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App downloads saw a surge after iPhone 5 release

by Mike Schramm (Nov 30th, 2012)

A mobile marketing firm named Fiksu has posted that the iPhone 5 had a tremendous effect on app downloads, bringing up totals by as much as 33 percent. That's huge, and Fiksu says it hasn't seen numbers like that since, well, the iPhone 4S released a year or so ago. I've heard about numbers ...

iFrogz' Boost speaker out now

by Mike Schramm (Feb 22nd, 2012)

Even a couple of months after the fact, I have to say that iFrogz' Boost speaker was one of the most interesting things I saw at CES this year. It's a little box speaker that works, more or less, like magic. There are no wires or hookups necessary. All you do is set the Boost speaker down, put ...

iFrogz releases Boost speaker, uses 'near field audio' to boost sound

by Mike Schramm (Jan 12th, 2012)

iFrogz was back at CES this year. Last year, most of its new products were iPhone and iPad cases, but this year the company is branching out. In addition to a USB gaming headset called the Caliber (it vibrates when loud sounds are played, "enhancing" the audio), iFrogz also has a product called ...

Full-screen web apps should get a JavaScript boost in iOS 5

by Mike Schramm (Jun 17th, 2011)

Lots of information about iOS 5 is still hidden under the developer NDA, but here's one tidbit that's sneaked out: Some web apps will be faster under the new operating system. So says one developer over on a coding message board; it confirms the rumor that full-screen web apps opened from the ...