Apple outlined its next iOS iteration, including enhanced Siri, new maps and a tantalizing app that assembled mobile passes, loyalty cards, etc. in one place. Hmm. All that is missing is NFC?

The Romney Presidential campaign had raised a ton of money -- enough to start tossing it at the underwhelming iAd platform. The campaign starts this week and complements TV buys in key states.

While Android is making incremental gains against iOS when it comes to developer interest, the revenue picture is much brighter for iPhone/iPad apps. Still, Google Play is an under-appreciated improvement over its predecessor.

Nielsen's latest survey of consumer attitudes toward making purchases on their phones suggests the platform has a long way to go in gaining user trust and familiarity. Or is the glass really half full?

An eBay for clothes-horses, Threadflip just released an app with the kind of clean and efficient design more retailers should follow. It is too easy to get lost here.

Does mobility change the nature of social networking in more profound ways than we may imagine? Do Instagram, Viddy and even the Pinterest app encourage capturing joyful moments in a way Facebook does not?

In a major upgrade to its iOS apps, Walmart adds a special in-store mode that tries to keep its customers in the brand's own mobile house. The power comes in tying in-store features to a broader pre-shopping experience.

Yahoo's Axis browser for iOS may seem like a late entry into the tablet game, but it actually has a bit of the original Yahoo spirit. A highly visual approach to browsing recalls a lost age of Internet discovery for the tablet platform. .

Sony and Samsung are trying to help retailers fight the dreaded, if ill-defined, 'showrooming' effect by limiting the discounts any online or real world seller can offer.

Considering the continued abuse of the QR code, and the prospects for its proliferation among all businesses large and small, it is good to reiterate the basics of QR hygiene.