A study undertaken by Good Technology, makers of enterprise mobile security software, found that neither heavily regulated industries nor size of the company is an impediment to making bring your own device policies work. Good says BYOD improves employee productivity and can save money. Read More »
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This week, Kickstarter kicked off some high profile projects, along with a couple that seem like they should be official offerings from Apple to begin with. Here’s what’s hot this week on the crowdsourced funding site in Apple device accessories. Read More »
Grand Theft Auto III, the 10 Year Anniversary edition, officially hit the iOS App Store and Android Market late Wednesday. It will only run on relatively recent devices, but even so, it’s an experience that truly shows just how far mobile gaming has come. Read More »
Apple-related things were on a lot of people’s minds in 2011, according to Google’s Zeitgeist 2011search term year-in-review. Three Apple-themed queries appear in the list of the top ten fastest-rising searches worldwide, including one shipping product, one phantom product, and the man who started it all. Read More »
Apple could be on track for a much stronger year than most analysts predict in 2012, according to a recent survey of U.S. consumers. iPhones and iPads in particular appear to be so in demand that the devices will easily smash records next year. Read More »
If it seemed on late Wednesday like Apple’s rollout of iTunes Match to basically every international iTunes market was too good to be true, that’s because it was. Apple is telling customers on Thursday that beyond Brazil and the U.S., Match “will not function.” Read More »
A few pieces of paper signed by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne to incorporate Apple Computer in 1976 have been sold for a staggering $1.6 million. It’s not clear who bought them, but reports say they went for well over the initial asking price.… Read More »
For Flipboard, making the move to the smaller screen of the iPhone seems to have been a risk well worth taking; the personalized news delivery service has already added 1 million new users since the iPhone app launched. It’s a good lesson for iOS periodical publishers. Read More »
I’m a bit of a lapsed gym-goer myself, and like many, the looming holiday feasting already has me thinking about heading back. The key for me is to be as distracted as possible while burning off the calories. Enter the new fitRAIL for iPad. Read More »
The MacBook Pro could get a substantial boost in screen resolution, according to sources upstream in Apple’s supply chain talking to DigiTimes Wednesday. But how likely is it that Apple will actually produce these monster graphical powerhouses in 2012, as reported? Read More »
Apple’s battle with Samsung over tablet patents may have had a positive effect on Samsung’s profile, at least in some markets. Samsung Australia is saying that’s exactly what happened down under following the reversal of a ban against sales of the Galaxy Tab 10.1. Read More »
Apple has a serious advantage over an unusual competitor in a market with lots of future potential, according to Piper Jaffray senior analyst Gus Richard in a research note published this week. Richard says that Apple’s know-how and direction in mobile chips trumps that of Intel’s. Read More »