CES 2012: Day One Notes from the Tradeshow Floor

By Ed Hardy | 1/10/2012

The annual Consumer Electronics Show is in full swing in Las Vegas. The first day bright a range of smartphone announcements, as well as a number of events where companies were showing off new products to journalists.

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CES 2012 Likely to Bring New Android Devices and Windows Phones

By Ed Hardy | 1/2/2012

The Consumer Electronics Show starts next week in Las Vegas, and there will be quite a bit of smartphone-related news coming out of this giant tradeshow. Expect announcements related to Android OS 4.0, Windows Phone, and LTE.

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LogMeIn Remote Access App Now Free for iPhone

By Ed Hardy | 12/22/2011

LogMeIn, an app that allows users to remotely control a PC or Mac with their smartphone, used to sell for $30. Today, a free version for the iOS was introduced, as well as a premier one with additional features.

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Grand Theft Auto III Released for Android and iOS-based Smartphones

By Valerie Sarnataro | 12/15/2011

Rockstar is celebrating its transition into open world 3D gaming by releasing a mobile version of its acclaimed Grand Theft Auto game.

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Carrier IQ Under Investigation by the U.S. Government

By Valerie Sarnataro | 12/15/2011

Weeks after Carrier IQ software was discovered to be running on about 150 million smartphones, tracking and capturing every keystroke and text message without the user's knowledge, a federal investigation into the program is underway.

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Microsoft Releases SkyDrive Cloud Service Apps for Windows Phone and the iPhone

By Valerie Sarnataro | 12/14/2011

Microsoft has introduced a version of its SkyDrive cloud service for Windows Phone and the iPhone, offering users the ability to access, share and remove files stored in SkyDrive folders. (Video Demo)

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Apple App Store Now Offers More Than 500,000 Apps

By Valerie Sarnataro | 12/12/2011

Today Apple announced that the App Store now has more than 500,000 apps, as customers continue to download more than 1 billion apps per month.

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StyleTap iOS Wrapper SDK Turns Palm OS Apps into iPhone Apps

By Ed Hardy | 12/11/2011

In the days when Palm OS was the top mobile platform, thousands of apps were written for it. Now, Palm OS is almost forgotten, but developers can use a software development kit from StyleTap to turn their old Palm OS apps into ones that will run on the iPhone.

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OnLive Gaming App Now Available for Android Smartphones and Tablets

By Valerie Sarnataro | 12/9/2011

OnLive, the cloud gaming company, has launched a free app that brings gamers access to top-tier console games on their Android smartphones and tablets over a Wi-Fi or 4G LTE connection. An iOS version is also expected soon.

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Microsoft Releases Free Xbox Live App for iPhone

By Valerie Sarnataro | 12/8/2011

Microsoft has released a free Xbox Live app for the iOS platform, bringing the interactive game center to the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices.

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Easily Discover If Your Android Smartphone Has Carrier IQ

By Valerie Sarnataro | 12/6/2011

A new app is available in the Android Market that allows users to detect if the controversial Carrier IQ mobile network diagnostic tool is present on their smartphones.

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Carrier IQ Spyware Found in Numerous Smartphones, Tracking Your Every Move

By Valerie Sarnataro | 12/1/2011

A new video posted by a security researcher has the Internet in a frenzy, as it details hidden software installed on smartphones that logs numerous details about the users activities. It is not the creation of a hacker, but has apparently been pre-installed either by wireless carriers or by device makers.

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