In just the first half of launch-day, the iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 have broken the “device family” one-day Sprint sales record. The company has not yet issued any hard sales figures, but Fared Adib, Sprint Product Chief, issued the following statement: Sprint today reported its best ever day of...

Following on from the record figures seen by Sprint and AT&T, sales of the new iPhone 4S have driven Apple’s stock (AAPL) to its highest closing price ever, $422.00. A slightly-higher all-time high of $422.86 was achieved during intraday trading on September 20, but today represents the highest...

Apple’s long-awaited iOS update went live yesterday, with the final release of iOS 5 now available for download. Apple has seeded successive iOS 5 beta updates to developers since June, but yesterday marks the official launch of iOS 5 for all iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch users. To update your device to...

Sony Pictures is in the process of acquiring film rights to Steve Jobs, the upcoming authorized biography by former CNN chairman and Time Magazine managing editor Walter Isaacson. The book’s description is as follows: Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years – as...

Software maker Nuance Communications has bought out Swype, the popular Android text input method, for more than $100 million, according to Uncrunched. Nuance is the maker of the T9 predictive text software found almost every mobile phone since the 90s. Swype, on the other hand, is the producer of a...

After years of waiting, a native Facebook application for the iPad has finally arrived. While the iPad launched on April 3, 2010, there has not been a Facebook app developed specifically for the slate. Yesterday, Facebook announced the release of its official iPad app. The app displays photos that you can...

Microsoft has announced its plan to launch new iOS and Android applications for its Hotmail email service. The service will be native to the iPhone in iOS 5, which launches on October 12. This means users will be able to select Hotmail under the ‘Mail’ app among Yahoo, Gmail and others. The...

Popular note taking and syncing service Evernote has updated its iOS application to offer additional formatting options and iOS 5 support on the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. When editing a rich text note, users will now have the option to simplify the text. This option will preserve the main elements of...

Preorders for the iPhone 4S sold out in the first day of availability, according to shipping estimates on Apple’s Web site. The iPhone 4S went on pre-order early yesterday. AT&T, the device’s leading carrier, referred to the launch as the most successful iPhone launch ever, with more than...

The iPhone 4S was announced on Tuesday to overwhelming reactions of disappointment from fans at the lack of a redesign. Despite the negative press, Reuters are reporting that AT&T are already seeing record levels of preorders with over 200,000 made in the first 12 hours of sale alone. Despite the...