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Apple Holds 39% of the US Smartphone Market: Another Victory for Apple
May 6th
Despite the recent news of Apple’s probable fall due to the lowered value of Apple stocks as well as news that the company is being overtaken by Android based smartphones in the world market, Apple still holds its ground in the US. According to ComScore, Apple holds 39% of the US smartphone market showing that despite the issues that plagued the company the past few months, it is still going strong. Read More
Betaworks Acquires Instapaper
Apr 26th
Instaper is an App that allows a user to save pages to read at a later time even when there is no internet connection. The Instapaper App is sold for $3.99 for the iOS version and the Android version is sold for $3.00. This is a paid App that does what other Apps like Safari (after the ‘reading list’ feature was added to it) and Pocket do for free. Today, Instapaper announced that Betawors has acquired a majority stake in the company. Read More
Live Streaming Added to YouTube for iOS With New Update
Apr 15th
The YouTube App for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad has been updated today by Google. The App is now at v1.3 and the update adds new feature like live streaming accessibility, the ability to queue up videos for watching on TV and more. Read More
Explore New Worlds and Pick Up New Friends in Fable Kingdom HD for iOS (REVIEW)
Mar 31st
Game Garden has released another exciting game, Fable Kingdom HD that offers players massive maps, multiple quests, a chance to meet new friends and exciting characters, and build cities. The game is loosely based on their previous release Fairy Farm. Fable Kingdom HD is a fantasy-city-builder game with a classic but still very exciting good versus evil theme. The story revolves around a prince who meets a princess and falls in love. The princess is captured by an evil witch but the prince rescues the princess, unfortunately, he was not able to vanquish the witch and the witch returns to seek revenge. Read More
Eric Schmidt Says Apple Is Blocking Google Now for iOS, While Apple Says That Google Hasn’t Even Submitted It
Mar 21st
In an interview today, Eric Schmidt mentioned that Google Now for iOS was not in Google’s hands anymore. He stated that the App has been submitted to the App Store and is waiting for Apple’s approval. Rumors then began to flow that Apple is on purpose blocking the App from being publicly available on the App Store. When the rumors started to grow, Apple released a comment via CNet saying that Google has not even submitted any such application (Google Now) for the reviewal process. Read More
Can You Bare All the Poo in Angry Poo Space for Android? (REVIEW)
Jan 1st
Angry Poo Space is a game about which nothing much can be said. It is available for the iPhone via Cydia and officially on the Google Play network for Android devices. If you’re looking to laugh, Angry Poo Space is where you should place your bet. Angry Poo Space is absolutely hilarious and suited for all age groups. Featuring a gameplay akin to Angry Birds, Angry Poo Space is all about, you know, poo. Read More
Google Maps for iOS Is A Hit – Downloaded More Than 10 Million Times In First 48 Hours
Dec 17th
Google has just announced that Google Maps for iOS, the newly released Maps App has been downloaded more than 10 million times in its first 48 hours. On Google+, Jeff Huber, senior vice president of commerce and local at Google announced that the Maps App for iOS has been downloaded more than 10 million times in its first 48 hours. Read More
Google’s Brilliant Twitter Marketing for Google Maps for iOS
Dec 13th
Every developer knows that it is extremely hard to market an App in this crowded App ecosystem. Well, Google released Google Maps for iOS yesterday and they used the power of their massive following on Twitter to spread the word about their latest creation. Our favorite is the one sent out via @gmail. Funny. Read More
It’s Here. Google Maps for iOS.
Dec 13th
Finally, the day has come. Google Maps App for iOS is now finally available on the App Store and it is way too good. With iOS 6, Apple removed Google Maps from iPhone and introduced their very own Apple Maps that was flawed in every way. Tim Cook, Apple CEO also officially apologized for screwing up badly and Scott Forstall and many leading executives behind the initiative were asked to leave the company. In all of this, Google was clearly the winner. They allowed people to get completely pissed off with Apple Maps so the excitement level increased for a native Google Maps App for iOS. Read More
Google Maps iPhone App Coming Tonight
Dec 12th
