iOS

If you’re looking for someone to blame for Apple ditching Google Maps on the iPhone, try Steve Jobs. The former Apple CEO and co-founder was the one who initiated the effort to replace Google Maps on the iPhone with Apple’s own mapping application, according to a new report from Bloomberg BusinessWeek. “Apple insiders say Jobs Continue Reading →

By now, everyone and their mother has heard about how Apple really messed up with its Maps app in iOS 6. And most users have either accepted the fact that a fix isn’t coming anytime soon or have downloaded alternatives. But now MacRumors has learned that Apple is creating a program to dedicate certain retail Continue Reading →

Amazon Studios has optioned the rights to a horror novel, the company announced. The book in question is called ‘SEED,’ by author Ania Ahlborn. According to the company, it has added the project to its development slate, and will begin testing various big screen adaptations of ‘SEED.’ As you may know, Amazon Studios was launched Continue Reading →

Launching alongside iOS 6, Apple’s Passbook app and service helps retailers provide easy-to-use digital passes for tickets, coupons and other offers, reducing the need for physical passes. In order to boost the branding of its new app and standard, Apple has begun rolling out a new ‘Add to Passbook’ badge for developers to incorporate into Continue Reading →

In an interview with the Today show’s Matt Lauer, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg laid down the importance of the mobile web for the company. More people, he says, use Facebook via its mobile-targeted website than on the iPhone or Android phones combined. Here’s the quote from the Today show blog: “iPhone is a great platform. Continue Reading →

BGR has learned that Sony Electronics is making plans to sell the company’s famed 550 Madison location in New York in order to raise money, according to a close source of ours. An internal email was sent to Sony executives detailing the plans recently, and Sony is currently considering a few different scenarios. We are Continue Reading →

Shelly Palmer chats with Steve Lacy and Jill Nicolini on Fox 5’s Good Day Wake Up about Apple’s iPhone 5 and iOS 6 issues. Continue Reading →

For many iPhone 4 and 4S owners, iOS 6 has been a mixed blessing. The features are terrific, but many users are reporting huge amounts of battery drainage that never was the case before the system upgrade. As an iPhone 4S owner, I can tell you from first hand knowledge that my iPhone loses about Continue Reading →

The flaws with Apple Maps and previously with Apple’s voice recognition software, Siri, reveal some deep flaws with Tim Cook’s work as CEO. You might think that Tim Cook is doing a spectacular job. After all, since taking over as CEO on August 24, 2011, Apple stock has risen 74%, and its revenues and profits Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/121001_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Apple’s CEO Tim Cook did something seemingly out of character for the company – he apologized for an ineffective product. With the release of iOS 6 alongside the launch of the iPhone 5, Apple eliminated the Google Maps app – reportedly due to a disagreement about voice Continue Reading →