Tag: iOS
BlackBerry Announce BBM is coming to Android and iOS in the Summer
BlackBerry has announced that their popular messaging service BBM will break the shackles and will become a cross platform messaging service. The timing is a little later than the rumours had indicated but non the less this will be an interesting move for the mobile company, since the hit app Whatsapp is dominating the messaging [...]
Gartner: Android and Samsung Dominate Smartphone Sales in Q1 2013, Apple’s Market Share Dips
Android and Samsung’s control over today’s global smartphone market should no longer surprise anyone, but it appears the two leading forces of the mobile industry just can’t be contained. Their already impressive numbers keep on growing and growing, fiscal quarter after quarter, at the expense of basically everyone else in the business, from Apple to [...]
New Android Boss Gives a Glimpse on Google’s Plans for its Mobile OS
Sundar Pichai has been a part of the tag-team of presenters for the annual Google I/O Conference since 2004. He has been known as a representative of his company’s Chrome division plus its browser and cloud platform according to Wired. But now, his partner Andy Rubin has relinquished his position in Android OS. The move [...]
Facebook to buy Waze for $1 billion ?
If the reports from the Israeli media are to be believed, then we might see a facebook waze partnership sometime soon. Waze, the urban navigation and social mapping platform is currently in talks with Facebook for a full acquisition. Now, we have seen Facebook buy a number of such start ups recently, however what [...]
Android Dominates US Smartphone Market For First Quarter Of 2013
The recently released comScore report for the first quarter of this year showed the Android platform still continuing to dominate the US market. Android accounted for 52 percent of the operating system used which is slightly lower compared to its fourth quarter result last year which is 53.4 percent. The rest of the market was [...]
Songza for iOS Predicts What Music You Need to Hear
Songza for iOS wants to know what music you like and what mood you’re in for it’s latest feature that predicts the music you need to listen to due to your mood and your music tastes. Songza’s claim to fame is it’s really cool feature that knows what day and time it is and cross [...]
Low end smartphone market booming as low end iPhone gets closer
Apple has repetitively denied the low cost iPhone coming to market, with Phil Schiller saying it would not make sense for the company to bring a cheaper smartphone to the market. In many ways, it goes against Apple’s core values of developing a product to allow users the best user experience. The company would be giving [...]
Kantar: Android Remains Top Dog in US Smartphone Market, Windows Boosts Tiny Market Share
While other market research firms tend to release their reports of interest once every three months, UK-based Kantar has made it a sort of tradition to break down US smartphone sales once every 30 days. That usually happens at the end of any given month and, of course, the numbers released show the status quo [...]
Google Now available on iOS
Google has kept the exclusivity on its new intelligent assistant app, Google Now, on Android for a few months. It has finally released dates for iOS version and it will come within the Google Search app. Google announced on Monday the plan to end the Android exclusive and bring Now to iOS. This combats rumours [...]
WWDC 2013 sold out in two minutes
Anyone saying Apple has lost its touch with fans can just take one look at the title and rethink their ideas. Apple is still one of the most popular companies ever and its events are bigger than life. WWDC is arguably one of the biggest technology events on the year, with Apple putting on [...]
Just.me social app launches on iOS finally
Just.me is a social app which newly launched on the Apple app store this week, this app has finally came to the masses after being in development for two years. Just.me isn’t your average messaging service like whatsapp, kik, iMessage or even Facebook chat. Just.me is something that is completely unique, this service is available [...]
Facebook adds Chat Heads to iOS, Cover Feed may come next
Facebook is adding a rather redundant version of Chat Heads to its Facebook 6.0 iOS update, allowing users to talk anywhere inside the app. This means Chat Heads will not pop up on the home-screen or in any other app. This may change however, with Facebook and Apple in negotiations currently surrounding Facebook Home. Unlike Android, which [...]
Yandex offers multi-language translation support with new update for the iOS app
Russia’s Google stand-in, Yandex, has added new features to its app for Apple’s iOS devices. The Yandex translate app now supports more language translation pairs between Russian and few other languages like Czech, Turkish, Ukrainian, Romanian, Serbian, Bulgarian and English. The app is aiming to offer international support with more languages offered in each rollout. [...]
