires the user to tap "update" in the App Store to make it real. Read The Full Story

Chrome iOS update brings chatty Google voice search

, Jun 3rd 2013 Discuss [0]

While the Google Search app brought the voice recognition and smart responses of the most recent update to the Google Search engine to iOS, this week it goes in-browser with Chrome as well. The Chrome web browser update comes in with natural voice recognition and searching without typing - sort of like what you get with Siri. Here voice recognition gets a boost, quicker recognition with text streaming as you chat, and responses spoken aloud. Read The Full Story

Apple outs WWDC app with session videos, maps and more

, Jun 3rd 2013 Discuss [0]

Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference starts in just one week, and to help attendees prepare for the week-long event, the company has released a WWDC app that includes all sorts of information that should prove useful for conference goers. The app includes session info, videos, and maps of the convention floor at Moscone West. Read The Full Story

Google Play app downloads to surpass iOS by October

, Jun 3rd 2013 Discuss [3]

While Apple recently boasted surpassing 50 billion app downloads, the Google Play store isn't that far behind it seems, and at the rate that Google Play downloads are at, it's said that Android app downloads will overtake iOS app downloads this year, possibly as soon as October, according to a report. Read The Full Story

Google Drive for iOS updates with comments and image swiping

, Jun 3rd 2013 Discuss [0]

It's been a little while since Google Drive's iOS app has been updated, but the search giant sent out an update today that is rather minor from the face of it, but can make a big difference as far as navigating and collaborating are concerned. The app now includes support for comments, as well as the ability to swipe through images. Read The Full Story

Plants vs. Zombies 2 arriving July 18 on iOS

, Jun 3rd 2013 Discuss [1]

The highly-anticipated sequel to Plants vs. Zombies now has an official release date. Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time will be arriving on July 18 and will only be available on iOS at launch time, although as with the previous title, PopCap will launch the new game on other platforms at a later time. Read The Full Story

Windows Phone a hit among featurephone upgraders for 5.6% US share

, Jun 3rd 2013 Discuss [7]

Windows Phone continues to sweep up featurephone upgraders, cementing its third-place position in the US smartphone market according to new research. Microsoft's platform rose year-on-year by 1.8-percent by the end of the three month period finishing April 2013, though its overall market share didn't shift quarter-on-quarter; however, the OS proved particularly popular for those upgrading to their first smartphone. Read The Full Story

Google Play Music headed to iOS

, May 30th 2013 Discuss [1]

Today in a much more official manner than we've been experiencing thus far, Google Music has been announced to be coming to iOS. It's been announced by Google's Android head Sundar Pichai just this morning at the D11 conference where he's also dropped the bomb: the HTC One Google Edition. So as Android gets a gift of that silver hardware with Nexus innards, iOS gains Google Music, Google Music All Access, and a rather significant competitor to iTunes. Read The Full Story

Evernote two-step verification has the brand join the security squad

, May 30th 2013 Discuss [0]

This week the folks at Evernote have made it clear: they're not going to be the last ones out there without two-step security. The note-taking app now joins the likes of Gmail and Twitter as security measures step up to the last several years - and exponential up-ramping - of incidents in which this simple push for more secure log-ins would have stopped hacking altogether. Read The Full Story

Twitter updates mobile app with improved composer and tweet previews

, May 29th 2013 Discuss [0]

Twitter has updated both its iOS and Android app today with a few new features, some of which are exclusive to either iOS or Android. Both apps, however, received an improved composer that comes with the ability to preview a tweet before you send it out into the ether. This will also allow you to preview full-size photos as well. Read The Full Story

Apple’s Cook: “I’ve never felt like we’ve needed a social network”

, May 28th 2013 Discuss [4]

This week in a chat with Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher at the conference known as D11, Tim Cook took the stage with chat about what Apple needs - and what it does't need - to push forward in our modern mobile market. Suggesting that Apple may be "missing" social networking as it acquires companies (at a pace of 6 or 7 companies a year, according to Cook), Swisher found Cook mentioning iMessage and Apple's Game Center as "some things that are social" that Apple does. Read The Full Story
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