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Archive for April, 2011

Reuters

Apple mobile share grew 115% Fortune iPhone has only one manufacturer. It is made by Apple. People had to pay $200 to get a basic iPhone with compare to a free android phone of less popular model. Still, iPhone was gaining the popularity and was making Apple's mobil share grew amazingly ... Apple iPhone is hurting AndroidComputerworld (blog) Apple iPhone Soars as Smartphone Sales Go Sky-highDay Breaking News iPhone and HTC ThunderBolt Fueled Increasing US Smartphone Market, Says IDCWireless and Mobile News The Loop all 107 news articles »

CTV.ca

Q&A: iPhones and their saving of geodata Monsters and Critics.com A: Data about the location of an iPhone or iPad is saved. Latitudinal and longitudinal information is saved, along with a time stamp, in a file titled consolidated.db. That file could contain tens of thousands of pieces of data about locations visited. ... Why Tiptoeing Through The Mobile Location Minefield Is EssentialpaidContent.org PhoneDog Live Recap 4.29.11: Apple, Google location tracking; white iPhone 4 ...PhoneDog (blog) Wireless Carriers Get Consent To Use Location DataWITN CNET -ZDNet (blog) -Independent Online all 2,254 news articles »

Foxconn Asks Brazil for Labor Guarantees Before Making Billion Dlr iPhone Deal Forbes (blog) Apple's iPhone and iPad manufacturer, Foxconn, asked São Paulo state Secretary of Labor, Davi Zaia, to provide some sort of guarantee that the state actually has the skilled workforce needed to produce the mother boards and other ... and more »

PopHerald.com

HTC Droid Incredible 2, Kingdom, MyTouch vs iPhone 5 (plus 2 more phones) PopHerald.com So far, at least 5 HTC smartphones are expected to rival the iPhone 5. First, and the most powerful is the HTC Thunderbolt that supports Verizon LTE, then T-Mobile's HTC Sensation 4G that will sport a new HTC Sense UI alongside 1.2 GHz dual-core ... and more »

Kansas City Star

White iPhone 4 pushes iPad 2 off Apple.com, backlogged on Verizon+AT&T Beatweek Magazine There was a time when the white iPhone 4 didn't officially exist, according to Apple.com. But as Michael Scott once said, how the turntables have… yeah, nevermind. The point is this: in a sign of just how much Apple is hoping you'll allow the newly ... White iPhone 4 is Thicker Than Black ModelPCWorld White iPhone 4 Debuts, Slightly ThickerNewsFactor Network What's the deal with the white Apple iPhone 4?Business Review USA TmoNews -Gulfstream News -PC Magazine all 937 news articles »

Typically, whenever something goes wrong with a company or its products and services, the company will try to head off a media free-for-all by releasing a brief statement that usually does only two things: it acknowledges that a problem exists and promises more information at a later date. But as Jason Snell at Macworld notes, Apple doesn't work that way. He notes that Apple's response to the so-called "locationgate" issue was almost identical to its reaction to "antennagate" last year.

Instead of doing what everyone expected them to do, which was acknowledge the location tracking issue and promise a fix, Apple let the media have a field day for a week before releasing its official statement. Meanwhile, as Apple silently investigated reports of users' locations being stored on iOS devices and relatively easily accessed from their Macs after a backup, the media spent a week bellowing out various hysterical pronouncements with half-baked arguments supporting sensationalistic headlines, like the New Zealand Herald's Warning: iPhones can spy on you. At the same time, lawsuits ensued, Senators piled on, and even South Park got in on the action.

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Mobiletor.com

Apple kills App Store number growth, focuses on fairness and app quality Apple Insider The group issued a whitepaper (PDF) that outlines the various numbers behind the "free-to-play" games business, noting that according to its figures, 80.8 percent of all iPhone downloads in the month of March were free, and that "free-to-play games ... HBO GO (for iPhone)PC Magazine App week: Google Docs for Android, Homer on iPhoneT3 HBO Goes On Demand On the iPad, iPhone & Select Android PhonesGigaOm PadGadget -Gotta Be Mobile -IGN all 82 news articles »

The end of the month is here, and that means it's time to do a little housekeeping on our list of the absolute best iPhone apps. Who will be inducted? Who will unceremoniously get the boot? More »

iPhones. iPads. Android. And Windows Phone 7! We've updated all of our essential apps lists to include a few forgotten favorites, some long awaited arrivals and, as always, even more amazing apps. Be sure to check out all the lists! More »

Newstar Media

Steve Jobs Trapped in Carbonite iPhone Case Hard OCP In some sectors of the tech universe, there is no love for Apple founder Steve Jobs and many would revel in his Carbonite encasement. This newest cover for the iPhone could have really taken off and sold like hotcakes…..maybe to people who don't even ... Steve Jobs-Star Wars iPhone case can't be yoursmsnbc.com Katz: the columnThe Age Best iPhone case for Apple fanboys: Steve Jobs in carboniteDVICE Wired News -Wikinews -Newstar Media all 52 news articles »