The Apple versus Google battle has been waging since well before anyone even knew there was a rift between the tech giants. Their relationship seemed fine to outsiders for years who saw no legal battles between them and integration of Google products as default on the iPhone, including Google Maps. What was brewing behind the scenes between the last two CEOs at each company was a heated enmity. Today, the smartphone market itself is the battleground but the individual battle that intrigues most is the battle between the voice-recognizing software that turns iOS and Android into virtual assistants…

Those of us old enough to remember the somewhat-cool-but-mostly-annoying boomboxes that were carries on streets, across playgrounds, and on public transportation during the 80s can experience the portable music machines all over again in the form of the Boompack by givingshape. It’s a ghetto blaster for a new generation that has grown up more secluded (and polite) with their musical enjoyment through smaller devices with earbuds. Bigger is better with the Boompack as it boasts 8 speakers, 100 watt sound power, and 32Gb of internal memory, plenty to store as many Beastie Boys or Def Leopard…

With 81% of Americans using smartphones while watching television, it’s clear that we’ve developed a penchant for multi-screen consumption of content. Our computers have more than one screen. We often have our iPads sitting next to our laptops, which are sitting next to our desktops, which are across from our video games that are connected to our big screens. In short, we love screens. That doesn’t seem to be a trend that will go away any time soon. This infographic by Uberflip takes a look at some of the stats surrounding the multi-screen generation.  …

Android is the strongest competitor of Apple iOS and has been giving a toughest time from the day first. Like the Android phones android app store is serving the tech savvy’s in the best possible way. It has been reported that the Android market has grabbed the shares of Apple iTunes. Most of the tech lovers know much about free android apps but this article will reveal top Android paid apps that are beneficial as well as fun for the users. DroidBox Pro: Android user can get immediate access to their DropBox account by paying only $1.99 for the Droidbox. This application offers a complete control…

Apple announced today that the App Store has had over 40 billion downloads since launching and that nearly half of those came in 2012 alone. This comes on the heals of an up and down year for Apple that is still operating in the shadows of its deceased co-founder Steve Jobs. “It has been an incredible year for the iOS developer community,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of Internet Software and Services. “Developers have made over seven billion dollars on the App Store, and we continue to invest in providing them with the best ecosystem so they can create the most innovative…

There’s something particularly creepy about Google Now that not only makes it superior to Siri and other voice- and location-based digital personal assistants, it makes it worrisome to those who take their privacy seriously. For the first time, we get to see the full breadth of how much Google really knows about us as individuals. It knows us from our Gmail accounts. It tracks our activities online. It knows where we are at any given moment. It’s aware of our real-world activities. In essence, it knows more about us than many of our significant others. That should be a little disconcerting. Strangely,…

If there was any doubt that the world is going mobile, 2012 eliminated the last ounce of it. People are buying up mobile devices as often as they change the oil in their cars and it shows in the statistics for Apple and the rest of the mobile world. In this year-in-review from The Mobile Future Coalition, we get to touch on some interesting statistics that show everything from Facebook to NASA are buying into the mobile phenomenon to the point that it can no longer really be called a phenomenon. It’s a part of life. Here’s the video: …

There are plenty of ways to use mobile devices to promote a business. The merging of social, local, and mobile into the SoLoMo buzzword of 2012 is starting to became a reality for 2013. With YouTube’s latest app for iPhone and iPod Touch, the video giant has given a powerful tool to businesses who rely on showing people their wares before they make the drive. For example, the internet has expanded the reach of car dealerships. People are able to look at more industries in minutes than they used to be able to look at in an entire day of shopping. They can identify the dealerships that have a vehicle that…

It is amazing how our technology has advanced far to exclude ignorance that some may assume that others with impairments may not be able to enjoy certain apps on a mobile device that is geared towards those who can see, much like the photo-sharing social app, Instagram. …

The short answer – yes, a little. There are rarely moves made by one social company that make me believe they can really hurt another social company, but this one is different. Instagram’s relationship with Twitter has been one of love and hate since before anyone realized there was a growing tension between the social networking giant and Facebook’s mobile secret weapon. The fact that Twitter added filters to their photo apps will not strain the relationship any further; in essence, there is nothing really left to strain. Facebook started the ill-will in April when they purchased Instagram….