Foodspotting moves to ensure you don’t need Yelp’s app
Foodspotting is putting great services offered by Yelp right into its social food-finding app: reviews, as well as OpenTable reservations and menu pages from Single Platform. Plus: Restaurants will find more informative dashboard pages and users will see far more data on their profile pages.
Smartphone customer satisfaction is hard to get right
Adding smartphones to the American Customer Satisfaction Index's review of cell phone makers this year revealed that customers who buy plain old feature phones for calling and texting are generally happier with the product than their smartphone-owning counterparts. Apple is an exception.
Looks like iCloud will get some big upgrades at WWDC
The WSJ says iCloud will get new photo and video syncing capabilities, which will be announced at WWDC in June. It's remarkable how quickly Apple has moved to build up iCloud, particularly for a company that previously hasn't had much success with networked services. 
Apple mapping a future without Google in iOS 6?
A new report indicates Apple is on the verge of replacing the Google Maps app altogether in the next version of iOS. Considering Apple's history of buying up mapping technologies and its preference of using its own technology rather than third-party solutions, the report makes sense.
Finally: Amtrak to use iPhones for ticket scanning
Our nation's rail system is about to take a big step forward: by placing less emphasis on paper tickets and introducing the iPhone as an important tool for conductors. This will streamline boarding for Amtrak, but it will also make life easier for smartphone-toting rail commuters.
Rumor roundup: A thinner, shinier LTE iPhone?
We're likely months removed from the introduction of the next-generation iPhone, yet predictably rumors about the device, its components, its appearance and when it will arrive are already flying fast and furious. Here's our quick rundown of the scuttlebutt surrounding Apple's highly anticipated next phone.
The Samsung-Apple patent showdown isn’t over yet
Despite having agreed to send their CEOs for an in-person talks for a possible settlement in their long-running, multi-country mobile patent dispute, Samsung and Apple aren't quite done flinging patent-related accusations at each other. Late Wednesday, Samsung filed eight more claims of infringement against Apple.
Apple, Samsung CEOs agree to face-to-face settlement talks
Apple and Samsung are closer than ever to a possible settlement in their long-running legal showdown over smartphone and tablet technologies. The both companies agreed to send their respective chief executives and general counsel to meet face-to-face in the next 90 days.
How developers can test Windows 8 apps on an iPad
Microsoft is facing a challenge in getting developers to make apps for its upcoming Windows 8 tablets: getting their attention. But there's also a practical concern of having the right hardware. A rather unlikely middleman is looking to help bridge this gap.
Google also used Android/iOS battle “for show”
Google CEO Larry Page is either experiencing amnesia or consciously rewriting the history of Apple and Google in the battle for mobile developers and consumers. In an interview with Bloomberg Businessweek, Page says that for Apple, the "Android differences were actually for show." 
Auditors find “significant issues” at Foxconn factories
The Fair Labor Association listed excessive overtime, proper compensation, health and safety risks and communication problems as problems uncovered at three Chinese factories that make Apple products. Foxconn has now agreed to build more housing for employees and reduce working hours and overtime.
Apple CEO suits up at Foxconn factory
Tim Cook is in China, but it's not just to shake hands with foreign leaders and executives. On Wednesday, Cook took a tour of a new iPhone factory owned by its contract manufacturer Foxconn in Zhengzhou, China, Bloomberg reported Thursday. Apple supplied photos.
