Android vs. iOS: Which one should app makers bet on?

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If you could bet on just one mobile platform as an app developer, which would it be? That was my opening question last week when I moderated a panel discussion hosted by University of Washington Professional & Continuing Education, featuring tech veterans from Cisco, Starbucks, Amazon and PopCap Games who teach and advise some of… Read More…

GeekWire Radio: Microsoft’s tablet, Apple’s upgrades, and more from the week in tech

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I’m headed to Los Angeles on Monday for Microsoft’s mystery announcement, and we kick off this week’s GeekWire radio show and podcast by examining the possibility that the company will be coming out with its own branded tablet to rival Apple’s iPad and possibly even Amazon’s Kindle Fire. Then we round up the highlights of… Read More…

Microsoft stuck behind Samsung Bada in smartphone sales

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Microsoft is aiming to make Windows Phone a strong No. 3 in the smartphone market, behind Android and iPhone, but first it has a different rival to overcome: Samsung’s Bada smartphone operating system. Not to mention RIM and Symbian. The Redmond company remained in sixth place in smartphone operating system sales in the first quarter,… Read More…

Ask Andru: How can I make my iPad louder?

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In today’s Ask Andru column, we get a question about an issue with the iPad that we’ve actually experienced ourselves for years. Ever since the release of the original iPad, it’s been painfully obvious that the speaker on the Apple tablet isn’t exactly up to snuff. It’s fine if you’re somewhere quiet, but go somewhere that… Read More…

Mobile vets: Windows Phone is great, but it has a long way to go to catch Apple and Android

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We brought together some of the top thinkers in the mobile industry Wednesday afternoon for the GeekWire Summit in Seattle. And while much of the chatter on the panel had to do with the newly-released iPad and the dominance of Android, the panelists nearly all agreed that Microsoft finally has developed a mobile operating system… Read More…

Study: Personal devices now used for work in 88% of businesses

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Nearly nine out of 10 companies are seeing employees use personal phones, tablets and computers at work — marking a sharp rise in the trend known as the “consumerization of IT,” according to a study released this morning by Avanade, the Seattle-based technology consulting company. The study debunks the myth that companies are resisting personal… Read More…

Microsoft Hotmail soars on iPhone and Android, now available on Kindle Fire

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Microsoft’s Windows Live Hotmail has surpassed 12 million active users on Apple iOS devices — a dramatic climb resulting from the simplified process for setting up the Microsoft webmail service in Apple’s iOS5. Hotmail has also seen a sharp increase in Android usage, now topping 3 million active users, since releasing an app for the… Read More…

Microsoft’s latest iPhone app: Kinectimals game now on iOS

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Microsoft this morning took another step to expand the world of Xbox 360 games to Apple iOS devices, releasing a version of its Kinectimals mobile game for iPhone and iPad. As with the Windows Phone version, the mobile game for iOS is a companion to Kinectimals on Xbox 360, allowing players to interact with their… Read More…

Ask Andru: Apple iMessage Follow-Up

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The first ever Ask Andru column featured a question about Apple’s iMessage, a proprietary method the company uses to allow owners of iOS devices to send text messages, pictures, and videos to each other through Apple’s servers, bypassing the traditional wireless carrier. This allows users to send as many messages as they want without having… Read More…

Zipline releases WolfToss on iOS, Android and Chrome

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The significance of WolfToss isn’t necessarily the game itself — though Zipline Games co-founder Todd Hooper admits that he spent an inordinate amount of time over the Thanksgiving holiday slinging the Big Bad Wolf at pigs and boars. The real significance of the title, the first for Zipline using the open source Moai platform, is… Read More…