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Apple announces 50 billion app downloads. For real.

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, May 16, 2013 a 11:55 am

Apple has released a statement concerning their recent 50 billion app downloads, and in it, they completely bury the lede. From Apple PR

50 billion unique downloads excluding re-downloads and updates.

Google Maps for iPad, new features coming later this summer

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, May 15, 2013 a 3:42 pm

Live from Google IO 2013, Google has announced that new features will be coming to the Google Maps for iPhone later this summer and, what's more, it'll be getting an iPad-specific interface as well!

Google Now getting new cards for reminders, media, transit, messages, and more!

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, May 15, 2013 a 2:28 pm

If you use Google's prescient assistant service, Google Now -- available for iOS in the Google Search app -- well it's about to get better. At Google IO today they've announced a set of new Cards, including reminders, music, TV, movies, public transit, and messaging.

Square announces Square Stand with integrated card reader and more

By Allyson Kazmucha, Tuesday, May 14, 2013 a 1:28 pm

Square has just announced the Square Stand and made it available for pre-order which will begin shipping in July. The Square Stand now gives Square merchants the ability to not only secure their iPad to protect against theft, but has a card reader built right in along with the ability to pair with other Square hardware out of the box.

Adobe Connect Mobile 2.1 adds quiz tracking, two way video conferencing, and more

By Allyson Kazmucha, Tuesday, May 14, 2013 a 1:04 pm

Adobe Connect Mobile has just been updated to version 2.1 and brings with it lots of new features as well as several enhancements to existing ones. New key features include Adobe Presenter quiz tracking, two-way video conferencing, optimization for both the iPhone 5 and iPad mini, and more.

BlackBerry announces iOS support in enterprise service

By Peter Cohen, Tuesday, May 14, 2013 a 11:16 am

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em - that's the message from the BlackBerry Live conference in Orlando, Florida this week. The company has announced BlackBerry Enterprise Service (BES) 10.1 to extend security capabilities for iOS devices.

BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) coming to iOS this summer

By Peter Cohen, Tuesday, May 14, 2013 a 11:06 am

BlackBerry announced Tuesday plans to release its BBM messaging service to iOS and Android devices this summer.

"You may ask, why is BlackBerry doing this now?" asked Thorsten Heims, BlackBerry CEO. "It's a statement of confidence...It's time for BlackBerry Messaging to become a platform-independent messaging solution."

Nokia joins the Aluminum brigade with the new Lumia 925

By Richard Devine, Tuesday, May 14, 2013 a 10:25 am

Being iPhone owners, we're suckers for beautifully designed smartphones. So, when Nokia took to the stage in London to showcase their latest and greatest, the Lumia 925, we had to go and take a look. Our buddies over at Windows Phone Central were on the ground throughout the event to bring us all the full story. So, what's the Lumia 925 all about?

Want to listen to Daft Punk's Random Access Memories before it's released? There's an iTunes for that!

By Richard Devine, Monday, May 13, 2013 a 3:45 pm

Daft Punk are back, and their fans could not be happier. Well, until now, that is. The latest creation from the legendary pairing, Random Access Memories, is their first full studio album since 2005 and is due for general release on May 21. But, waiting sucks, so iTunes has come up big by allowing fans to stream the new album in its entirety before it's released. Every, single, track. All you need to do is head on over to the Daft Punk landing page in iTunes on your computer.

T-Mobile US raises down payment price of iPhone 5 to $149 very, very quietly

By Joseph Keller, Monday, May 13, 2013 a 3:27 pm

T-Mobile US has quietly raised the minimum down payment on the iPhone 5 from $99 to $149. When announcing iPhone availability at the end of March, little a word said about the fact that the initial $99 price tag for the 16GB iPhone 5 was a limited time promotional offer.