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Nothing sells papers (or ads) like turning a little corporate competition into something personal. Case in point, a New York Times piece from the weekend titled “Apple’s Spat With Google Is Getting Personal,” that opened with this rather ominous, one-sentence paragraph:

Cue the orchestra. The lengthy piece chronicling the relationship between the Silicon Valley titans was formed by two dozen interviews with Read More...

Apple has hired an expert in “human-computer interaction for mobile applications” to complement its research and development in mobile computing, according to a new report from Computerworld. Richard DeVaul, known for his work in the field of “wearable computing,” is Apple’s newest senior prototype scientist.

DeVaul originally studied architecture, anthropology, and physics at Texas A&M before working on a masters degree in visualization science. Before finishing his masters thesis on “novel dynamics constraints approximation algorithm for Read More...

Filed under: Gaming, Software, Apple, Developer, iPhone, iPad

On the third day of GDC 2010, Ngmoco’s Neil Young took the stage in one of the largest rooms at the conference to talk about what his company had “unlearned” in its time in the App Store. Ngmoco has become a large and polarizing figure in the world of App Store development — after starting out with a big investment from the iFund, it’s moved quickly to become Read More...

Filed under: Accessories, Gaming, Hardware, Peripherals, Software, Developer, iPhone

We actually got to play with the iPhone-controlled Parrot AR.Drone quadricopter back at Macworld a little while ago, but we didn’t get a chance to see the “AR” part of it (augmented reality, of course) until GDC last week. Parrot pulled out the AR targets for us, and while the games they had running were very rudimentary, we did get a good feel for the action.

The verdict? Read More...

Filed under: Apple Corporate

What began as a jovial relationship between Google and Apple has devolved into an ugly personal and legal battle that’s only getting worse.

In 2006, Google CEO Dr. Eric Schmidt joined Apple’s board of directors. Google and Apple collaborated on the iPhone’s mapping services, and a year later, Schmidt joined Jobs on stage during the iPhone’s introduction at Macworld Expo. The two men were all smiles and compliments, and the venture looked bright.

After Read More...

Seesmic became the first to reveal a Twitter client for Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system at MIX today.

It’s just one of several initial app partners for Microsoft’s smartphone platform, including Foursquare, Netflix and the Associated Press.

The company just announced a Silverlight-based plug-in platform and SDK at MIX, too, and Seesmic for Windows Phone will support that. So, as you can see below, Bing Maps integration is included, and more creative ideas Read More...

Microsoft has just announced an avalanche of new details surrounding its Windows Phone 7 Series due to launch this year, including that the phone will support multi-touch and that Pandora, Foursquare, Seesmic, Netflix and the AP are among its development partners.

The new information, revealed during Microsoft’s presentation at Microsoft’s MIX10 conference in Las Vegas, focuses on the tools developers will have at their disposal when creating apps for Microsoft’s marketplace. Most of what Read More...

BlackBerry users may be ready to move on to other smartphone platforms, suggesting that RIM isn’t keeping up with consumer demand in its efforts to combat growing encroachment from the likes of iPhone and Android. In fact, two in five BlackBerry owners plan to swap their current device for an iPhone when it’s time to upgrade, according to market researcher firm Crowd Science.

The iPhone has had a lasting effect on the smartphone market, changing the Read More...

Real Networks’ Rhapsody To Go subscription includes a mobile app that lets you stream music (it has some nine million tracks in its library) directly from your iPhone, for a $14.99 monthly fee.

It was once thought that Apple would never allow such an app, but now Rhapsody prepares to take it one step further, announcing song downloads for offline listening for the next version of Rhapsody for iPhone.

The app is still pending approval from Read More...