The eyes of the technology world are focused on the epic patent struggle between Apple and Samsung - the latest iteration of Apple’s frantic legal battle against everything Android. The iPhone maker has also brought suits against Android device manufacturers HTC and Motorola. Apple has faced criticism for its endless lawsuits designed to stunt competition...
Apple via Bloomberg Brian White of Topeka Capital Markets has one of the more interesting ways to forecast Apple’s future products and earnings. He maintains what he calls the “Apple Monitor,” which tracks suppliers who make the parts that go into Apple products. When the Apple Monitor does well, it’s an indication that Apple...
What do you do when your users aren’t using your service the way you intended? If you’re Trover’s CEO, you wake up and make some adjustments. As a result, the mobile app that debuted about a year ago as a social travel planning tool has morphed into something that doesn’t really look like a...
We’re big fans of Pulse here at The Next Web, the mobile platform that takes your favorite news and media sites and transforms them into an interactive mosaic. Launching two years ago for iPad, Pulse later arrived for iPhone/iTouch and Android, bringing beautiful news-browsing to the lion’s share of the mobile market. And a...
On Wednesday, Google announced new natural-language voice search on iOS, new, touch-friendly Web interfaces for its answers, and an ambitious, voluntary experiment to bring your Gmail messages into search results. Google wants to be like the Star Trek computer when it grows up, letting us ask questions naturally about anything and get a compelling...
As cloud computing and Software-as-a-Service continue to take hold, Microsoft’s flagship Office productivity suite now appears less a standalone product than a hierarchy of services, each with different levels of functionality for different markets. The big question: Will your version of Office do everything you need it to? On Wednesday, sources told the Verge...
Sony is paying $764 million (60 billion yen) to buy up the remaining 42 percent of shares in broadband Internet company So-Net in an effort to make it a wholly-owned subsidiary. Filings by the two companies on Thursday (PDF) announced the offer. Sony and its finance arm together own 58 percent of So-Net, but...
Remember when BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) was ordered to cough up $147.2 million after a company called Mformation succesfully won a patent lawsuit against the smartphone and tablet maker in a U.S. court? You know, the kind of ruling Florian Mueller said could make smartphones unaffordable? Well, that’s no longer the case:...
There’s no question your iPhone camera does a pretty good job capturing photos on the go. But can it capture your heart rate? Cardiio, the new digital health app we covered earlier this year from the Rock Health accelerator program, is ready to release a mobile app that uses the iPhone camera sensor to detect your...
“Cause-related marketing,” which aims to align the social issues that matter most to customers and the commercial goals of the business, has been proven to positively engage consumers. Dawn Saves Wildlife is a great example of this – the detergent-maker not only donates thousands of dollars to wildlife organizations, but has also developed an...