Location TomTom Apologizes for Selling Customers' Driving Data to the Cops TomTom, the maker of portable GPS devices, has apologized for turning over data it's collected from its customers to the police, who in turn have used this information to catch speeding motorists. The data has been sold to local and regional governments in the Netherlands for use in helping the police establish speed traps, according to the… Audrey Watters View comments
Apple Is iCloud Apple's Music Service? Apple's long-rumored, cloud-based music service may be coming to fruition. According to reports, Apple has acquired the domain name iCloud.com from Swedish cloud services provider Xcerion for $4.5 million. Coupled with the 500,000 square foot data center that is being finished in North Carolina, Apple may finally be ready to make its big cloud… Play Dan Rowinski View comments
Apple How Many Apps Did Apple's Incentivized Install Policy Change Affect? Many iPhone app developers, specifically, game developers, looking to increase their apps' visibility among the hundreds of thousands of applications available in iTunes today, have been using incentivized installs to increase their download numbers. These programs allowed end users who didn't want to pay for in-app purchases and virtual goods… Mobile Sarah Perez View comments
mobile Who's Winning the Battle for the Best-Stocked App Store? The app store analytics firm Distimo has released its latest report on the size of the various mobile app stores, as well as the types and prices of apps that are most successful there. The report compares the Apple App Store for iPad, Apple App Store for iPhone, Apple Mac App Store, BlackBerry App World, GetJar, Google Android Market, Nokia Ovi… Mobile Audrey Watters View comments
UX Evolutions How Color is Being Used Yesterday we compared the recent launch of new photo and video sharing app Color to the arrival of Twitter five years ago. Like Twitter, Color is an innovative app that has intrigued early adopters and has the potential to catch on in a big way. It's also popularizing a new buzzword: proximity. Yesterday we looked at an early use case for Color… Richard MacManus View comments