Apple’s latest patents cover building curved displays, new micro-SIM connector

Apple's Christmas gifts this year (on top of loads of iPad and iPhone sales) included a few new patents.

Taxi app Hailo is raising $30M to take on Uber in NYC

Watch out Uber, the cab hailing app Hailo is hot on your heels in New York City.

Microsoft launches first game for iPhone, iPad with Xbox Achievements

In an extension of the Xbox gaming ecosystem to iOS, Microsoft game studio You vs the Internet has launched Wordament, the first-ever game for iOS with Xbox Achievements, on the Apple app store.

Google and Motorola are working on a ‘X phone’ to take on the iPhone

All of a sudden, Google's expensive Motorola purchase is beginning to make sense.

T-Mobile finally adds iPhone-friendly coverage in 14 markets

T-Mobile has upgraded its networks in 14 markets including New York City, Boston, and Dallas to provide faster data speeds to the iPhone.

After 6M paid downloads, mobile hit Pocket God wraps up with its final, apocalyptic update

After 47 updates, Pocket God's final episode, Apocalypse Ow, is at hand.

‘iPhone’ runs Android in Brazil

You did not read that wrong. The iPhone runs Google's Android operating system in Brazil ... just not the one you're thinking of.

Samsung drops European patent injunctions against Apple

Korean electronics giant Samsung said today that it has dropped injunction requests against Apple products all across Europe, including in the U.K., France, Italy, Germany, and the Netherlands.

When big data is a big waste … and PowerPoint kills productivity more than a martini at lunch

Business analytics app maker Roambi surveyed its customers recently to find what works and what doesn’t work in business data, analytics … and office life.

Apparently, meetings and PowerPoint slides kill more productivity than an alcoholic lunch. And, more than …

Brainshark’s new HTML5 mobile player opens up presentations to iOS, Android viewers

Now you can share Brainshark presentations with any iOS or Android user -- no app required.

Gene Munster: Apple will release a cheap “iPhone for the masses”

Apple's smartphone marketshare is growing slower than the overall smartphone market, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster said today in a research note to investors. That fact will push Apple to release a cheaper iPhone for mass markets.

Apple’s wrong turn leads Google Maps on iPhone to 10M downloads in 2 days

Surprising no one, Google Maps for the iPhone is insanely popular.

Trouble in Toyland: Apple stock down $19B, iPhone orders cut, price targets reduced

Wall Street and Apple are not cozy bedfellows this morning. Apple's stock is down another $20 billion this morning in early trading on reports of iPhone component order cuts and softening demand.

Facebook updates its iPhone app too — and it’s wicked fast

Facebook slipped an update to its iPhone app under the door last night, just after releasing a completely rebuilt non-HTML5 Android version earlier today.

Instaplayer: a new iPad app to create animated, musical slideshows from live Instagram feeds

You may not be able to get Instagram photos inside Twitter, but at least now you can have them on your iPad. And your TV. With music. And ... in a slideshow.

Google Maps mobile lead: We had to crawl before we could walk in app design (interview)

To learn more about how Google approached building the long-awaited app, we chatted with Daniel Graf, the director of Google Maps for mobile.