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• Top four: the best Twitter clients for each smartphone OS

  By Sarah Jacobsson Purewal | 21 May, 2013 20:38

  In March, Twitter announced that it would be shutting down its TweetDeck iOS and Android apps. That's bad news for TweetDeck devotees, but good news for Twitter--I'm betting that the social network plans to funnel users to its own app, which offers basic functionality but allows the company to display paid tweets (better known as ads).

• Unity adds free mobile game development for Android and iOS

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 21 May, 2013 16:45

  Unity Technologies has added the ability to develop for Android and iOS games for free using its platform.

• US Defense Department approves Apple's iOS devices for its networks

  By John Ribeiro | 20 May, 2013 04:46

  Devices built around Apple's iOS operating system have been approved by the U.S. Department of Defense for use on its networks, as the department moves to support multivendor mobile devices and operating systems.

• Adaptive learning application lets parents track what kids have learned

  By Kerry Davis | 14 May, 2013 21:28

  A new feature released Tuesday from children's app maker Kidaptive lets parents track the progress of what their children are learning inside the company's first story and game application.

• Yahoo recruiting iOS developers to 'radically improve' Flickr

  By Zach Miners | 06 May, 2013 23:46

  Yahoo's Flickr mobile app may be getting a completely new look in the months to come, as the company seeks to hire multiple iOS engineers to "radically improve" the photo-sharing site's app and attract new users, the company said in a recent job notice.

• Gates sticks to company line on tablets, knocks iPad

  By Gregg Keizer | 06 May, 2013 18:59

  Microsoft co-founder and chairman Bill Gates today stuck to the company line on tablets, and disparaged rival Apple's iPad for its lack of a keyboard and its inability to run Office.

• Apple breaks into Fortune 500's top 10

  By Gregg Keizer | 06 May, 2013 14:41

  Apple climbed the Fortune 500 this year to the No. 6 spot, its highest-ever ranking, its first time in the top 10, and the top technology company on the influential list, replacing sagging HP.

• Apps for summer music festivals

  By Leah Yamshon | 03 May, 2013 14:24

  Summer is upon us, and so is music festival season. Hundreds of thousands of people flock to music fests all around the country, and for some, summer just wouldn't be the same without attending one of these mega events. With beautiful weather (most of the time), comraderie with other attendees, an interesting array of food and art, and of course killer bands, there's a lot to experience.

• Symantec: Building on specialisation

  By Patrick Budmar | 29 July, 2011 08:41

  ARN caught up with Symantec Pacific region vice-president and managing director, Craig Scroggie, during Symantec Partner Engage 2011 to talk about the security vendor’s channel strategy, partners specialising and the current security landscape.

• Kindle for iOS remains a compelling iBooks alternative

  By Lex Friedman | 08 May, 2013 20:07

  Despite competition from no lesser a giant than Apple, Amazon's Kindle for iOS app is still the best e-reading option in the App Store.

• Ten improvements we'd like to see in iOS

  By Macworld Staff | 29 April, 2013 13:57

  Like clockwork, Apple has released a new major version of its iOS mobile operating system every summer since 2008, and we expect 2013 to be no different. iOS 7 seems likely to take its bow at the company's annual Worldwide Developers Conference, which will be held June 10 through 14 in San Francisco.

• Inside Siri's brain: The challenges of extending Apple's virtual assistant

  By Marco Tabini | 08 April, 2013 16:15

  Siri is, by far, my favorite recent addition to iOS. In an age when electronic devices keep getting smaller, faster, and thinner, the humble keyboard feels increasingly like a relic of a bygone era - an era when computers were designed to occupy entire rooms instead of the palm of a hand.

• Weighing the iPad mini versus the Nexus 7 is no easy task

  By Joel Mathis | 18 March, 2013 18:52

  What surprised me upon making the decision to buy a new tablet was the first question that popped into my head: Should that tablet be a Nexus 7?

• NRL Live 2013 lets you watch live games on your smartphone

  By Ross Catanzariti | 07 March, 2013 16:29

  Telstra has launched a new National Rugby League (NRL) app for iOS and Android smartphones, just in time for the kickoff of the 2013 season. The highlight of the app is a subscription video service that allows users to watch live rugby league games but there are some annoying caveats for Android users.

• Apple, Samsung and Google under fire at Mobile World Congress

  By Mike Elgan | 02 March, 2013 12:05

  Mobile World Congress showed that Apple, Samsung and Google are still the smartphone industry leaders, but upstart and would-be has-been companies are fighting back.

• The lazy geek's guide to building a home media center

  By Galen Gruman | 18 February, 2013 11:11

  Anything less than a DIY digital home entertainment project means making the most of Apple TV

• 33 expert tips and tricks for iOS 6

  By Dan Moren and Lex Friedman | 07 February, 2013 17:00

  Perhaps you are already an iOS master. Or maybe you consider yourself more of a novice. Either way, we feel confident that at least some of the tips and tricks for iOS 6 that we present below will be new to you. What's more, we hope you love them--and benefit from them--as much as we do.