AirStrip uses iPhones, iPads to cut through health care data tangle

AirStrip has an ambitious goal: To cut through the incompatibilities clogging up the free flow of medical information between doctors and nurses.

Windows Phone jumps to third in global smartphone market share — and could be second faster than you think

Systemically, Apple is falling out of the race for smartphone supremacy. And that puts Apple at risk of being in Microsoft's sights for the number two position in the global smartphone market share battle.

Apple hits 50 billion app downloads, just ahead of Google

It's a good thing Apple hit the number today, because if they waited even another week, the Cupertino company might have been second-best to Google's Android

BlackBerry Messenger goes cross-platform on iPhone, Android this summer

BlackBerry managed to squeeze in one surprise announcement during its huge conference keynote this morning.

Apple accuses Samsung Galaxy S4 of patent infringement (with 21 other products)

In other words, Apple's saying, Samsung can't have its cake and eat it to. Or, what's good for Pauline is good for Petra.

Lockwood Publishing will debut 3D avatars in Avakin Poker (exclusive)

The developer of PlayStation Home's Sodium series has expanded to make games and 3D avatars on mobile platforms.

Smartphones up 37%, tablets up 106%, and Samsung growing smartphone shipments 10x faster than Apple

Let me say that again: Apple is at single digit growth in a market growing at almost 40 percent.

New Gmail app for iOS keeps you in Google’s world, longer

Google's new Gmail app for iOS opens video links in YouTube, map links in Google Maps, and other URLs in Chrome.

Android tablets will hit 60% market share this quarter as iPad shipments dip, analyst says

Android may have wrestled massive smartphone market share away from Apple the past couple of years, but until now Apple's managed to hold onto its dominance in tablet sales. That's now changing, says IDC analyst Sameer Singh.

Candy Crush Saga rules mobile game downloads, but Puzzle & Dragons has the revenue

The top five ranks for top mobile publishers remain the same from February to March, according to App Annie.

Why developers choose the Amazon app store: fewer apps, ease of porting, and pending global expansion

While the iOS app store has well over 800,000 active apps and Google Play sports more than 600,000, the Amazon app store has only about 75,000.

That's a very good thing -- if you're an app developer.