The shape that Apple’s rumored mobile payments solution will eventually take became a little clearer this week when the manufacturing giant was awarded a patent that covers mobile payment controls.

Not only does voice-activated search unencumber users from crowded screens, but it disintermediates information from the process of retrieving it, thus providing better search results.

The Apple store and Amazon provide a significantly more satisfying mobile experience compared with other retailers, according to a new report from customer experience analytics firm Foresee Results.

Apple iAds are mostly still a disappointment to developers, live only in a handful of countries and too few advertisers have gotten involved.

Transportation company Union Pacific Railroad is letting historic railroad fans track the company’s famous steam locomotives on Apple devices.

Samsung overtook Apple in smartphone shipments for the third quarter to become the world’s number one smartphone vendor, according to new data from Strategy Analytics.

Steve Jobs, the man who led Apple to a phenomenal comeback from a near-death experience and went on to change the way consumers live, work and play, passed away Oct. 5 after a long spell of illness.

If you are in charge of a mobile app or influence decision-making for a brand considering an app, you need to be aware of how platform updates such as the release of iOS 5 affect your plans.

The iOS 5 is being released midmonth along with the iPhone 4S and I thought that I would go through the key new features that I think will really change things.

I started writing this article the morning after the media vultures started picking over Steve Jobs’ resignation carcass. Why add more fuel to the Apple fire, I thought.