As a follow-up to Blake Stimac’s “Essential Android apps for the holiday shopping season” article posted earlier today, it’s time now to take a look at some of the best choices available for iOS, including iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. As more and more people continue to use their mobile phones to get holiday shopping…
Essential Android apps for the holiday shopping season
The holiday season is here, and if you’re looking to do some mobile shopping, then we have some great applications for you to choose from. Whether you need a simple shopping app, a gift list, or package tracking applications, the list of applications below will ensure that you have an end to end solution! Gift…
MetroPCS announces the Samsung Galaxy Admire 4G
MetroPCS announced its latest Android offering to join its budget-friendly roster of mid-range phones. The Samsung Galaxy Admire 4G will be launched as an upgraded version to its predecessor and it’ll bring the typical mid level features you’d expect such as a 3.65-inch TFT display, 1GHz CPU, and a 3MP camera. Apparently, the over two-year…
Foxconn’s move to the US could bring Apple manufacturing jobs
Tim Cook had a chat with the folks over at Businessweek that covered many things such as the departure of Scott Forstall, the future of Apple TV and the disaster known as Maps. In addition, the Apple boss revealed the company’s plans for next year, which includes spending $100 million to bring some manufacturing jobs…
T-Mobile USA to start selling Apple products in 2013
Deutsche Telekom confirmed in a press statement that T-Mobile USA will start selling Apple products in 2013. The company failed to name the products or give a launch date, but we can presume it is talking about the iPhone and the iPad, and the launch will likely coincide with the debut of T-Mobile’s 4G LTE…
Latest Google+ numbers show an increase in usage
It’s shaping up to be a Google type of day today. The search giant was happy to talk about some impressive numbers about its social network Google+. This comes after the company launched Snapseed’s photo editor app for Android and making it free for iOS. Google decided to spill the beans on numbers for its…
Google releases Snapseed for Android, updates iOS version
Back in September, Google purchased Nik Software, makers of the popular Snapseed application for iOS. The move was largely viewed as a grab for the company’s Google+ software, with Snapseed aimed at become the photo filter service of choice for Google’s social network. Today, that dream comes closer to reality with Snapseed for Android, which…
Tim Cook tells Businessweek: we screwed up on maps
Tim Cook has been the Chief Executive Officer at Apple for over a year now, taking over after the death of Steve Jobs. Cook sat down with Businessweek and talked about his experiences and company changes during his freshman year as head of the company. In the 11-page interview, Cook talks about the rocky departure…
BlackBerry 10 to ban users from adopting insecure passwords
RIM may block users from using common, easy-to-hack passwords on their BlackBerry 10 phones. The BlackBerry blog, RapidBerry, first noticed the blacklisted passwords buried deep inside BlackBerry 10. The list of banned phrases now includes 106 words, and this list may grow as RIM adds new phrases over time. History has shown time and again…
iPad mini ship times improve to one week
Just like the iPhone 5, inventory of the iPad mini is finally starting to improve. Since its launch, production of the $329 iPad mini has struggled to keep up with high demand. Customers looking to buy the smaller tablet faced low in-store inventory and online shipping delays of two weeks. This situation is gradually improving as ship times in Apple’s…








