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Facebook has announced a new app called Messenger for iPhone and Android devices that will give chat a bunch of new functions in a dedicated user interface. Messenger pulls in all of your local and Facebook contacts into one list, and also puts all of your Facebook messages, chats, texts, and e-mails under one roof.…
While the rest of you may be watching your portfolios crumble as the stock market goes haywire, Apple briefly passed Exxon Mobile today to become the largest publicly-traded U.S. company in terms of market capitalization and this was primarily due to the company’s success in the mobile space. Reuters reports that Apple was valued at…
Apple is continuing its battle against HTC, and this time the International Trade Commission, or the ITC, is reviewing five patent complaints from the iPhone maker. According to Reuters, Apple is claiming that HTC “HTC infringed five patents related to software architecture and user interfaces in portable electronic devices, hardware for touch screens and movement…
Presuming you’re an iUser with both the iPhone and iPad, you may want to use your smartphone to control your tablet. There’s an app for that which can remotely control several iPad apps from the iPhone. Called External Keyboard, it allows you to surf the web from the iPhone while getting the pages to appear…
You’ve probably heard that AT&T has starting throttling data speeds for customers who tether their mobile Internet connection. If you think you may be in the “affected group,” you should call AT&T and ask them what’s happening. Before doing so, make sure to know what you’re talking about… Install a free application called Speedtest.net Mobile…
Ever wondered where and how you take photos with the iPhone? Sure you can move all images to a PC or Mac and analyze them using some good photo gallery software. Now you can do the same directly on your beloved smartphone with an app called Photo Stats. Available for 99 cents (the price will…
According to a report by the British telecoms regulator Ofcom, one in three adults in the UK now uses a smartphone. The iPhone is said to be the single most popular device with 32% of adults picking Apple’s handset as their favorite. Teenagers on their end favor RIM’s Blackberrys, which were identified as the preferred…
The FBI has hopped on the iPhone app bandwagon but this app stands out from the crowd because it could actually save lives. The Child ID iPhone app gives parents tools to help report if their child is missing. It may sound weird to fire up an app if your kid is missing, as many…
There’s some interesting data coming out of the latest Jumptap report, as the mobile advertising company has come up with some neat data about the advertising rates on Android, iOS and others. In particular, it’s fun to see which states tend to trend more toward Android or the iPhone. Of course, this data isn’t a…
MYHABIT.com, a new membership-only fashion destination from Amazon, is going for the iPhone users with a brand new app. Available as a free download, it offers on-the-go access to the “curated selection of designer sales” beginning at 9:00 AM PT (12:00 PM ET) daily on MYHABIT.com. Using the application, customers can shop limited-time sales from…