Josh Lowensohn

Google adds ‘send to TV’ option to YouTube for iOS

Google today pushed out a new update to its YouTube app for iOS that lets users push videos to game consoles, certain TV sets, and other set-top boxes. A new “send to TV” feature lets users pair the mobile app with a compatible set-top box or TV set. Those videos then show up on the …

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Hot calendar app Tempo crushed by demand

Buzzy calendar and scheduling app Tempo, which made a splashy launch yesterday, is recovering after being overrun by new users. “We are excited but overwhelmed by the demand,” Raj Singh, the founder and CEO of Tempo, wrote in a blog post today. Shortly after the app went live, Tempo was forced to close down new signups, incensing would-be users and …

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Coupons.com app gets native Passbook integration

Coupons.com today updated its iOS app to integrate with Apple’s Passbook digital wallet service, something that previously required going through mobile Safari. As part of the update, there’s now an “add to Passbook” option next to coupons, which will spit the deal out to Apple’s software app. Users previously had to navigate to that same link through Coupons’ Web site, …

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iOS, Android, and Web traffic: Same old, same old

Apple and Google are very nearly in the same spot as they were six months ago when it comes to Web traffic, a new study says. Advertising and analytics company Chitika today put out new numbers from a six-month study of U.S. and Canadian Web traffic collected from ad impressions by iOS and Android devices. The main finding is that …

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Apple iPad Mini: The ultimate rumor roundup

Now playing: Watch this: iPad Mini reveal looms closer 2:42 Lately there’s been no shortage of rumors that Apple’s got a smaller iPad on the way. The only problem is that we’ve heard this song and dance before. Don’t believe us? CNET has rounded up just about every claim that a smaller iPad is on the way, going back to …

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iOS, Android apps are porking up, research firm says

The size of the average mobile application is on the rise, according to the results of a new study. As part of its Mobile Application Markets research report, ABI Research today said that the size of the average iOS application last month was 16 percent greater than in March, with even larger growth in some specific app categories. The big …

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Garmin adds Street View, public transit to its other iOS apps

Navigation company Garmin is continuing to capitalize on users who are in search of an alternative to Apple’s new maps platform. As part of an update to four of its iPhone apps today, the company added support for the iPhone 5 and iOS 6, as well as public transit features and Google’s Street View — two things that were removed …

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Microsoft, RIM ink patent deal on storage tech

Microsoft and Research In Motion today said they have signed a patent licensing agreement that gives RIM access to Microsoft file system technology. That technology is called Extended File Allocation Table — or “exFAT” for short — and Microsoft says it optimizes files for use on flash storage, which is overwhelmingly the storage of choice on smartphones and tablets. “Today’s …

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AT&T faces Net neutrality complaint for FaceTime over 3G

A trio public interest groups intend to file a formal complaint against telecom giant AT&T over a decision to require a specific wireless data plan to use Apple’s FaceTime video chat over its 3G network. In a notice today, Free Press, Public Knowledge, and the New America Foundation’s Open Technology Institute said they intended to file a complaint against the …

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Motorola promises Jelly Bean

Google-owned Motorola Mobility is apparently quite serious about keeping recent smartphone buyers happy, enough to offer $100 towards the purchase of one of the company’s latest devices to anyone who purchased a phone that’s not in line to get Jelly Bean, Google’s latest Android OS. That pledge, made on stage earlier today by Motorola chief executive Dennis Woodside at the …

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