Android Jelly Bean finally reaches 10% penetration (6 months after launch)

Google has released five major Android updates since 2010, most named for something sweet. Today, Android's developer site revealed that for the first time, more than 10 percent of Android smartphones in the market are running Jelly Bean, the latest version.

Mobile merger: CTIA and MobileCon morph into ‘super show’

The beefed-up show will offer a wider range of content -- and it won't compete with other Q1 mobile events like Mobile World Congress and CES.

Ooomf debuts step-by-step guide to help you launch your app in 2013

If you're thinking of launching an app this year, consider making it a New Year's resolution. And, perhaps, take advantage of Ooomf's new Launch This Year: a personalized step-by-step guide to making it happen.

With BroadHop buy-up, Cisco expands its policy portfolio

Cisco Systems announced on its blog today that it will acquire Denver-based BroadHop for an undisclosed sum. The technology will be used to shape mobile data traffic and will be folded into Cisco's service provider networking group.

Noom raises $2.6M helps users zoom down a pant size

Health and wellness app developer Noom raises $2.6M in "pre-Series A" financing to enter the Korean market.

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.

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.

Apple: Your fans are also Google fans (and that’s the problem)

In the battle for mindshare which leads to market share which leads to revenue share, Google has a huge advantage.

IAB study: Mobile video isn’t really all that mobile, after all

63 percent of video-watching on mobile phones, the study said, happens right at home sweet home.

Google Maps now live on the Apple app store (and it’s better than ever)

As rumored earlier tonight, Google Maps is now available on the iOS app store. It's completely revamped and, from my early experience, better than ever.

Grokr hands-on: It’s not just Google Now for iOS — it’s better than Google Now

Today Grokr is releasing a Google Now for iOS. Except ... not exactly. Actually, it's much better than Google Now, and it is likely to stay that way for a long time.

Google’s Eric Schmidt on Apple: ‘We’re winning that war’

Refreshing honesty from an executive, or hubris?

iPhone 5 is Time’s ‘gadget of the year’

The iPhone 5 probably won't sell as much as Samsung's Galaxy S III this year, but it did win another coveted prize: Time Magazine's gadget of the year.

Edutainment application company turns to entertainment industry veterans for leadership

A pair of former media company executives will act as co-CEOs of Mindshapes.