There are multiple reports saying that Gboard, Google’s keyboard designed specifically for iOS devices, is now available for Android devices. A report found on The Verge claims that a Google Keyboard update is bringing Gboard features to Android, including the integrated search function, the emoji search tool, as well as new shortcuts. “It’s currently available only as an […]

It’s been just a few weeks since Apple has debuted search ads in the App Store.  And with the time that it’s been up and running, mobile analytics firm AppsFlyer has released some early results.  According to comScore, for Apple, the App Store is the biggest way that apps are discovered by consumers, and developers have jumped […]

Apple’s fiscal fourth quarter earnings have been released,   Apple’s revenues of $46.9 billion are in lne with the modest expectations of analysts; earnings per share of $1.67 beat expectations.  However, the company has reported their first YoY revenue decline since the iPhone was first introduced. Revenues were off nearly $9 billion vs. last year.  The stock […]

After their beta period that started in June, Apple has opened up Search Ads for the App Store to every publisher and developer.  Right now, it’s available for the iPhone and iPad only in the US. The main rational behind this, aside from making money from the program, is the app discovery.  Google has had search ads in the Play […]

Out of all the features presented by Apple for the new iPhone 7, it looks like the biggest feature that everybody is focusing on is the lack of a headphone jack.  Whether you think that’s a good or bad thing, or somewhere in between, Apple has introduced a set of solid upgrades that will help […]

The EC (European Commission) made an announcement stating that Apple now must pay over $14 billion in back taxes.  The EC asserted in their expected ruling, that the Irish government showed tax favoritism to Apple that wasn’t similarly extended to other companies.  This favoritism allowed Apple to pay an effective tax rate of one percent or less from 2003 […]

A new site is out there that aims at documenting the “Hey Siri” commands that are available for use on iOS devices, like iPads and iPhones.  This is just like the previous report that was done a month ago about the site that lets you search for Ok Google commands. The site is available at hey-siri.io and lists 489 […]

After releasing their quarterly earnings earlier in the week, It was announced by Apple that they had sold their billionth iPhone.  It seems that this feat took them almost ten years, as the iPhone was introduced in January 2007. On another note, IDC released quarterly smartphone market-share estimates.  In second place as far as the largest handset maker globally, was Apple. […]

There is a number of new updates that Google has rolled out to its iOS today, and one of the new abilities of the app is being able to better hear voice searches conducted in noisy environments. Not only is the Google app better at hearing you, but the iOS app will save recently visited […]

On July 27, Apple reported their fiscal 2016 third quarter results.  They company had a quarterly revenue of $42.4 billion, which was down 15 percent year-over-year.  But despite that, the good news was that this number still beat financial analyst consensus estimates.  Apple’s revenue last year was at $49.6 billion. Apple’s gross margin was also down year-over-year, […]