Author: Jordan Golson

American television network ABC has updated its iOS app with new live streaming television from local stations in Philadelphia and New York City. The change is an attempt to encourage viewers to keep their cable subscriptions as more and more users are…

Apple CEO Tim Cook will be the opening night speaker at the 11th D: All Things Digital conference next month. Last year, Cook joined hosts Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg for a 100-minute session that covered a wide variety of topics. There’s lots to…

AT&T has announced an upgrade to its in-store smartphone trade-in program. The plan will give an instant credit of at least $100 for any smartphone that is less than three years old, with more recent and valuable phones receiving larger credits. T…

With Apple’s stock price at its lowest levels since 2011, Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov — one of the main investors behind the Digital Sky Technologies investment group — has purchased $100 million of Apple stock, reports Bloomberg. “I b…

Twitter’s popular six-second video sharing app Vine has received its first major update, adding support for the iPhone’s front-facing camera and Twitter mentions in posts and comments. You can now shoot with the front-facing camera. When creating a pos…

Tim Cook was asked during today’s earnings call about his feelings regarding the mobile payments market. While he didn’t address the topic directly, he did note that the mobile payments were “just getting started” and still “in its infancy.” In a diff…

At AllThingsD’s mobile conference today, executives from both Google and Facebook said they would like to have deeper and more extensive integration with Apple’s iOS — and both would like to be featured more prominently in the operating system, though…

NPD has released its most recent report examining digital music downloads in the United States. The research firm reports that Apple continues to hold a 63{813a954d5e225a1509f22204ece89c855080ce25555f20805f61bed63cbfde3b} share of the market down from 66{813a954d5e225a1509f22204ece89c855080ce25555f20805f61bed63cbfde3b} in 2010, with Amazon at 22{813a954d5e225a1509f22204ece89c855080ce25555f20805f61bed63cbfde3b}, up from 13{813a954d5e225a1509f22204ece89c855080ce25555f20805f61bed63cbfde3b} 3 years ago. Some 4…

Time Warner Cable is making 10 live television networks available for viewing out of the home on its iOS app, plus on demand TV shows and movies from 26 networks. Users can view Live TV from any Wi-Fi connection, and over Verizon 3G and 4G connections …

Facebook is bringing the new Chat Heads feature from Facebook Home to its iOS app, reports All Things D. The update to the iOS Facebook app should go live later today. It was previously reported that Facebook was in negotiations with Apple to bring ‘Ho…

Evernote has upgraded its menulet item to enhance the workflow of its users who take notes frequently. Users can click the Evernote icon in their menubar from within any application and immediately begin typing a note, or can even drag files directly t…

Apple has updated its iOS Maps application with Flyover support or expanded Flyover coverage in a number of cities around the world, and updated 3D buildings and turn-by-turn navigation for a number more, reports The Loop. Apple recently pushed signifi…

Google Now, an Android-only app that aims to provide users with “the right information, at just the right time”, is coming to iOS, if a leaked video is to be believed. Google reportedly posted this promotional video to YouTube accidentally. It was quic…

Apple executives met with Beats Electronics CEO Jimmy Iovine in January to discuss a potential partnership with Beats’ announced music subscription service called “Project Daisy”. CEO Tim Cook and SVP of Internet Services Eddy Cue reportedly expressed …

Apple today seeded build 12D76 of OS X Mountain Lion to developers, marking the thirteenth beta iteration of the newest version of Mountain Lion. 10.8.3 was first seeded to developers in November of 2012. Build 12D76 comes less than a week after b…

Ferrari and Apple are in talks to expand their partnership on in-car entertainment, reports Bloomberg. Ferrari Chairman Luca Cordero Di Montezemolo said the company would be “more precise” over the next few months, though its unclear what exactly Di Mo…