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OnLive goes from gaming to Desktop and TV

by Mike Schramm (Jan 16th, 2012)

The folks from OnLive, who we met up with last week at CES, are understandably apologetic about the fact that the iOS app for gaming hasn't yet shown up in the App Store. But though they may be sorry it hasn't appeared, OnLive's Bruce Grove is still mum on what the holdup is all about, only ...

Apple brings in former Adobe VP to help out iAd

by Mike Schramm (Jan 4th, 2012)

Apple's iAd service hasn't been as successful as the company hoped. While Apple has been able to keep iAd "premium" by keeping up ad costs and only bringing in high profile clients interested in putting out high quality advertisements, it hasn't actually made much money with the service, either ...

Apple to appeal ruling in Italian court

by Dave Caolo (Dec 30th, 2011)

Earlier this week, Apple was fined for poor communication of its warranty policies in an Italian court. Today, Apple has stated that it will appeal that ruling, according to The Register. Apple was fined 900,000 Euros (approximately US$1.2 million) for failing to inform customers that they may ...

Daily iPad App: eHarmony

by Mike Schramm (Nov 30th, 2011)

When eHarmony first brought its iPad app to us a couple of months ago, I had the great idea (I thought) to put together a feature for TUAW around the idea of only the iPad app to access the very popular Internet dating service, find a date, and then review both the app and the date itself. So ...

Sprint confirms unlimited data for iPhones, but not so fast

by Mike Schramm (Oct 5th, 2011)

Just in case you missed the news at the end of the conference yesterday, the rumors are all true: Sprint is indeed carrying the iPhone 4S, and a spokesperson for the company confirms Sprint will offer an unlimited data plan for iPhone users. That means if you were one of the many users (myself ...

Original Siri service is dead, long live Apple Siri

by Mike Schramm (Oct 4th, 2011)

If you scoffed at the news that Apple's Siri would only be available on the iPhone 4S, thinking that you could just use the standard Siri app that was still available on the App Store, then scoff no more. The freely available Siri app has been removed from the App Store completely, and as ...

T-Mobile: Over 1 million iPhones on the U.S. network

by Mike Schramm (Sep 27th, 2011)

T-Mobile's Chief Marketing Officer Cole Brodman has posted a message on the company's official blog about Apple's iPhone of all things. He says that customers have asked the service provider for the iPhone on the T-Mobile service, which of course isn't yet possible through official channels. ...

Gmail's web app adds multiple accounts, mobile signature

by Mike Schramm (Sep 22nd, 2011)

I do have my Gmail account connected to my iPhone's Mail app through IMAP, but occasionally there are still times (mostly when searching my archived mail) that I need to use the mobile Safari web app version of the popular mail service. So it's good to hear that Google is still updating that ...

Google releases an official Blogger iPhone app

by Mike Schramm (Sep 8th, 2011)

A few days after the entire service had a redesign, Blogger now has something users have been waiting for for a while: an official iPhone app. Google has released the Blogger app to the App Store, and it's now available for download. The app allows you to do everything you'd expect with the ...

Spotify iPhone users jump after US launch

by Mike Schramm (Aug 12th, 2011)

Here's an interesting stat I think tells a bigger tale: Onavo is a service for iPhone which claims to shrink your data as it goes in and out, and that service has been monitoring data coming back and forth from its users' iPhones. Spotify, as you probably know, is a music cloud service that ...

iTunes Replay launch reportedly still far off

by Mike Schramm (Aug 8th, 2011)

We've heard before that Apple may be working on a service for iTunes called "Replay," sort of a Netflix Watch Instantly-style service that lets you download and stream any movies or TV shows that you've purchased from iTunes. Obviously, with the iCloud infrastructure in place (and iTunes Match ...

33% of iPhone owners think their phones already have 4G service

by Mel Martin (Jul 12th, 2011)

With Verizon rolling out its advanced 4G LTE network, and AT&T deploying a similar 4G system, you'd think that these faster 4G services would be something iPhone owners are clamoring for. Not true, at least according to a survey from Retrevo. The consumer research firm says that 1/3 of ...

Disney will not be a part of iCloud launch

by Mike Schramm (Jun 3rd, 2011)

Disney CEO Bob Iger spoke at the D9 conference this week, and said that while he considers the cloud to be a huge force in technology going forward, he's not sold enough to be included in the first round of Apple's almost-announced iCloud service. Whatever Steve Jobs announces for iCloud on ...

Is it possible? AT&T drops lower in customer satisfaction survey

by Mel Martin (May 19th, 2011)

It's a bit of a surprise. AT&T has dropped below Sprint in consumer ratings, at least according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index, as reported by the Associated Press. Both T-Mobile and AT&T are ranked at the bottom, which makes you wonder about the wisdom of the announced sale ...

Rumor: Apple's cloud service comes with subscription fee

by Mike Schramm (Apr 26th, 2011)

CNET has heard from "music industry insiders" that Apple's long-rumored cloud service is indeed coming, but with a subscription fee. When it first launches, the service, which supposedly will act as a "music locker," allowing you to store and access a music collection in the cloud, may be ...