Posted by Alexander Bader on Nov 22, 2011 Google announced yesterday the launch of a new music service in partnership with three major record companies, an application that will directly compete with iTunes and Amazon to sell music and allow access to content from any computer or Android device. Google Music, however, goes a step farther than its competitors. The new service allows users to share...

Posted by Alexander Bader on Nov 22, 2011 Apple has sent out an email reminding App Store developers that iTunes Connect will have shutdown from December 23 to December 28 for the holidays. That means new releases, application specific updates, and pricing changes will not go into effect during this six day period. Even iTunes Connect needs a couple days off, right? The official email, in case you were wondering, can be...

Posted by Alexander Bader on Nov 22, 2011 Minecraft is easily one of the most addicting games developed over the last few years. Now that the final version of the popular sandbox survival game is on the way, Minecraft enthusiasts everywhere are getting a special treat. Minecraft Pocket Edition released earlier this week in the iOS App Store. While Minecraft Pocket Edition has been available to Android and Xperia PLAY...

Posted by Alexander Bader on Nov 18, 2011 While most Apple enthusiasts expected iTunes Match to launch nearly one month ago, the service has remained in developer beta exclusively. That could change in the near future. Apple sent an important email to developers yesterday, a message that appears to suggest the beta is coming to a close soon. First announced in June, iTunes Match was supposed to arrive late last month. So...

Posted by Alexander Bader on Nov 18, 2011 Apple has announced that it will continue to investigate iPhone 4S battery drainage issues, despite the iOS 5.0.1 update that was supposed to fix the problem. “The recent iOS software update addressed many of the battery issues that some customers experienced on their iOS 5 devices,” Apple told AllThingsD. “We continue to investigate a few remaining...

Posted by Alexander Bader on Nov 18, 2011 Following the highly anticipated launch of Apple’s iOS 5, Chitika Insights found that the latest operating system accounted for about 20% of iOS traffic after just five days. Now that iOS 5 has been around for nearly one month, the new operating system can be found on more than 38% of iPhones, 30% of iPads, and 12% of iPod Touch devices, according to Chitika. Using...

Posted by Alexander Bader on Nov 18, 2011 In a rather unexpected turn of events, ZDNet is reporting that Adobe has chosen to discontinue development of its Flash Player for mobile devices. The move is apparently intended to allow Adobe to focus on HTML5 more aggressively. Our future work with Flash on mobile devices will be focused on enabling Flash developers to package native apps with Adobe AIR for all the major app...

Posted by Alexander Bader on Nov 18, 2011 According to reports, Apple has confirmed to developers that it has no plans to bring Siri, currently exclusive to the iPhone 4S, to any of its older devices. In an argument that developers were planning to implement unauthorized access to Siri on the iPhone 4, iPad 2, and iPhone 3GS, an anonymous coder contacted the company suggesting to release a paid upgrade that would allow...