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Chrome for iOS was released late Thursday afternoon and the popular web browser quickly climbed to the top of Apple’s iTunes Free app chart. Chrome for iOS hit number and, as of the writing of this post, still occupies that top spot. The app was announced by Google during its Day Two I/O keynote. Besides…
It’s the beginning of the end for RIM. The company has announced its fiscal Q1 2013 earnings report, and it has amassed revenue of $2.8 billion, down 33% from fiscal Q1 2012. The decline in revenue led to a net loss of $518 million, and as a result of poor growth, RIM plans to cut another 5,000…
On top of getting treated with skydivers and extreme bike riders to demonstrate Project Glass yesterday at day one of Google I/O, attendees left the keynote with a very generous amount of upcoming Google Nexus gadgets. Those lucky folk were the first to receive the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update, which includes some nice across-the-board…
Earlier this week Apple was granted an injunction against Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the United States. In order for the ban to take place the iPad maker would have to post a $2.6 million bond. Well, Apple wasted no time to post that bond, which allows the preliminary injunction to take effect according to…
Google is launching apps for one of its most popular services along with one of its newest services today for iPhone and iPad: the Chrome web browser and Drive. Kudos to Google for doing a fantastic job maintaining the look and feel of Chrome for the desktop with Chrome for iOS — it looks nearly…
If you’re a Virgin Mobile customer and you’ve been longing to get your hands on Apple’s shiny iPhone, today’s your lucky day. As promised, Virgin Mobile has started selling the iPhone 4 and 4S today, with delivery expected as early as tomorrow. Virgin customers looking to get their hands on the iPhone will shell out…
Dolphin Browser is going beyond its “business as usual,” introducing an open API to allow developers to run apps within the popular web browser for (available for iOS and Android devices). And right from the bat, they have first apps / add-ons to showcase, including Dropbox, Evernote, Pocket and Wikipedia, all of which users can…
Different companies make money using different means. That isn’t going to be a startling revelation for many of you, but let’s recap how Google, Microsoft, and Apple put food on the table. Starting with Apple, they simply sell you physical goods. You buy an iPad, you give them money. You buy your sister an iPod,…
Near Field Communications, or NFC for short, is a topic we’ve been writing about since the birth of this publication. The dream goes something like this: When you leave your home all you’ll need to take with you is a mobile phone. Said phone will open doors, pay for things at the store, let you…
T-Mobile business users have the same type of data plans that regular T-Mobile users have. For those of you who aren’t familiar with how they charge for data, here’s how it works: Say you’ve signed up for 5 GB of data per month. Once you use up 5 GB your data doesn’t get switched off,…