Apple Whack-a-Mole: One day after Apple patches 2 lock screen bugs, another one pops up

Perhaps Apple will provide a coupon for a free game of Whack-a-Mole with its next iOS update.

Apple releases iOS 6.1.3: Lock screen bug squashed, Maps improved

No more unauthorized lock screen access for you!

Ukraine’s Room 8 launches Cyto to break into Western mobile-game markets

The game is one of many physics-based experiences with a zany premise, and it's just the kind of title that has a chance of taking off on a worldwide stage.

BlackBerry CEO: Smartphone innovation is leaving Apple behind

If you're looking for advice on how to innovate, the CEO of BlackBerry probably isn't the best person to turn to. But he has a point.

Apple’s getting catty on eve of Samsung’s Galaxy S IV launch

Apple marketing exec Phil Schiller isn't afraid to say how he feels about Android anymore. He criticized the platform today, ahead of Samsung's Galaxy S IV event in New York tomorrow.

Google brings its clean new iOS app style straight to the mobile web

"Yeah, but the Contacts page still looks like it was developed by Fred Flintstone."

Mozilla wants to bring Firefox to iOS, but mean ol’ Apple’s standing in its way

Concerns over Nitro Vs. UIWebView are preventing Mozilla from bringing the best possible version of Firefox to iOS.

Google’s awesome ‘Field Trip’ app launches for Apple’s iPhone

Google already has five of the six most popular apps in America, with Google Maps, Search, Gmail, YouTube, and Google Play. But that is apparently not enough for the search-and-mobile-and-everything giant.

Apple gets spanked by yet another judge in iPhone location/privacy suit

“Luckily for the plaintiffs, Apple has provided more than enough evidence itself to suggest to the court that it has not fully complied with the court’s order,” Grewal wrote. “In light of Apple’s performance in this case, the court cannot rely on its representations that this time it really has or will produce all responsive documents.”

F-Secure says Android malware is king, but are these reports just FUD? (updated)

Android malware has reached a new, dangerous high -- at least if you believe F-Secure.

iPadocalypse: ‘iPad shipments collapse’ 50% in January (but there may be a very good reason)

In fact, full-size iPad display shipments seem to have disappeared, dropping by an astounding 80 percent from December to January, even as Android tablet sales have grown.

Apple’s rejected iPhone names: ‘Telepod,’ ‘Mobi,’ ‘Tripod,’ and ‘iPad’

Before settling on the name "iPhone," Apple considered some hilarious monikers for its smartphone.

We will download 70 billion mobile apps in 2013 (50% Android, 41% iOS)

In 2013, we'll download ten apps for every single woman, man, and child on planet Earth.

Google Glass is a giant chisel to pry me out of Apple’s ecosystem

In Glass, I think, we sense the birth struggles of the new human. Hacked. Connected. Augmented. Enhanced. And yeah, way geekier.

Scopely announces marquee game developers as mobile-platform partners

Scopely is working with a small number of high-end mobile developers to make their games more successful.

The next console generation should reflect a change in developer relations

In the upcoming console wave, the flexibility of each platform may be equally or more important than hardware power.

Google worries it’s created an Android monster in Samsung

While Apple remains a constant threat for Google in mobile, the Android maker is also worried about its most successful hardware partner: Samsung.