Flick Champions brings eight different sports games in one app, and each has its own style of game play. Play football, soccer, hockey, tennis, golf, basketball, archery or bowling alone or with friends. Read more »
The rule was instituted just before Apple shareholders voted down a similar proposal earlier this week. And it comes in the midst of a six-month-long stock slide. Read more »
Though he got what he wanted in regard to the shareholder proposal, this is not the end of David Einhorn’s spat with Apple. Read more »
Apple’s iPad mini may be the right device at the right time. According to Display Search, shipments of smaller tablet screens far outnumbered those for large slates early this year. Read more »
iPad users can now beam YouTube videos straight to their Google TV device, thanks to a new AirPlay-like feature added to the latest app update. Read more »
Apple’s status page showed that earlier this morning there was a problem with all of its iCloud-based services. As of this posting only Photo Stream, Documents in the Cloud and iCloud backup are still affected. Read more »
Opening Day of the Major League Baseball season is still about a month away. But the best app for following all the games is here already. Read more »
Apple’s educational initiative hit a pretty big number this week, a year after it got its own dedicated app. Read more »
Apple’s board of directors was re-elected. But some of the most interesting questions about Apple’s future — on a new class of stock and what to do with its $137 billion in cash — went unanswered. Read more »
Group photo-sharing is a problem that people have been trying to solve for a while now. But two fresh new apps that are launching before SXSW look to re-invent the concept and make it easier than ever to share. Read more »
Users who downloaded the Tuesday update say their books were erased from their devices and all their saved settings and bookmarks were reset. Amazon said Wednesday it was a known bug. Read more »
Six months after debuting on the iPhone and iPod touch, Amazon’s streaming music and storage service has been modified for Apple’s tablets. Read more »
If a certain number of Waze users report the same closing, the app will automatically start re-routing all users around reported road closures. Read more »
MLB continues to further integrate mobile tech into its fan offerings. While iOS is by far its most popular mobile platform, the head of baseball’s digital arm says it’s “shrinking every day” as Android grows. Read more »
A batch of rejections from Apple’s App Store had some reports wondering if Apple has begun forcing developers to use a new for tracking mobile app users. It hasn’t, according to our sources. Read more »
Parents frustrated that their kids racked up iTunes bills without their permission may be in luck — Apple is offering to pay up to many of those affected. A settlement offers a $5 iTunes credit or cash if the amount was more than $30. Read more »
Apple is enamored with China — and rightfully so. However, in not paying attention to India, it has allowed world’s second-largest mobile market to become a mostly Android phenomenon, leaving upper end of the market to Samsung. Wrong strategy, if you ask me. Read more »
The main feature Mophie improved with the Juice Pack Air is the size of the embedded lithium battery, which will fully recharge the iPhone 5′s battery. Read more »
Twelve years after their first opening, Apple’s expanding net sales and soaring store traffic show it could use more locations, especially in international cities, of Apple Stores. Read more »
There is surprising unity in global carriers’ support of Mozilla’s open web-based smartphone platform. That’s because it offers them a chance to wrest some control from Google and Apple. Read more »
Using an iPhone or iPad’s camera, PointGrab is opening up its new SDK at MWC this week that will let developers bring motion-control to their iOS apps. Read more »
Facebook released an update on Friday that will allow users to place calls through the app as long as both parties have the most recently updated version. The function previously existed in the Messenger app, but will now be available to everyone. Read more »
A federal judge granted David Einhorn’s request to remove a proposal for shareholders to vote on Apple’s ability to offer preferred stock. Read more »
What helps this game stand apart from other role-playing tower defense games multiplayer games is its co-op mode. Read more »
One of Wall Street’s top analysts covering Apple met with its CFO on Thursday, and got the impression Apple will make an iPhone for the lower end of the mobile market, and double the existing dividend. Read more »
David Einhorn of Greenlight Capital says his plan would mean Apple would spend about $1.9 billion per year issuing iPrefs. Not everyone is convinced the plan makes sense. Read more »
The tool, which uses optical character recognition and semantic tagging to recognize and organize many different document types across disparate cloud storage services, is finally out of beta. Read more »
This year’s mobile app for iOS and Android app can be used on both platforms and has a new deal bundling GameDay Audio subscriptions for free. Read more »
Fanhattan, which is like a TV Guide for iPad, has launched out a beta web version with new discovery and recommendation features. On the web, it offers more content recommendations from more providers — 29 on the web, compared to 16 on iOS. Read more »
One of my favorite task management apps for iPhone and Android is even better now. Any.DO’s latest update includes Any.DO Moment; a feature that helps you plan your day. Read more »
Telenav’s latest iPhone update has some nifty new collaboration features, including the ability to notify friends and family or your ETA and for multiple users to converge on the same location. Read more »
The owner of the website that was used to launch hacking attacks on Apple and Facebook explains how his site was compromised. Read more »
The FT says Apple’s manufacturing partner isn’t hiring any more workers for a month because of lowered iPhone 5 demand. But Bloomberg got a spokesman to offer a different explanation. Read more »
Digital audiobook site Audible is launching its first iPad app and is also releasing a new version of its iPhone app that allows for some downloading over cellular networks. Read more at paidContent »
Both the iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S outsold Samsung’s Galaxy S III juggernaut, which after five months of availability, sold 15.4 million units during the fourth quarter. Read more »
Here’s a quick video tour of this very delicious iOS app that gives you recipe ideas based on what you have and what you like. Read more »
They found their way in through a vulnerability in Java. But the company says there is no evidence that “any data left Apple.” Read more »
With a backlog of well over 100,000 registrants, Tempo is far more popular than it ever anticipated. The company has been forced to halt new activations to give its servers some breathing room. Read more »
At the end of this month, China should have 246 million smartphones and tablets running iOS or Android; that will put it ahead of the U.S., likely for good. Read more »
The former Foursquare duo behind the Sunrise email digest is debuting their first app with a smart, social twist. Read more »
