Confessions of an Uber driver: An inside look at Seattle’s new private driver service At 6:45 p.m. last night, I logged into the Uber iPhone app and requested a private driver. Within 10 minutes,… Read More
Nintendo plots comeback, but when will Mario upgrade to a smartphone? Maybe never Nintendo will try to reverse the fortunes of its latest handheld game device, the 3DS, by cutting the price to $170… Read More
Windows Phone GM leaving Microsoft, with a rallying cry Microsoft veteran Charlie Kindel, who led the effort to get independent app developers on board with Windows Phone, is leaving… Read More
Which would you give up first: Sex, coffee, or your phone? TeleNav, the location-based technology company, is out today with results from a fun survey that demonstrates just how attached many of… Read More
Chart: Android commands 39% of U.S. smartphone market Android devices are landing in the hands of more Americans, according to a new survey by Nielsen. The fast-growing mobile… Read More
BuddyTV looks to make the remote control smarter, unveils new iOS app There’s certainly plenty of choices these days when it comes to cable or satellite TV programming. But finding the programs… Read More
Windows Phone ‘Mango’ is ripe, now Microsoft needs to keep it from going bad Microsoft’s Windows Phone team has completed its well-reviewed “Mango” software update and shipped the code to handset makers and wireless… Read More
Inner Fence debuts iPad credit-card reader, rivaling Square in mobile payments Inner Fence, the Redmond company taking on high-profile San Francisco startup Square in mobile payments, today released a credit-card reader accessory for… Read More
Amazon, Rhapsody tangled up by Apple’s rules, remove store links from iPhone and iPad apps Seattle-based Rhapsody and Amazon Kindle are among a wave of businesses that have removed links to their external digital stores… Read More
Seattle developer partners with Futurama, unleashes Head-in-a-Jar iPhone app We’ve seen a lot of silly mobile apps emerge in our time on the tech beat. But here’s one that… Read More
Apple shares surge five percent after huge quarter: Company more than doubles profit, sells 20M iPhones Shares of Apple jumped more than five percent in after-hours trading today after the maker of the iPhone and iPad reported… Read More
U.S. Army tests Android, iPhone and Windows Phone 7 The U.S. Army is nearing the conclusion of a six-week test of more than 300 smartphones and tablet computers, analyzing… Read More
Nintendo: We don’t need no stinkin’ social games Don’t look for Nintendo to start developing low-cost iPhone games or rolling out titles on Facebook. After speculation arose that… Read More
Swype CEO responds to jailbroken iPhone ‘hack’ Nearly every time I see Swype CEO Mike McSherry, I ask him a simple question: When will the popular mobile… Read More
Seattle startup goes viral with ‘Flu App Challenge’ prize Yes, it turns out there’s an app for just about everything — even for the flu. The People’s Choice Award… Read More
Mobile stats: Microsoft lost more than half its U.S. market share in past year The latest numbers from comScore Networks continue to illustrate the challenge facing Microsoft in the mobile market. On a three-month… Read More
Allrecipes ‘Dinner Spinner’ app comes to Windows Phone Windows Phone continues to bolster its library of apps, and for some reason Microsoft seems to be having more than… Read More
Watch Abe Lincoln’s face turned into a 3-D talking head Two former game developers at Valve Software have released a new iOS application called Morfo 3d Face Booth, which allows… Read More
The Google+ rollout on Android and iPhone, compared Guest Commentary: Since last night I’ve been trying the new Google+ social networking service on both an Android phone and… Read More
Startup Spotlight: MeMeTales helps kids catch the reading bug MeMeTales has a simple mission. Make reading fun for kids. The company’s mobile app for the iPhone allows kids to… Read More
Smith & Tinker re-emerges with iOS game Marvel Kapow! Smith & Tinker, the heavily-funded Seattle company founded by gaming veteran Jordan Weisman, has released a new iOS game in… Read More
Lockerz unveils iPhone app, creating new ways to earn PTZ Lockerz boasts more than 19 million members of its social shopping service. But until today it was largely a Web-based… Read More
Apple to pay Nokia undisclosed sums in iPhone patent deal Some major mobile news tonight: Nokia just announced that it has settled its patent dispute with Apple, resolving all patent… Read More
IDC cuts 2011 Windows Phone forecast — still thinks Microsoft will be No. 2 worldwide in 2015 Research firm IDC is out with new projections for the smartphone market, sticking to its prediction that Microsoft’s Windows Phone… Read More
Windows 8: A radical change for Windows, and a huge gamble for Microsoft Early versions of Microsoft’s Windows Mobile, developed a decade ago, had the feel of the Windows PC desktop. The theory… Read More
Apple brings iWork to iPhone, Microsoft’s Mac unit still mum on Office for iPhone Apple this morning debuted versions of its iWork productivity applications for iPhone and iPod touch, adapting the Pages word processing,… Read More
Geek of the Week: Kelly Franznick, Blink CEO Kelly Franznick is the type of person who can spend his vacation working on a stop-motion animation projects, and his… Read More
Microsoft’s MSN releases ‘Onit’ app for iPhone, iPad Microsoft this morning continued its steady pace of app development for Apple’s iOS, as the company’s MSN unit released a… Read More
Comcast Xfinity app expands video on-demand to iPhone, iPod … but only over WiFi for now Comcast has updated its Xfinity TV app to bring streaming on-demand programs to the iPhone and iPod touch, adding a… Read More
PopCap’s 4th & Battery studio brings back Candy Train (this time for the iPhone) PopCap’s new game studio, 4th & Battery, is gearing up for the release of its second game. And it’s an… Read More
