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Say what you will about Flash on mobile devices but don’t say that Adobe doesn’t know the importance of mobile apps. The company has just released an update to Flash Builder and Flex 4.5 which will help developers target mobile apps on the iPhone, BlackBerry OS and the PlayBook. This follows a previous update which…
When it comes to spending money on technology, we’d like to believe we are best at it, but apparently you don’t work for the US government. It appears that after the government gets your tax checks in, they go on a tech shopping spree much like we do when we get our tax returns. Gizmodo…
Millennial Media, a market research company, just released its Mobile Mix report for the month of May to give us an idea of how the market is being split between all the major platforms. Wednesday, they released this chart showing us how Android and iOS are currently doing against Windows Phone 7, BlackBerry OS and…
SugarSync announced its new Mobile Device Management capabilities for iOS devices, making it super-easy to get files from your computer to the iPhone or iPad. Using the new feature, users will be able to transfer files or entire folders to their iOS device without any wires, view all the synced data both from the iPhone/iPad…
Last week we wrote an article detailing some features iOS 5 “borrowed,” and now we have another example. The new viewfinder feature of iOS 5 allows you to see the photo you just took by simply swiping to one side from the camera viewfiner, a feature clearly taken from Windows Phone 7. The video below shows…
The Apple team just unveiled iOS 5.0 at WWDC 2011 and it features more than 200 new features for end users. If you’re familiar with the other operating systems, you’ll know where Apple could have got some of its inspiration. One of the largest changes is that the Push Notification System is being revamped and…
Verizon Wireless and Medco Health Solutions have recently announced Medco Pharmacy, a mobile app that can guide patients and their doctors to the lowest-cost prescription drug to meet their health needs. At the same time, the application helps users identify potentially harmful drug interactions. Available for download in V CAST Apps (and Android Market), Medco…
If you’re looking for a new smartphone, it’s going to be a wonderful time over the next few months as we should see a variety of high-quality handsets. Let’s take a look at some of the contenders and let us know what phone you’re most looking forward to. The one big question is if the…
Millennial Media has just released its Mobile Mix report for April 2011 and as you’d expect, Apple and Google are leading the market with RIM trailing not too far behind. For the first time, all mobile phones in the Top 20 list are smartphones. The iPhone (20.3%), BlackBerry Curve(5.29%), and the EVO 4G (3.11%) top…
The BlackBerry PlayBook is off to a solid start, as analysts are estimating that Research In Motion’s first tablet sold about 250,000 units in the first month. While that’s nothing compared to the Apple iPad 2, it’s a more-than-respectable figure for the company first foray into the tablet space. After doing some extensive retail checks,…