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Alleged Office roadmap says Office for iOS possibly not until 2014

by Mike Schramm (Apr 10th, 2013)

The rumor mill had previously stated that Office for iOS might be coming as soon as last month, but obviously that never happened. Now, an alleged roadmap for the Office family of products from Microsoft says we may not see Office for iOS this year at all. ZDNet reports that it has obtained a ...

Spotify adds support for 320 kbps music streaming

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 14th, 2012)

Spotify brought its music streaming service to the US last year, and both the desktop and mobile apps have been well received. On the desktop, the service delivers a high-quality 320 kbps audio stream, but the mobile app cuts that in half with its 160 kbps stream. Thanks to a recent update, iOS ...

Contact sync between Google Apps, Gmail, and Mac

by TJ Luoma (Aug 30th, 2011)

I am trying to find a way to keep my address book in sync across my: iPad MacBook Air MacBook Pro iMac Google Apps account Gmail account as well as my wife's iPhone MacBook Google Apps account Gmail account (Aside: by "Gmail account" I mean a ...

Microsoft shuffling execs to better compete with Apple

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 8th, 2011)

Microsoft is reportedly shuffling around its upper brass to better compete against Apple and Google. The company is removing long-serving executives from their positions and promoting senior engineers from areas within the company that are struggling. This move is in response to pressure from ...

Connecting your Mac to the internet in Egypt

by Erica Sadun (Jan 30th, 2011)

The political unrest in Egypt and its internet blackout is all the buzz today in international matters. Several TUAW readers have written in asking if we had any advice for Mac users in Egypt to gain access to the internet. The secret in a blacked-out country apparently lies in using cell ...

Windows Phone 7 will sync 'select content' with Macs

by Mike Schramm (Oct 13th, 2010)

Honestly, I haven't been super impressed with anything I've seen coming out of all of the Windows Phone 7 hoopla this week. Sure, the phones look pretty and all, and yes, it's a huge upgrade for Windows Mobile users, but it still seems to me like Microsoft is just trying to match the iPhone rather ...

Dropbox updates iOS apps, announces App Directory

by Mike Schramm (Sep 23rd, 2010)

The Dropbox app for iPhone and iPad has been updated recently. There's a UI redesign in there now that takes full advantage of the Retina Display, so your shared files will look better than ever. The iPad version has gained a landscape view, and the app will now finish uploads and downloads in the ...

Why Apple might want to buy ARM

by Sang Tang (Apr 22nd, 2010)

--- Last January, Apple COO Tim Cook stated, "We believe we need to own and control the primary technologies behind the products we make." That motivation, backed by Apple's 41 billion cash on hand, makes its rumored acquisition of ARM Holdings so compelling. --- What would you do if you had ...

iPhone to Windows Mobile: Eat my dust

by Michael Grothaus (Dec 17th, 2009)

ComScore has released a list of the top smartphone operating systems by market share in the United States in October. Who's on top? Research in Motion (but for how much longer?), followed by Apple, then Microsoft, Palm, Symbian, and finally Google. The guys at FierceDeveloper have put together ...

iPhone and Android now total 75% of U.S. smartphone web traffic

by Mel Martin (Nov 23rd, 2009)

It's a rather stunning number from AdMob in an October report. The firm reports on web requests from thousands of sites world wide. In the latest report, Apple has 55% of the domestic Smartphone traffic share, and Android has 20%. Interestingly, the Blackberry share dropped 2% to a 12 percent share, ...

New York Times: Windows Mobile sinking, Android and Apple benefit

by Mel Martin (Oct 26th, 2009)

This morning, the New York Times had an interesting piece about the shift in cellphone momentum away from Microsoft to Android and the iPhone. The story refers to Windows Mobile as 'foundering,' which won't bring much happiness to Redmond. Of course, Microsoft already knows that they're quickly ...

Microsoft: how to port iPhone apps to Windows Mobile

by Dave Caolo (Aug 3rd, 2009)

With just a few months to go before launching the Windows Marketplace for mobile applications, Microsoft has published details on porting iPhone apps to its Windows Mobile platform. It's a case study of the app Amplitude [App Store link], which lets users hear far-off sounds with ease. It's a ...

Windows Mobile, Android, Flash make headlines at Mobile World Congress

by Robert Palmer (Feb 17th, 2009)

Two of Apple's rival mobile platforms announced news this week at the 2009 Mobile World Congress, with Windows Mobile 6.5 on the way, and a new Android-based handset from HTC. Windows Mobile has updated its user interface to more closely resemble the iPhone's. I can imagine the brainstorming ...

iPhone triples market share as of Q3 2008

by Robert Palmer (Dec 4th, 2008)

Apple saw the iPhone's market share triple over the past year, capturing 12.9 percent of the worldwide smartphone market, according to a new Gartner analysis. For the quarter ending September 30, iPhones accounted for 3.4 percent of the market in 2007. That figure was more than 3x higher on the ...

WinMo mag suspends publication; will publish iPhone Life

by Steven Sande (Aug 26th, 2008)

In a rather surprising move, the publishers of the top Windows Mobile monthly magazine, Smartphone & Pocket PC, have announced that they're suspending publication. What's even more interesting is that they will be publishing a quarterly iPhone-oriented magazine titled Smartphone magazine's ...