DT Deals: Be an app developer with a $29 investment

Creating an iOS app isn't as hard as you think - just follow this respected guide and you'll be on your way to the App Store. That's today's DT Deals. So you think you have the great big idea, but you don’t know how to go about developing it into a mobile app? It’s actually not as hard as you think – as long as you have a trusty guide to help you along the...

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Apple changes tact on Lightning licensing after Kickstarter dock row

The POP charger will now go ahead as planned Apple has apparently had a rare change of heart over the licensing of its Lightning cable tech following the row over a popular Kickstarter project. The company's refusal to license the tech for an accessory that also features its 30-pin connector, had put the kibosh on the POP mobile charging dock concept, which...

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Apple changes tact on Lightning licensing following Kickstarter dock furore

The POP charger will now go ahead as planned Apple has apparently had a rare change of heart over the licensing of its Lightning cable tech following the row over a popular Kickstarter project. The company's refusal to license the tech for an accessory that also features its 30-pin connector, had put the kibosh on the POP mobile charging dock concept, which...

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Google and Motorola said to be working on X Phone, to come in 2013

According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, Google and its Motorola branch are working on a future high-end smartphone to rival the Apple iPhone and the Galaxy S lineup. Dubbed simply the “X Phone”, the device is expected to show up some time next year, according to WSJ’s source. The project is reportedly being led by Lior Ron, who has previously worked as a...

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Mobile phones in 2013: what to expect

What will happen to phones over the next 12 months? Every year we think the evolution in smartphones must have finished. Every year we're wrong. Very wrong. 2012 saw quad-core processors become the norm among the high-end Android world, while Apple finally yielded in the screen size arms race by launching the taller, bigger iPhone 5. Even Nokia broke...

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