Apple Is Hiring Ex-Google Maps Employees To Fix Gimped iOS Maps App
Apple's (AAPL) iOS 6 Maps app is a big mess. Hot off news that Apple had listed six new job positions for developers to help…
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iPhone 5 Buyers Report Phones Arriving Scuffed And Scratched Out Of The Box
Each time Apple (AAPL) launches a new iPhone, two things are expected: sales records and scandals. In the former category, Apple announced last week that it…
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Apple: iPhone 5 Sales Top 5 Million In Debut Weekend, 100 Million iOS 6 Upgrades
Shocking no one, Apple (AAPL) announced on Monday that its brand new iPhone 5 smartphone set a new record for opening-weekend sales. The company confirmed…
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Black iPhone 5 Reportedly Susceptible To Scratching
Just how scratch-resistant is the anodized aluminum on the black and slate iPhone 5? Apparently, not very. As with previous generation iPod nano and iPod…
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Apple Goes On Hiring Spree In Rush To Make iOS 6 Maps App Less Awful
The above image, captured Thursday evening on an iPhone 4S running iOS 6, shows the world-famous George Washington Bridge mere moments after it collapsed into the…
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Apple Patent Reveals Future iPhones Could Have 'Shake To Charge' Battery Tech
While Nokia (NOK) is busy trying to convince everyone that wireless charging is the way of the future with its Lumia 820 and Lumia 920 smartphones, Apple…
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Verizon Lights Up Additional LTE Markets Ahead Of iPhone 5 Launch
As consumers across the U.S. patiently await the arrival of the iPhone 5, Verizon Wireless (VZ) on Thursday flipped the LTE switch on in 19…
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Maps And Passbook Estimated To Help Apple Increase App Store Revenue By 70% In 2012
New numbers from research firm IHS iSuppli on Wednesday revealed that Apple's (AAPL) App Store revenue in 2012 is estimated to increase nearly 70%. The…
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Wi-Fi Issues Plaguing iPhone And iPad Users Following iOS 6 Update
BGR has received a number of emails from iOS device users who report that after updating to iOS 6, they can no longer connect to…
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iOS 6 Now Available For iPhone, iPad And iPod Touch
Apple (AAPL) announced during its iPhone 5 unveiling that the latest version of its mobile operating system would become available to the public on September…
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Android UI Boss: Android Only 'A Third Of The Way' To Where It Should Be
Google's (GOOG) Android platform has made great strides since it launched four years ago. It has grown to become the most widely used smartphone OS…
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Live From HTC's Windows Phone Press Conference
We're live at HTC's (2498) press conference , which is set to get started in just a few minutes. What will HTC announce? Will it…
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Apple Partner Says New Maps App In iOS 6 Is Terrible [Updated]
In the latest version of Apple's (AAPL) mobile operating system, the company has replaced Google Maps with its own service. Initial previews of the feature…
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Android 4.1 Jelly Bean Usage Grew 1,500% In Just Two Months
Android 4.1 Jelly Bean appears to be off to a good start. According to research from ad network Chikita Insights, traffic from Jelly Bean devices…
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AT&T's FaceTime Policy Could Get It Slapped With An FCC Fine
AT&T's (T) decision to limit FaceTime over its cellular network to shared data plan subscribers hasn't been very popular with many iPhone users, but a…
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Motorola Unveils 2GHz RAZR I With Edge-To-Edge Display [Video]
Motorola Mobility unveiled three new Android smartphones earlier this month, in an effort to show off its holiday lineup before attention turned elsewhere. On Tuesday,…
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iOS 6 Review: Refining The World's Most Refined Mobile OS
Like OS X Mountain Lion is to Lion, iOS 6 is a refinement of a mobile operating system that Apple (AAPL) had in place in…
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Music-Identifying Shazam App Can Now ID Any TV Show In The U.S.
Popular music identification service Shazam is now more versatile than ever. After announcing on Monday the app is now used by over a quarter of a billion…
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Apple: iPhone 5 Preorders Top 2 Million In 24 Hours
Apple (AAPL) announced on Monday that iPhone 5 preorders topped 2 million units in the smartphone's first 24 hours of pre-sale availability. That figure doubles…
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Scientists Calculate How Much Carriers Are Overcharging You On Data Charges
Anyone who has ever suspected that carriers overcharge for monthly wireless data can now feel some vindication: A new study from UCLA suggests they're probably right.…
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Preorders Of 'Disappointing' iPhone 5 Sell Out In Less Than An Hour At Apple [Updated]
We recently wrote that following all the leaks and rumors leading up to the iPhone 5 unveiling, the only thing more predictable than the new…
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Apple: iPhone 5 Preorders Begin At 12:01AM Tomorrow
Apple (AAPL) on Thursday confirmed that it will begin taking preorders for the next-generation iPhone 5 just after midnight PDT tonight. The company announced during…
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Want To Keep Your Unlimited Data Plan? Verizon Will Require You To Pay $649 Or More For The iPhone 5
Owning a smartphone on Verizon Wireless (VZ) has never been cheap, but it's about to get a whole lot more expensive for many iPhone owners.…
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App Developers Likely Won't Have Apps Ready For iPhone 5 Launch
Compared to Android app developers, iOS developers have always had it easy since they could always count on Apple (AAPL) using a 3.5-inch screen and…
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More Than 50% Of Android Devices Contain Unpatched Vulnerabilities
A common complaint among Android users concerns the inability to receive timely device patches and updates from carriers and manufacturers. Various smartphones are released each…
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Is The iPhone 5 Disappointing?
The only thing more predictable than the iPhone 5 itself was the world's response to it. Months of leaks, photos and videos leading up to…
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iPhone 5 Global LTE Support Gets Broken Up Between Three Separate Models
Apple (AAPL) just got done announcing its new iPhone 5, however the company left out one detail during its press conference in San Francisco. Unlike…
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