After failing to acquire Groupon last year, Google decided to launch its own deal-of-the-day website called Google Offers. The site pitches location-based deals on goods and services.
Today, Google has announced that it is taking the service mobile. A Google Offers app is now available for the iPhone, allowing users to discover, buy and redeem deals while on the go...
Spotify, the popular Swedish music streaming startup, has released an update for its iOS app today that includes a killer new Pandora-like radio feature.
Users will be able to create radio stations based on genre, artists or track-style, and can further customize them via a thumbs up/down ratings system...
Despite Tim Cook's vow to "double down on secrecy," we've seen a surprising amount of information regarding the next-generation iPhone in the past few weeks. We know its screen size, resolution, and even have a good idea of what it looks like.
Or do we? Perhaps the amount of data floating around is actually a sign that we don't know anything. Maybe everything we've seen to this point has been fake, or a misdirection. If so, this case manufacturer is about to throw away a ton of money...
One of the major staples of Android development's always been the operating system's ability to automatically scale apps up and down in order to accommodate whichever form factor they're being used on.
Apple's approach to form factor fragmentation has traditionally been the opposite one. As in, Apple requires app developers to target each screen size with a pixel-perfect user interface. Though iPads can pixel-double tiny iPhone apps, Apple wouldn't degrade user experience by letting iOS stretch apps' hard-coded interfaces.
It would appear that iOS 6 introduces a diametrically opposite approach, one letting developers construct interfaces that can intelligently adapt to different screen resolutions without looking plain fugly.
This is not just convenience, but a necessity given that rumored taller iPhone and an iPad mini, both allegedly due around September or October of this year...
Piggy-backing on Google chairman Eric Schmidt's last December revelation that his company was working on own tablet, an Asian trade publication claims an Asus-engineered device marketed under the Nexus moniker launches at the Google I/O developers conference, which runs from June 27 through 29 in San Francisco's Moscone West.
It's gonna cost just $199 and feature a seven-inch display, the word on the street has it. The publication also offers tidbits regarding launch plans for Google's first branded tablet...
We've known for awhile that Google's been working on improving Voice Actions in Android. Needless to say, last October's release of the iPhone 4S and its headline voice assistant feature dubbed Siri sent Google's engineers back to the drawing board in an attempt to re-envision what conversing with an Android device should be like. According to the well-informed Wall Street Journal, the search giant has now "accelerated" plans to bring Siri competitor to the market.
Mountain Center is an upcoming jailbreak tweak that brings an OS X Mountain Lion like Notification Center to iOS. Now if this all seems a bit familiar to you, that's probably because you've seen or read about MountainLionCenter, which performs a similar action.
Oddly enough, it seems that both tweaks were being developed around the same time, completely independent of one another, hence the overlapping of functionality. But there is good news, because the tweaks differ enough to warrant giving them both a separate look.
Mountain Center adds a few options that you won't find in MountainLionCenter, like the ability to invoke Notification Center from either side of the screen, and more. Take a look at our full video walkthrough inside...
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer yesterday took the stage to unveil his company's iPad challenger named Surface at a Los Angeles presser.
Vice president Steven Sinofsky was on hand to show off the product and of course it wouldn't be a Microsoft event without a system crash.
If you're wondering about the features Microsoft's device brings to the table, here's the full keynote video...
Clockify is a recently released jailbreak tweak that takes the fundamentals of Live Clock, and gives it a modern iOS 5 update. With Clockify you can add a live functioning clock on your Home screen, along with adding world clocks to the Lock screen and Notification Center.
There's a fairly impressive amount of customization to be had with Clockify, as you'll no doubt notice in our hands-on video walkthrough inside...
If you need one more reason to buy Sparrow for your iPhone, here's one: For the next 48 hours, the popular third-party email client has been slashed to just 99 cents. That's a two-buck saving over its original asking price of three dollars...
French developer Gameloft, one of the most prolific creator of triple-As for the iOS platform, has announced that its upcoming game The Amazing Spiderman will hit the App Store on June 28.
Based on an exclusive partnership with Hollywood movie studio and comic book authors, Marvel, the game puts you in the shoes of the legendary superhero. The game's release date is conveniently timed to coincide with the worldwide release of the movie in cinemas across the world...
Not a day goes by without discovering subtle touches in Apple's iOS 6 software. We covered most of the big and little things already. Perhaps unsurprisingly, cool nice-to-haves still get discovered on a daily basis, proving iOS 6 is the most well-rounded release to date.
iDB told you yesterday how the virtual keyboard is now clever enough to capitalize after quotes and emojis (iOS 6 also sports a bunch of new emojis). We even proposed how Apple could make sharing between third-party apps simpler and more akin to Android's comprehensive Action Menu.
Today, I wanna talk about some noteworthy store tweaks and cosmetic changes in Spotlight and Wallpaper settings...