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Apple’s Siri, voice technology to dominate CES chatter – Globe and Mail
Apple Inc. AAPL-Q will again dominate conversations at the Consumer Electronics Show, the world’s biggest technology showcase. Only this time, the talk is extending beyond iPad and iPhone chatter to include Siri, the voice app that is capturing consumers’ imagination.
Civil War Trust Releases ‘Droid App For the Battle Of Bull Run at Manasas National Battlefield – National Parks Traveler (blog)
While this is the first Android product the Trust has released, to date, more than 30,000 users have downloaded Battle Apps to their Apple devices. Now that the “Bull Run Battle App,” which is designed for Android operating system 2.3 … Continue reading
App Store records 3bn downloads – ITWeb
There have been three billion downloads of App Store applications designed specifically for Apple’s iPad, representing 19% of all iOS App Store downloads, a new study has found, Apple Insider reports. ABI Research announced in a press release on Wednesday … Continue reading
Developers chase markets for apps [The Orlando Sentinel, Fla.] – Businessweek
Currently, there are 640,000 apps in Apple’s App Store for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch; more than 300,000 in The Android Market, according to Google’s latest published figures; and Amazon’s app store has thousands of Android-based apps for …
CES-Apple’s Siri puts voice-enabled search in spotlight – CNBC
HISTORY OF SPEECH Apple was not the first to incorporate speech on phones. Google has had speech-recognition applications for Android smartphones for more than two years, and is now possibly trying to beef up its capabilities through the recent acquisition … Continue reading
Chinese authors sue Apple for copyright infringement-report – Reuters
The group behind the lawsuit has been lobbying Apple for months to remove copyright-infringing books from its App Store. The group of nine authors, under the mantle of the China Written Works Copyright Society (CWWCS), sued Apple in Beijing’s No … Continue reading
Chinese authors hit Apple with $1.9 mln copyright lawsuit – Webindia 123
A group of Chinese writers have sued software giant Apple for selling pirated versions of their works through the App Store network. According to Bei Zhicheng, an executive of the Writers’ Union, an organization established in July 2011 to …
Strategy Analytics: Apple Continues to Dominate Apps, Earning More than 53 Percent Paid App Download Revenue in 2012 – Investors Business Daily
BOSTON, Jan 09, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Apps are sure to be the rage at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), as manufacturers look to cash in on the more than 41 billion phone and tablet downloads in 2012. The average … Continue reading
Hybrid HTML5 Apps Are Less Costly to Develop Than Native – ReadWriteWeb
Hybrid is the perfect blend for cost-conscious studios that also need to be represented on the various app repositories such as the Apple App Store and Android Market. Let us know what you think in the comments.
Developers chase markets for apps [The Orlando Sentinel, Fla.] – TMCnet
Currently, there are 640,000 apps in Apple’s App Store for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch; more than 300,000 in The Android Market, according to Google’s latest published figures; and Amazon’s app store has thousands of Android-based apps for …
