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.

Chinese growth and Chinese competition could drive Apple stock to $888, analyst says

China's fast growth in fast mobile subscriptions -- and increasing mobile competition among the giant Chinese mobile carriers -- will be key factors in driving Apple's moldering stock price to unseen heights of over $800, one analyst says today.

Pentagon gives green light: Now those hundreds of thousands of iPhones, iPads, and iPods can actually be used

The problem with clearing smartphones for use in top secret environments is that they are, essentially, full of radios: Bluetooth, WiFi, cellular.

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 supplier Pegatron hiring 40,000 new workers

That fits both with Apple CEO Tim Cook's announcement during the company's recent earnings call that Apple would not bring out any new products until the fall, and with recent rampant rumors of new iPhone models.

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.

iPhone 5S screens entering mass production in June, report says

Sharp, Japan Display, and Samsung rival LG Electronics are tooling up for Apple iPhone 5S production runs which will begin in earnest in June, according to a report out of Japan.

It’s time for the ‘iPod-ization of iPhone,’ former Apple creative director says

It's time for iPhone to "get the family treatment," former Apple creative director and strategy consultant Ken Segall says.

Apple curved battery patent filings hint at future iOS device designs

There's no rule that says smartphones have to be boring rectangular-ish blocks. And Apple's latest patent application filings show the company may be looking at some new shapes in its future phones.

Odd bug affecting Apple’s iMessage, deleting last word of users’

Apple's messaging services deletes the last word of a few key phrases. One is "The best prize is a surprise," and another is "I could be the next Obama." The only catch?

Apple’s ‘black hole’ ecosystem will drive market share past Android, Yankee Group says

In a global smartphone market that Android has been expanding at a breakneck pace, a bright spot for Apple has been increasing market share in the lucrative U.S. domestic market. A new report from the Yankee Group says that's going to continue, and that Apple is winning the slow way, via customer loyalty.

No new products until this fall, Apple CEO Tim Cook says

"We've accomplished a tremendous amount," Tim Cook said today in his Apple earnings conference call, adding that the company has "set many sales records."