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• Untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1 available for download

  By Loek Essers | 25 May, 2012 14:56

  Absinthe 2.0, the jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1, is ready and available for download, the Jailbreak Dream Team announced at the Hack in the Box conference in Amsterdam.

• Unthethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1 available for download

  By Loek Essers | 25 May, 2012 13:53

  Absinthe 2.0, the jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1, is ready and available for download, the Jailbreak Dream Team announced at the Hack in the Box conference in Amsterdam on Friday.

• Updated SDK from Soti allows businesses to remotely control Apple mobile devices

  By Fred O'Connor | 23 May, 2012 08:44

  Businesses can now remotely control enterprise mobile applications developed for Apple's mobile platform with the latest version of Soti's MobiControl Software Developer Kit for iOS, announced Tuesday.

• Judge deems Kodak digital camera patent invalid

  By James Niccolai | 22 May, 2012 10:14

  A judge at the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined that a Kodak patent asserted in a complaint against Apple and Research In Motion is invalid, Kodak said on Monday.

• iPhone screen size may increase to at least 4 inches

  By Daniel Ionescu | 17 May, 2012 00:26

  Apple is looking to increase the iPhone's screen size from 3.5 inches to at least 4 inches, according to a Wall Street Journal report, a move that's presumably being made because of stiff Android competition.

• Are iPhone 5 rumors torpedoing Apple’s Q2 revenues?

  By John Cox | 15 May, 2012 09:34

  Apple (AAPL - NASDAQ) is warning investors that returns for the current second quarter will be lower than projections, triggering widespread and feverish speculation that the fall-off is due to swirling rumors about an early summer launch for iPhone 5.

• In Pictures: 10 ways to make Android faster, more productive and more secure than iPhone

  By Jeff Vance | 15 May, 2012 08:34

  iPhone users love to brag about their phones. Yet, for many users, Android is clearly the superior platform.

• SAP rolls out new mobile apps, boosts HTML5, iOS, Android support

  By Chris Kanaracus | 15 May, 2012 00:42

  SAP on Monday unveiled a series of mobile applications covering areas such as expense management and e-learning, as well as improved support for iOS and Android devices. The announcements came at the start of the vendor's Sapphire conference in Orlando.

• Review: AppMobi XDK brings more style than substance to iPhone, Android development

  By James R. Borck | 11 May, 2012 20:15

  Despite the gold-rush atmosphere around mobile application development, you won't find many newbie-friendly tools aligned to help nonprogrammers mine for application riches. Even if the target platforms often seem like toys, most of the development kits are still developer-minded and code-centric, and they can present formidable hurdles to the uninitiated.

• New data shows Apple dominating Samsung in Japanese smartphone market

  By Jay Alabaster | 11 May, 2012 20:05

  Nearly one in three smartphones sold in Japan last fiscal year was an iPhone, pushing Apple's sales far ahead of main rival Samsung in the country, according to data published by a local research firm.

• Mobile BYOD users want more security

  By Ellen Messmer | 09 May, 2012 14:32

  A survey of more than 4000 mobile-device users and IT professionals shows wildly abundant use of mobile devices, but profound concerns about security and how employee-owned devices ought to be used for business purposes.

• 3LM, Symantec and Wyse all aim to simplify management of mobile devices

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 09 May, 2012 02:18

  At three different events in three different U.S. cities 3LM, Symantec and Wyse Technology are all showing upgraded or new products to help IT staff better cope with the smartphones, tablets and other devices users are allowed to bring to work.

• IDC also says Samsung grabbed the biggest smartphone share in Q1

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 01 May, 2012 20:22

  The worldwide smartphone market grew 42.5 percent year-over-year during the first quarter, as Samsung Electronics overtook Apple for the smartphone leadership position, according to IDC's estimates.

• Survey: Over 97 per cent of enterprise tablet users got an iPad in Q1

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 27 April, 2012 02:47

  Apple's dominance over Android in the corporate tablet market grew in the first quarter, according to a survey from mobile device management and wireless email vendor, Good Technology. The iPad accounted for 97.3 percent of tablets activated by enterprise users in that time period, the research found.

• Are BYOD workers more productive?

  By Tom Kaneshige | 24 April, 2012 09:01

  Bring-your-own-device, or BYOD, is a movement blurring the line between work and personal life. After all, BYOD is all about employees using personal smartphones and tablets for business purposes. So does this mean people check Facebook when they should be working or read job-related emails on weekends?