Apps & updates: eBay for iPad, The Daily for iPhone, Google Currents Retina support, more
A number of notable apps were released or updated today on the App Store like the release of previously iPad-only news app The Daily, which was originally launched by News Corp last year. We also get a new iPad app from NBC offering video coverage, interactive tools, and live election results for breaking political news, as [...]
Apple’s iOS chief Scott Forstall cashes in shares worth $38.7M
Following Apple’s CEO Tim Cook selling off approximately 20,000 shares of company stock in March, new filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange commission discovered by Fortune’s Philip Elmer-Dewitt show iOS chief Scott Forstall recently sold 64,151 shares worth roughly $38.7 million: The shares were the remains of a 120,000-share retention bonus that was granted [...]
Spotify for iPad finally lands in the App Store
There were leaks last month showing what might have been our first look at the Spotify iPad app, but today the company officially launched its long-awaited app with a blog post and the video above. The free app has already landed in the App Store as a universal download (an update for users of the [...]
Apple posts growth among OEMs in March, as iOS and Android capture 80 percent of US market
Following IDC’s report this morning that highlighted Apple’s continued growth among mobile phone marketshare worldwide, while coming second to Samsung in global smartphone marketshare, research firm comScore just released its numbers for United States mobile subscribers for the three-month period ending March 2012. According to comScore, Apple posted impressive growth during the quarter with 30.7-percent marketshare [...]
Austin’s revised incentive deal imposes hiring guidelines on Apple (Update: Travis County approves incentive)
Update: A report from KVUE is claiming Travis County Commissioners approved the revised incentive deal at this afternoon’s meeting: The last piece in the puzzle to one company’s effort to expand in Austin fell into place Tuesday afternoon… Travis County Commissioners approved an incentive deal for Apple on Tuesday. The deal has been on the table for a while. The last [...]




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