Apple has been said to be developing its own wrist-based device, with reports suggesting that both in-house and third-party designs would allow for a wearable iOS wristband running an ergonomic curved glass display.
Google has launched its Now predictive search platform for Apple's iOS. First launched as part of the Jelly Bean update, Google Now serves as the personal assistant for the Android platform, a role filled in iOS by the Siri application.
YouTube for iOS gets access to live streams, My Subscriptions feed, video queuing for TV playback, and more – The Next Web Apple records and keeps users' Siri queries for up to 2 years – Los Angeles TimesData is anonymized after six months, but...
Almost all tracking is done with anonymous device fingerprint tracking, which is about 95 percent accurate – more so for Android, less so for Apple iOS. So if you're building an app for an iOS, Android, Windows Phone or whatever, it won't usually be...
Google Updates Search iOS App With Minor Bug Fixes, Still No Sign Of Google Now – TechCrunchMinor bug fixes and improved voice search. IDC: For Mobile Advertising Networks, Era of Dominance Is Over – IDCMobile ads to hit $7 billion this year; $2.8...
Facebook began reorganizing its business last year to be “mobile first,” and its revamped iOS app was the first step in that direction. Apple is a pretty controlled environment…” and Facebook is in “active dialogue to do more with them, but...
Researchers have estimated that globally Chrome holds some 37 percent of the browser market, while Android has in many markets surpassed Apple's iOS as the most popular smartphone brand. Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt has squashed talk that...
Apple's Unique Device Identifier (UDID) was the standard mechanism for tracking installs across mobile web and mobile apps for iOS. OpenUDID is a free, open source UDID initiative that uses a copy-and-paste feature in iOS to share data between...
Google has announced improved search and sharing features for its Chrome browser running on Apple's iOS smartphone and tablet platform. For iOS users, the addition of the omnibox search function to the mobile browser lets users search for keywords...
Google will pay Apple $1 billion in 2014 to be the default Internet search provider on iOS devices, including the iPhone and iPad, according Scott Devitt, an analyst at Morgan Stanley. Thirty-one percent of Google's traffic acquisition costs will...
The NRA has also very recently released a target-practice shooting app for iOS that allows the player to act is if they are in a shooting range. Both Apple and Google are also bidding on the keyword in an effort to promote the various apps that...
Google then released an upgraded Google Maps app for iOS devices which offered a significant improvement not only for Apple Maps users but also for users of the previous version of Google Maps. Perhaps in a moment of overconfidence, Apple booted...
Facebook's Pages Manager app had been available on Apple's iOS for some time, allowing Page administrators to edit their pages. Curiously Facebook doesn't provide any details about which countries its Android Pages Manager app is available in...
Google dealt another blow to Apple today, announcing that its Google Maps for IOS app reached 10 million downloads in just two days. Thanks to the Apple Maps app's lack of accuracy, shoddy satellite images and potentially life-threatening direction...
In iOS 6 Apple decided to default to Google’s secured search. This change iOS 6 brought by Apple choosing to use Google’s SSL search for iPhone users can easily be confused with the Desktop specific SSL search change.
About a month later Scott Forstall, head of iOS Applications left Apple amid rumors of a falling out with Cook over that apology. Travelers visiting parts of Australia are being urged by police not to rely on Apple Maps to guide them.
You can even track downloads in iOS if you integrate a snippet of code into your app. Apple's App Store isn’t very marketer friendly. Every year, Google introduces new ad formats, changes AdWords settings and introduces a few high profile tests...
The last time we saw iOS overtake Android in the U.S.was when the iPhone 4S was released and Apple managed to retain its lead for three consecutive periods," said Dominic Sunnebo, global consumer insight director at Kantar Worldpanel Comtech.
The report doesn't say when Google Maps will arrive in the iOS App Store, but we'd bet on Google trying to beat Nokia, which announced on Tuesday that it will be bringing its new Here mapping service to Apple devices.
The company shipped some 26.9 million units, giving iOS a 14.9 percent share of the market. Second in the quarter was Apple's iPhone. Along with the continued strong sales of Apple's iPhone 5, a new crop of handsets powered by Windows Phone 8 is...
