Microsoft has announced that it will be shutting down Marketplace, its Windows Mobile phone app store, on May 9. Marketplace is to Windows Phones what the App Store is to iPhone. Marketplace launched for Windows Phone operating system in 2010. Since the launch, the mobile operating system hasn’t been updated by Microsoft, who has all [...]

Until now, Android and iOS users have been stuck with their smartphone’s exclusive mapping services. Nokia is ending that by making their Nokia Maps an available option to both iOS and Android users. The service will be available through an HTML5 Web app rather than through individual apps via each mobile platform’s store. Users can [...]

A New Yorker has filed a class-action lawsuit on Tuesday against Apple regarding the company’s iPhone 4S virtual assistant, Siri. The filing accuses Apple of “misleading and deceptive” advertising about Siri and what the software is capable of. The plaintiff, Frank M. Fazio, cites a specific advertisement that shows users utilizing Siri to make appointments, [...]

With all the security leaks and personal data thievery going on in smartphone-land, privacy has become something of a concern to mobile users. To deal with this concern, the US National Security Agency has started Project Fishbowl to create a secure smartphone using Google’s mobile operating system. Last month, the NSA released a secure Android [...]

Though Google’s beta version of Chrome for Android was much-anticipated and enthusiastically received by Ice Cream Sandwich users, it’s not all good news. Adobe has confirmed in a blog post that they will not be developing Flash Player for the mobile browser. The news isn’t much of a surprise, considering that Adobe has had problems [...]

AT&T has made yet another move that may not go down well with many of its customers. The company will begin slowing data speeds for users with unlimited wireless plans once they reach certain of data-usage. Similar to AT&T’s throttling plans of yesteryear, the decision is a sign that they’re trying to cope with an [...]

We know, we know. You haven’t even gotten your bite of the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, and Google is already rolling out with another update. This time, it’s going to be called Jelly Bean, and it may be released as early as the second quarter of this year. Google is speeding up its release [...]

Motorola announced on Wednesday that the new Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade will not be available on any of its Android-based smartphones until the third quarter of this year—at the earliest. Motorola did give a list of devices that is expected to receive Ice Cream Sandwich once an update is available. The list includes [...]

On Wednesday, BlackBerry maker RIM announced that the update on its current PlayBook operating system is almost finished. The PlayBook OS 2.0 should be available to launch during the week of February 26. Running at 400 MB, the update will be pushed out to all PlayBook simultaneously. After receiving some negative reviews, RIM’s tablet is [...]

On Tuesday, Google launched the beta version of Chrome for Android. The browser is now available from the Android Market on select phones and tablets that are operating with Android 4.0, or Ice Cream Sandwich. The much-anticipated mobile browser has imitated the simplicity and functionality of its desktop parent, complete with sync and auto-fill for [...]