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Comprehensive iPhone insurance offered by Worth Ave Group

Published on: 1st September, 2010

Worth Ave Group is undoubtedly a top competitor among companies that offer insurance as well as warranty coverage for Apple’s iPhones. It offers, at only a fraction of the prices AT&T and Best Buy charge for extended warranties, a very comprehensive and flexible insurance, one of the most appreciated. While traveling, enrolees benefit from full [...]

Apple would not allow its iPhone in UK O2 green rankings

Published on: 27th August, 2010

Apple does not agree to let its iPhone be rated in the new environmental ranking system of the United Kingdom carrier O2, according to information from The Guardian. In partnership with Forum for the Future, a sustainability advisory group, the new scheme rates phones taking into consideration the impact certain factors like energy efficiency, manufacturing, [...]

Android’s new anti-piracy system can easily be cracked

Published on: 27th August, 2010

Justin Case, white hat hacker has just discovered that the recently implemented Google anti-piracy system for developers seems to be largely ineffective. Even if it was supposed to give tighter reins over applications, Android License Verification Library (ALVL) has been quickly cracked only by making a simple code patch which tricks Android, making it believe [...]

Google will release Googles for the iPhone by late 2010

Published on: 26th August, 2010

On August 23, 2010, Google clarified its previous promise to launch Google Googles for the iPhone. David Petrou, Googles head, declared at Stanford University’s Hot Chips conference that the iPhone version will be ready by the end of 2010. There has been no reason given for the postponement of the Android version, which only [...]

Mobile analytics company bought by Nokia for improving application quality

Published on: 24th August, 2010

On August 20, 2010, Nokia declared that it has bought out Motally in a bid in order to improve its mobile applications experience. The eight-person company’s technology is able to show usage patterns on both websites and in native applications in order to identify where these could be optimized. The plan is to keep supporting [...]

Sonos’ iPad Controller app postponed until September

Published on: 24th August, 2010

According to Sonos, the company’s Controller for iPad has been recently postponed from August until the end of September. The exact cause for the delay has not been revealed, but it seems that the application is not yet fully developed and ready for a launch. The company promised though that the wait will be worthwhile; [...]

LG and Samsung hire visual design academics in order to counter iPhone’s user interface

Published on: 13th August, 2010

LG and Samsung have recently hired design professors in order to improve their user interfaces’ quality. LG was the first to hire Lee Kun-pyo, dean at Korea Institute of Advanced Technology, to coordinate its Design Management Center. Samsung also hired Jung Ji-hong, professor of Visual Communications Design at Kookmin University, who will oversee the smartphone [...]

Com2uS says iPhone applications sales are twice as big as Android

Published on: 9th August, 2010

Mobile developer Com2uS from Korea achieves merely half of the volume of Android applications downloaded compared to the similar offerings for Apple’s iPhone. Com2uS, which says it is the leader on the Korean market, is offering many of the applications it creates on both platforms.
For instance, Home Run Battle, a baseball game, had 400 to [...]

White iPhone 4 is delayed due to capacity and precision problems

Published on: 22nd July, 2010

A report released a few days ago may explain the month-long delay of the white iPhone 4 delivery. It seems, according to explanations given by 21st Century Herald, that Lens Technology, the supposed contractor, is having difficulties in getting the right thickness and opacity for the white paint that Apple intends to use for the [...]

Apple says to have Verizon cell sites on its campus

Published on: 22nd July, 2010

During a session dedicated to questions and answers at a recent event, Apple gave a strong clue that it may be testing Verizon devices connected to its network. CEO Steve Jobs was asked why it was impossible to replicate the “death grip” of the iPhone 4 on Apple’s campus and he answered that 1 Infinite [...]

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