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Top AppAdvice News And Apps Of The Past Week
BY Bryan M. Wolfe on Sun September 18th, 2011
Want two words to describe the past week? Holding pattern. Despite some interesting iPhone 5 (and iPhone 4s) rumors, we've still heard nothing officially from Apple regarding its new handset. But, we did here some big news from Google and Microsoft. Here's a look at some of the news from the past week.
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Can Windows 8 Compete With iOS 5 ? See For Yourself
BY Bryan M. Wolfe on Thu September 15th, 2011
Just how good is Windows 8 versus iOS 5? Take a look for yourself.
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Microsoft Shows Off Windows 8 - With Some Interesting Ideas
BY Bryan M. Wolfe on Tue September 13th, 2011
Today, Microsoft offered Build 2011 attendees a hands-on demonstration of its upcoming Windows 8 OS that is expected to launch in 2012. And yes, there are things Apple could learn from this OS.
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Outline - OneNote Notebook App Arrives Along With Limitations
BY Bryan M. Wolfe on Mon August 15th, 2011
A new OneNote notebook reader app has arrived for the iPad. Outline’s biggest selling point is that it is absolutely free. Unfortunately, the app is extremely limited as a Version 1.0 release.
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Google Voice Goes International, Some Prices Lowered
BY Bryan M. Wolfe on Tue August 02nd, 2011
One year after the service debuted for U.S. customers only, Google Voice is going international. The service, which allows you to call anyone on a mobile phone or landline via Gmail, arrives in 150 destinations across 38 languages this week.
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Apple Working On Panoramic Photo Capabilities In iOS 5
BY Bryan M. Wolfe on Thu July 14th, 2011
Apple’s iOS Camera app could soon include panoramic photo-taking capabilities, according to Seth Weintraub at 9 To 5 Mac who recently uncovered some new code stating as such in iOS 5. If correct, this could present a potential problem with app developers who already provide this service.
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Quickly Grab In-Page Search Results With Bing For iPad's New Lasso Search Feature
BY Casey Tschida on Tue July 05th, 2011
Microsoft released the first update to the Bing app for iPad, adding a single major new feature, two minor new features, and tons of small improvements.
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Facebook To Announce Skype-Powered In-Browser Video Chat Next Week?
BY Joe White on Mon July 04th, 2011
In a recent source-fuelled report by Michael Arrington of TechCrunch, it is suggested that Facebook will unveil a new video chat feature next week, which will work in-browser as part of the social network and will be powered by Skype.
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Microsoft's Photosynth App Updated, Includes Chance To Win XBox With Kinect
BY Bryan M. Wolfe on Wed June 29th, 2011
Photosynth, Microsoft’s iOS panorama creation app, recently received a significant update that also includes an XBox promotion. First released in April, the free app for the iPhone/iPod touch allows users to take different photos and then ‘stitch’ them together to form a panoramic photo.
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MicroSkype Expected For iPad Today
BY Bryan M. Wolfe on Tue June 28th, 2011
Skype is expected to release a video chat app optimized for the iPad as early as today. This comes even as the company moves closer to becoming part of Microsoft, according to news first reported by ComputerWorld.
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Consumers Choose Tablets Based On How Similar They Are To The iPad
BY Joe White on Mon June 20th, 2011
A recent investigation by Bernstein Research has made an interesting discovery: According to the investigation, consumers choose tablets based on how similar they are to Apple's iPad - a device that dominates (and will likely continue to dominate) the tablet market.
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Say What? iCloud Powered By Microsoft, Amazon
BY Bryan M. Wolfe on Wed June 15th, 2011
Here’s something you won’t be reading in Apple’s iCloud promotional material; the cloud service relies on products from Microsoft and Amazon. In fact, for the time being anyway, it looks like Apple isn’t even using its North Carolina data center to backup data, according to ZDNet.
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Comparison: iOS 5, Android 2.3 Gingerbread, Windows Phone 7 Mango & BlackBerry 7 OS
BY Joe White on Mon June 13th, 2011
Apple's recently unveiled iOS 5 sure looks good, but how does it compare with its rivals? One recently published chart outlines the features of Apple's iOS 5, and compares them against Android 2.3 ("Gingerbread"), Windows Phone 7 ("Mango") and BlackBerry 7 OS.
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Bing Mobile Gets Another Update, Adds Many Improvements
BY Joe White on Sat June 11th, 2011
Microsoft has made another update to Bing Mobile, including new sharing options, a carousel-style interface and a split-view for maps. Apple fans can check out the updated mobile website by heading over to "http://m.bing.com" in Safari for iOS.
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Apple: Amazon’s Appstore Is ‘Inferior’
BY Bryan M. Wolfe on Fri June 10th, 2011
The war of words between Apple and Amazon just got nastier. In a new court filling, Apple calls Amazon’s Appstore for Android “inferior," according to Computerworld.
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Bing Launches iPhone Mobile App Discovery - Apps Now Feature In Search Results
BY Joe White on Fri June 10th, 2011
Bing has just announced a brand new feature, which users can access either in the official iPhone app or from "m.bing.com" in Safari for iOS. The feature, called "iPhone Mobile App Discovery," displays iOS applications alongside search results, when users input keywords into Bing's search engine.
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Bad News, Windows XP Users - No iCloud For You
BY Joe White on Wed June 08th, 2011
Windows XP users will not be able to take advantage of iCloud, according to Apple's press release.
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Apple Now Worth More Than Microsoft & Intel Combined
BY Joe White on Sat June 04th, 2011
At the close of markets yesterday, Apple (APPL) was worth more than Microsoft (MSFT) and Intel (INTC) combined.
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Is This What Skype By Microsoft Looks Like?
BY Bryan M. Wolfe on Fri May 27th, 2011
A limited number of Skype users are still unable to use the service for a second day, according to a message on the Skype Blog. The problem appears to affect Skype for Windows users only. Strangely, it comes just weeks after Microsoft agreed to purchase Skype.
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Top AppAdvice News & Apps Of The Past Week
BY Bryan M. Wolfe on Sun May 15th, 2011
The week that was featured news about Google, Skype, Microsoft and more. What do you think?
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