Tag Archives: Apple

Apple Products, Phablets Top List of Most Popular Mobile Devices This Holiday Season

Post-holiday season, you’re most likely to find traffic to your site or eCommerce store coming from Apple devices or phablets– if any brand. That’s because both Apple devices and, more generally, phablets were among the top gifted mobile devices this holiday season. Best Selling Mobile Tech During the 2016 Holidays Apple Devices and Phablets Were the Flavors of the Holiday ... Read More »

Viber Adds Video Calling for Android and Apple Devices

Viber, the VOIP service purchased earlier this year by the Japanese eCommerce company Rakuten, now has the ability to make Viber video calls on mobile. Previously, Viber users could only make video calls using the app’s desktop platform. Mobile Viber users – both iOS and Android – were limited to making voice calls and sending text messages. Now, Viber users on ... Read More »

Google Surpasses Apple to Become the Most Valuable Brand in the World: Report

HIGHLIGHTS Apple loses its throne after five years Google gave the top spot to Apple in 2012 Apple’s lack of innovation is being blamed Breaking Apple’s five-year record, Google has taken the top spot as the most valuable brand in the world. In the latest Brand Finance Global 500 report, Apple comes in second, followed by Amazon, AT&T, Microsoft, Samsung, ... Read More »

nited Airlines Working With Apple, IBM For Employee Apps

SHUTTERSTOCK United Airlines wants its employees to be productive on-the-go and is working with Apple and IBM to develop solutions for more than 50,000 of its workers. Reports Thursday (Feb. 2) said the airliner is collaborating with the technology giants to develop enterprise apps for iPhones and iPads used by its employees to help its workers access critical corporate information without ... Read More »

Here’s how free Apple Pay could help grow Square

BI Intelligence See Also THE PAYMENTS INDUSTRY EXPLAINED: The Trends Creating New Winners And Losers In The Card-Processing Ecosystem Shifting trends and priorities are set to transform the growing mPOS ecosystem THE RETAILER MOBILE WALLETS REPORT: How stores can benefit from developing their own digital payments apps This story was delivered to BI Intelligence “Payments Briefing” subscribers. To learn more ... Read More »

Jailbreak Users Beware: Apple Has Stopped Signing iOS 10.2

Apple has stopped signing iOS 10.2 firmware for iPhone and iPad, making downgrade from iOS 10.2.1 impossible. Once You Upgrade to iOS 10.2.1 You Are Stuck for Good – Downgrade to iOS 10.2 No Longer Possible At the time of writing, iOS 10.2 is the latest version of Apple’s mobile OS that can be swiftly jailbroken and is no longer signed ... Read More »

Where are Apple products made?

Ads by Kiosked Where are Apple’s iPhone, iPads and Macs made? And why don’t they assemble their products in the US? In early 2016, there was a lot of tech-press buzz around the then US presidential candidate Donald Trump’s eye-catching vow to force Apple to make its computers in the US. (In fairness it’s not just Republicans who go in for this ... Read More »

Samsung, Apple, Tecno topped list of mobile brands with highest SOV in Q2 of 2016 – Report

Latest report released by Teksight edge Limited showing online mentions of mobile phone brands released for May and August 2016 has revealed that Samsung, Apple and Tecno topped the list of mobile brands with the highest Share Of Voice, SOV, in the second quarter of 2016 while Nokia, Injoo and Microsoft appear to be struggling to make a mark in ... Read More »

Feds Sue Qualcomm for Forcing Chips on Apple

EARLIER Apple iOS 10 Battery-Drain Fiasco Still Infuriating Users THIS STORY Feds Sue Qualcomm for Forcing Chips on Apple LATER Samsung Brings Android Nougat to Galaxy Phones YOU ARE HERE:   HOME MOBILE TECH THIS STORY Support every customer. Anytime. Anywhere. NEWS OPS By Shirley Siluk. Updated January 18, 2017 10:21AM SHARE ALSO SEE Federal Trade Commission FTC Qualcomm Apple ... Read More »

United Continental Taps Apple and IBM for Mobile Tech Overhaul

PHOTO: EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY United Continental Holdings Inc. plans a major overhaul of its mobile technology, which will include the development of new apps and the upgrade of the iPhones and iPads used by 50,000 flight and ground employees. The air carrier will work with Apple Inc. and International Business Machines Corp., which announced an alliance three years ago to ... Read More »