Steve Jobs swore to “destroy Android” in his anger over what he saw as outright copying of Apple‘s ideas in Android phones unveiled early in 2010, according to a new biography being released following his death this month.

Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) co-founder Steve Jobs has died, the company said late Wednesday. He was 56.

Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) ended the rampant speculation over the plans for its next iPhone with the announcement of a new model called the iPhone 4S during an event at its headquarters in Cupertino Tuesday. The iPhone 4S will be much the same as the current iPhone 4, but will use…

Apple’s redesigned Internet services portal, iCloud, will arrive next week for iPhone and iPad users looking to sync music, contacts, and other media across their devices and Apple’s servers. There were few surprises revealed Tuesday during an event at Apple’s Cupertino headquarters chaired by Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) CEO Tim Cook…

There’s no question that apps have become a global phenomenon in the mobile world—and who doesn’t want to catapult a cute red bird onto some logs to kill a pig? But not all apps are as wildly successful as Angry Birds. So just as importantly, when it comes to what…

One of iPad’s flagship apps wants to help publishers sell ads by flipping back to familiar old print rules. “One of the big problems with the web is that it scrolls,” Flipboard CEO Mike McCue told our recent paidContent Advertising conference. » Watch the video of McCue’s Q&A with paidContent UK…

Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference just wrapped up, having confirmed some surprises and not-so surprises. As expected, the company unveiled its new OS X Lion, new iOS 5 and iCloud. Read our coverage for the full details below (and sift through our WWDC archive). View the keynote on Apple.com.

Dozens of questions remain about Apple’s plans to get into the mobile advertising business, from how much a campaign will cost to which applications will they run on. Based on information Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is telling advertising agencies, we were able to get answers for at least one: how much…

Apple (NSDQ: AAPL), still riding high from a successful iPad launch, added another feather in to its cap today. By far the biggest consumer-facing new feature in the latest iteration of iPhone OS 4.0 is multi-tasking, but the game-changer is iAd, a mobile advertising platform that could result in bigger…

Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is announcing today the latest version of the iPhone operating system, which will come with at least 100 new features, like five times zoom in the camera. But Steve Jobs says there’s seven major updates coming today. Here’s the list in real-time: 1. Multi-tasking: This is the…

We are all here in Cupertino today to hear about the next stage of the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) iPhone, but Steve Jobs treated us with a few statistics before the show kicked off: —On Saturday, 300,000 iPads were sold. As of today, 450,000 were sold. Jobs said: “Best Buy is…

Tomorrow is a big day for the wireless industry, as one of the most influential innovators in the mobile world announces the latest edition of its mobile phone operating system. With every major iteration of the iPhone’s operating system, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has disrupted the mobile ecosystem (first with the…

Vdopia, a fast-growing video ad network startup, has raised $4 million in a first round of funding from Nexus Venture Partners; in conjunction with the funding, Vdopia has also announced the appointment of Rohit Sharma as CEO. Co-founder Chhavi Upadhyay tells us that the two-year-old company—which has offices in San…

O2 and Carphone Warehouse have confirmed they will offer both versions of Apple’s (NSDQ: AAPL) new 3G iPhone, announced Monday evening. Suggesting Apple has allowed O2 a degree of subsidisation, the 8Gb version comes free to those on £45pm and £75pm contracts, the 16Gb version is free to those paying…