Editorial: Can Apple survive 2013?
Given the recent implosions of BlackBerry, Palm, Nokia, Microsoft, can we safely assume that Apple is next and will likely fail before the year is out, simply because, well… Android?
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Daniel Eran Dilger
Safari 7.0 to bring web notifications to OS X Mavericks
Apple is bringing its push notifications to the web, enabling support for websites to push updates to OS X Maverick users in Safari 7.0 even when their browser isn't running.
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Apple holds 39% of US smartphone market, far ahead of Samsung's 23%
Apple's iPhone increased its lead in the United States smartphone market through the end of May, inching toward a 40 percent share, while the other major competitors outside of Samsung lost share.
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Kevin Bostic
iPhone apps need to earn $47K per day to crack App Store's top 10 grossing
To be listed among the top 10 paid applications on the iOS App Store, software must average around 4,000 downloads per day, while a top grossing app must earn $47,000 per day, a new study has revealed.
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Neil Hughes
Report: Google prepping Android smart watch and game console to counter Apple
Google is rumored to be preparing the release of both an Android-based smart watch, as well as a dedicated game console, in moves meant to counter Apple's suspected entrance into wearable computers and gaming.
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Mailbox gains iPhone landscape mode, Google Hangouts supports hotlinks
A trio of popular iOS apps were updated on Thursday with major new features, as Mailbox has added a landscape mode on iPhone, Google Hangouts now includes support for tapping on links and inviting friends to chat via text message, and Skype now offers free video messaging.
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AppleInsider Staff
Google Earth gets Street View and new UI in update
Google rolled out a substantial update to its Google Earth iOS app on Wednesday, bringing a few important changes to the title, the biggest being built-in Street View capabilities.
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Mystery of maps.apple.com revealed: it's for sharing between OS X Mavericks, iOS
The purpose of Apple's maps.apple.com domain is explained in OS X Mavericks as being a way to share maps with other users, whether they have access to Apple Maps or not, rather than pointing to a standalone web service.
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Android accounts for 92% of mobile malware, malicious apps increase 614%
A new study on smartphone malware has found that 92 percent of nefarious mobile software is targeted at Google's Android platform, and the amount of attacks are growing.
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Sam Oliver
