You might think app design is the same, whether the software is being developed for iOS or Android. But creating highly polished, elegant-looking apps is simply easier to do when developing for iOS. That’s the prevailing conventional wisdom among developers who code for both platforms.Design is built into Apple’s DNA. Google’s legacy, on the other [...]

The very nature of mobile-sharing apps has changed the types of imagery that people upload. There is also an added on-the-move life-streaming nature to the whole thing. Photos found on the flowing Instagram news feed don’t look like the ones on Flickr.Instagram is a community conducive to likes and comments, whereas Flickr focuses more on [...]

One of the worst-kept secrets in the technology space- Google Drive, is finally here — live and yours to explore.But if you’re already using a cloud service, or maybe even a couple of services the question undoubtedly arises, Do you really need another cloud platform? This question gets more complicated when you consider that Google [...]

Bowel Mover Pro ($0.99 iPhone/iPad) Aficionados of the long-running sitcom Scrubs will know this one essential fact: Everything comes down to poo. Really. Tracking your bowel movements is apparently a great way to monitor your health on a day-to-day basis. This app will help you track what you ate and how it turned into a [...]

We’re all familiar with Apple’s love affair for thin devices. Although the third-generation iPad surprised many by gaining about half a millimeter of thickness, it looks like Apple could be back to trimming product dimensions by using a new kind of display technology in the next iPhone.Instead of using a display comprising a number of [...]

According to Korea IT News Apple will use Liquidmetal for the casing of the iPhone 5, which will be launched in June.Liquidmetal is the commercial name of an amorphous metal alloy developed by researchers at the California Institute of Technology and marketed by a company they set up called Liquidmetal Technologies.The alloy’s been used in [...]

The “Angry Birds” franchise is one of the App Store’s biggest success stories. When it debuted almost two and a half years ago, its developers hit on a potent formula for casual gaming profits. Make it colorful, make it work nicely with a touchscreen, and make it really easy to figure out. Then throw in [...]

It is shaping up to be a critical year for mobile tech.Now There are new issues, and new challengers other than endless iOS versus Android market share reports, making 2012′s mobile landscape more complex and more important than ever before. Windows 8 is emerging as a viable threat to the iPad, while Android tablets continue [...]

Nokia introduced the 808 PureView on Monday. The new smartphone, which boasts a 41-megapixel digital camera, left some observers stunned and others just yawning.Unveiled during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, the 808 PureView costs 450 euros (US$602) before carrier subsidy. Available soon, the phone is for “folks who take and share beautiful pictures,” [...]

A story in The New York Times that says a “loophole” in Apple’s mobile software allows developers of iOS apps to upload a user’s photo library without specific permission to do so. When a user grants permission to a downloaded app that uses device’s current location, that doesn’t give them permission to access just location, [...]