How Apple Could Fight The Bots, Scams And Other App Store Junk

No platform is perfect. Not even Apple’s. Over the last few weeks, there has been a flood of news about malfeasance in the app store from download bots to credit card scams to address-book sharing. I broke a few stories about app-related … Continue reading →

Well known developers slapped with a lawsuit on stealing user data through apps without consent

Call it OMG, but a number of big devs out there have been slapped with a lawsuit on stealing user data through their apps without the user consent. According to Mobile Business Briefing In a filing made to the US district court for Texas, companies listed include social app developers Facebook, Foursquare, Gowalla, Path, LinkedIn [...]

Krusell – TOP-10 selling phones for February 2012

It’s that part of the month when we post the data for top selling smartphones for the previous month, courtesy of Krusell. The winners for February 2012 are 1. (1) Apple iPhone 4/4S 2. (2) Samsung I9100 Galaxy S II 3. (5) Samsung Galaxy Nexus 4. (3) Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc/Arc S 5. … Related [...]

Forrester: No Android Tablet Has More Than 5% Share vs iPad. How Does Amazon’s Kindle Fire Compare?

On the eve of what may well be the launch of a brand new iPad from Apple comes some new analysis from Forrester Research on the current competitive landscape in tablets — or lack thereof, as the case seems to … Continue reading →

Video: Anything Your iPhone Can Do, My Galaxy Note Can Do Better

Click here to view the embedded video. You have to give it up to Samsung’s marketing department. They are working so hard to bring the Galaxy Note as much praise as possible, even if that means ripping on their main competitor, Apple. They took to the streets to pit an iPhone user against a Galaxy Note [...]