Apple

Following kicking off the countdown to 50 Billion application downloads in the iOS App Store, Apple has started showcasing the top 25 free and paid applications of all time. There are separate lists for the iPhone versions of applications and the iPad versions of applications, and each gets their own Free and Paid list. If you're interested in seeing the lists in iTunes, you can click here.

Making the top 25 of the iPhone’s paid applications list ...

Apple unexpectedly released a new version of iOS earlier recently, iOS 6.1.4. The new version of iOS only included a single item in its change log which was an updated audio profile for the iPhone 5. Those of you who are currently jailbroken on iOS 6.1.2 already know to stay away from the update but for those of you who already updated, there’s a new version of TinyUmbrella out that you’ll ...

In recent moths, MMi has covered reports of the U.S. Department of Defense testing the iPhone as well as Android devices in the field. The Federal Government continues to explore which mobile devices best serve their needs in the most secure fashion possible.

According to The Wall Street Journal, the DoD is inching closer than ever to green-lighting iOS 6 for use in high-security clearance ...

ProTube Extension for YouTube, a popular add-on for the YouTube application by Google that includes features for Power Users by iOS developer Jonas Gessner, has received an update to version 2.1. The update adds some exciting new features including:

• Download acceleration that can increase download speeds by up to 4x
• An improved playback scrubber that allows for fine

...

The ritual has returned.

On Thursday, Apple once again initiated the familiar tradition of dramatically counting down to a milestone number of app downloads.

This time, the big number is 50 billion. As always, the big winner - the man or woman who downloads the 50 billionth app - will receive a $10,000 iTunes gift card.

Sweetening the pot even more this time, Apple says ...

Google Updated the Google Search application for iOS to version 3.0 on Monday to add support for Google Now, a service that tells you information right now that you should know… right now.

While many people were ecstatic to get the feature on their iOS devices, many were unsatisfied with the fact that the application constantly showed the Location Services icon in the Status Bar. It would show whether you were on the lock screen, home ...

The New York Times is raising a bold question for Apple to consider today: is the Cupertino, California tech giant really doing enough to curb iPhone-related thefts?

Although some would defend Apple by suggesting that it's the company's job to make cool devices, not police their possession, the NYT contends that Apple - and other smartphone makers - could be doing more to reduce smartphone theft.

...

The popular Google Search application was updated Monday with support for the Google Now feature. Many iOS users have embraced the new feature for its usefulness, but wouldn’t it be nice if Google Now became the start page of the Google Search application instead of having to swipe up after opening the Google Search application to view the Google Now interface?

A new free jailbreak tweak called StartToNow by iOS developer Max Katzmann makes it so that Google ...

According to the folks at CNET, Adobe’s Lightroom Product Manager, Tom Hogarty, recently showed off an early beta of Lightroom for iOS on Scott Kelby’s online show “The Grid.” CNET’s Stephen Shankland had the following to say about the whole ordeal:



For those of you who didn’t already know, Lightroom is the popular photo management and editing app for OS X and Windows. It’s ...

Those of you buying an iMac might have noticed something new recently under the customization options. According to the folks at MacRumors, Apple now has two new flash storage options available for the iMac, both of which can be purchased when buying a configure-to-order device from the online Apple Store.

iMac buyers interested in replacing the standard 1 TB SATA hard disk ...

Looking for that useful quick-composition widget for notification center? – A new free notification center add-on called QuickCompose by iOS developer Dylan Kelly lets you do just that. The add-on supports text messaging, creating e-mails, and even composing Tweets. QuickCompose is nice because it's an all-on-one widget solution and gives you an easy way to get in touch with people.

Tapping on the individual buttons brings up the composition interfaces you ...