Yahoo’s recent deal with Mozilla to become Firefox’s defualt search engine turned out to be a major success and actually took quite a chunk out of Google. Now the company wants to do the same thing again, this time with a much bigger prize: Safari. Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer, du
Sometimes getting off the couch to change the song that’s playing takes too much effort. Luckily, Spotify feels your pain. The music streaming service now lets you use your phone as a remote control for music playing on your desktop. The feature, called Spotify Connect, is already available for thos
Having your app subscriptions and app purchases charged to your carrier billing is a great way to consolidate all your mobile-related purchases and expenses. It saves users from having to worry about having two separate bills to pay, in which one might be accidentally forgotten and leads to a lot of
Depending on who and when you ask, the iPhone 6 may or may not ship with a futuristic new Sapphire Glass display. Widely rumored to be nigh-invulnerable, Sapphire Glass is widely believed to be the technology that will make shattered iPhones a thing of the past. But will it really? Seeking answers,
A couple of days ago it wasreported that according to a security company, they had found that Apple’s iMessage messaging service is a hotbed of spammers. Apparently the ease of sending spam messages makes it a very attractive tool to be used by spammers in their daily activities. This is unfortunate
Apple subsidiary Beats on Friday uploaded a short 30-second spot to its Twitter account featuring two of its animated “Pill” creatures and the Siri virtual assistant, marking the first collaborative ad effort since Apple bought the audio company in May. It is unknown if the clip will be
Southwest Airlines has issued an update to its iPhone and iPod touch app that should make the lives of several frequent travelers a bit easier. The company has added mobile boarding pass support to the app for 28 airports, which is up from the previously supported handful of airports. Mobile boardin
Does Apple plan to launch a diamond-encrusted iWatch to compliment its gold iPhone 5s? Probably not, but well-connected Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities says that Apple is planning to launch several different iWatch models in 2014, including a high-end version that will cost thousands of
Still bummed about Ashton Kutcher’s I-kinda-look-like-the-guy big screen portrayal of Steve Jobs? Well hang tight, as Hollywood’s cinematic Bat-Signal for a Real Actor has been answered. Christian Bale is being rumored to take on the role in the upcoming, Aaron Sorkin-penned, project. It
Apple CEO Tim Cook says his company is intrigued by the mobile payments space, and that its interest there is one of the reasons for creating Touch ID. “The mobile payments area in general is one that we’ve been intrigued with,” Cook said on a conference call discussing Apple’
Showing off a technology that accomplishments face and eye tracking on a mobile device through software, Umoove is an app for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch you should check out. Not only is Umoove an app demoing the technology, but the company also has an API other developers can try in their own app
iBeacon is an interesting piece of technology that so far has been used in retail settings. Can iBeacon be used in the gaming context as well? As it turns out, it can. The folks at The Tap Lab have unveiled a demo for a game called Tiny Tycoons, and basically what it does is that […]