Bing's iPhone plans (and more)
Bowing to reality, Microsoft is working on a Bing iPhone app, although it won't say when the software will be ready or just which features it will have.
Growing biz apps give mobiles enterprise boost
Increase in business applications for atypical enterprise phones like the iPhone, are helping devices become more suited for enterprise use, notes analyst.
Dell brings Chrome OS to its netbook
With an experimental project, Dell has adapted Google's browser-based operating system to its Mini 10v netbook.
Apps to flourish on mobile, games
Developers should bet on Android, games, navigation and music, to reap returns, suggest industry watchers, who say business apps can also prove viable.
Sinofsky's Windows plan: More data, less testosterone
Head of Microsoft's Windows unit tells why he does things the way he does and how data of real-world use show things that might not be intuitive to Redmond's engineers.
Brin: Google's OSes likely to converge
Puzzled onlookers have wondered why Google is overseeing two separate operating system projects. Co-founder Sergey Brin thinks that at some point the two will become one.
Open source, features to drive smartphone market
Symbian remains dominant mobile OS but market share will dip, with emergence of competing open source platforms Android and Maemo, predicts In-Stat.
Apple fixes iPhone 'coma mode' with OS update
Apple has fixed iPhone and iPod Touch bugs introduced in September's software update, which included device crashes and interruptions to cellular service.
Native Client in Chrome: Google flexes Web muscle
Google has built into its browser the ability to tap directly into a computer's native processing power through software called Native Client.
Microsoft bashes Google's Chrome-in-IE plan
Software maker says that Google's Chrome Frame plan raises security issues and is "not a risk we would recommend our friends and families take".
Intel to pitch in on developing Chrome
Chipmaker will work with Google on the Chrome OS in the same way it contributes to other Linux distributions, which take in parts of Intel's Moblin code.
Android apps show big potential for growth
People with Android-based phones are downloading applications frequently. As number of handsets grows, Android phones are likely to become viable rivals to iPhone.
Corporate BlackBerrys to get Google Apps syncing
If you've got a company-issued BlackBerry and your company subscribes to Google Apps, you could soon receive push e-mail and find global contacts on your phone.
Yahoo vents frustration over App Store process
Question is: has update to Yahoo Messenger for iPhone been languishing in the App Store approval process for two weeks, or not?
Embedded Android code goes open source
Company behind Mips has released the source code for porting the Android operating system to that processor architecture.
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