Michelle Megna

Microsoft and T-Mobile aren’t the only mobile vendors moving to cope with some unexpected headaches: Google has patched two bugs in version 1.5 of its mobile open source platform, Android. The software version, codenamed Cupcake, faced two vulnerabilities that could have led to denial-of-service (DoS) attacks, according to researchers at the Open Source Computer Emergency […]

Apple’s latest update for the iPhone operating system fixes three bugs, but it appears to fall short of addressing ongoing issues with poor battery life and Wi-Fi glitches. The iPhone software update released by Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) brings the current version to OS 3.1.2 just a month after the last upgrade. The 200MB upgrade file […]

Google has ordered a custom Android developer to stop distributing his software because it includes the search giant’s proprietary applications such as YouTube, Gmail and Maps. The programmer of the CyanogenMod ROM was served a cease-and-desist order because Google took issue with the software for modifying and distributing its applications. CyanogenMod ROM is an Android […]

MMS — Multimedia Messaging Service — has finally come to the Apple iPhone. AT&T and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) have made good on earlier promises to activate the feature, which gives iPhone 3GS and 3G users the ability to send send messages with video, audio and pictures. Like SMS text messaging, MMS is interoperable between networks, […]

Are iPhone OS update glitches spurring defections of the Apple faithful? If recent reports involving poor battery life, a surprise — and controversial — fix for Microsoft Exchange encryption and Wi-Fi glitches are believed, that might be the case. Owners of Apple’s iPhone who upgraded recently to the new operating system version 3.1 are flooding […]

Augmented reality, or the ability to overlay information on real-world views seen through a smartphone camera lens, is poised to become the next hot trend in mobile apps. Until recently augmented reality (AR) was mainly relegated to college and other research labs. That’s changing, as AR is starting to show up in mobile applications with […]

With the proliferation of hot new smartphones such as the iPhone 3GS and Palm Pre comes a dilemma for enterprise IT: employees are insisting on using their favorite mobile devices for business, even if their companies don’t support those devices and can’t secure them. And yet, most IT staff want to accommodate their fellow employees […]

Long sought-after Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) support is coming to the Apple iPhone 3G and 3GS by the end of the month, courtesy of a software update. That’s likely to be good news for critics, who have lambasted — and sued — AT&T over its lack of support for MMS — even though the feature […]

eBay sellers today will be able to access third-party applications for the first time as the e-commerce giant opens its app marketplace. The third-party apps offered through the store are aimed at eBay sellers, and provide tools for them to manage and streamline their online businesses. The apps run on eBay’s Selling Manager and Selling […]

Online forums have lit up with complaints from owners of the iPhone 3G who say that the handset’s Wi-Fi function was disabled after they upgraded to the new OS 3.0. Numerous users are claiming that after upgrading, their iPhone either can’t maintain a Wi-Fi connection, or that it doesn’t download data once it does connect, […]