comScore (http://www.comscore.com), a company that measures the digital world, has released data from the comScore MobiLens service, reporting key trends in the U.S. mobile phone industry during the three0month period between October 2009 and January 2010. The report shows that iPhone usage grew.

The comScore report ranked the leading mobile original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and smartphone operating system (OS) platforms in the U.S. according to their share of current mobile subscribers age 13 and older, as well as popular activities and content accessed via the subscriber's primary mobile phone. The January report found Motorola to be the top handset manufacturer overall with 22.9% market share, while RIM led among smartphone platforms with 43% market share.

In the three-month average ending in January, 234 million Americans were mobile subscribers ages 13 and older, with device manufacturer...

Coming soon to a Mac near you? Probably. Intel (http://www.intel.com) previewed platforms featuring the latest Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition processor and announced the latest release of Intel Graphics Performance Analyzers (Intel GPA) that will aid developers in optimizing game performance.

In addition, Intel introduced a number of initiatives designed to spur innovation in the computer game developer community, and in support of the company's Visual Adrenaline and Intel Atom Developer programs. The company is previewing its latest computer platform, the Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition processor, codenamed "Gulftown," the first 32nm, six-core processor with 12 computing threads.

Intel says its Intel GPA helps computer game developers analyze and optimize game performance on Intel Architecture-based platforms. Intel GPA provides application analysis and customization that allows developers to...

Eltima Software has released Folx 1.0 (http://mac.eltima.com/download-manager.html), a free download manager for Mac OS X. It can download not only common files, but also torrent content.

With Folx all your downloads can be split into two threads. The app also sports Tags. Just mark your downloads with tags that characterize them  best, and you'll be able to find them anytime. When downloading several files you can prioritize the ones you need to download faster by just dragging them to the top of the queue.

Folx can also automatically resume your downloads in case the process was interrupted for some reason (if resuming is supported by a server). It's also available as an US$19.95 pro version in which downloads can be split in up to 10 threads to achieve even faster download speed.

If you need to download torrent content, Folx also features built-in...

iWebThemesPark (http://www.iwebthemespark.com) has launched 10 new iWeb Themes: Brownish, Bubbles, Chain, Glassy, Greenness, Grey Columns, Ornaments, Rusty, Traveling, Trendy. In addition a free Melt Theme was released for all iWeb users. iWeb is the web site creation component of Apple's iLife suite.

Each iWeb Theme has eight templates: Welcome, About Me, Photos, My Albums, Movie, Blog, Podcast and Blank. Each is customizable.

iWeb Themes requires iLife '08 or iLife '09. Each template is available for US$10.99, and the package of 10 themes costs $30.99.

Apple continues to lead Dell and HP in customer satisfaction with phone-based technical support, but HP made marked improvements since 2008, according to the latest study conducted by Vocal Laboratories (http://www.vocalabs.com), a company that helps brands improve customer service by collecting feedback about customer service quality.

In 1,157 telephone interviews immediately following a support call in 2009, 64% of Apple customers were “Very Satisfied” with the experience, as compared to 45% of Dell customers and 47% of HP customers.

Compared with 2008, HP customers in 2009 found it easier to reach an agent, experienced fewer problems with the automated portion of the call, and felt like they were made to go through fewer irrelevant or repetitive steps. These changes led to a nine percentage point year over year improvement in customer satisfaction with the agent at HP, and a whopping 17...

"Fast Company" has announced its annual "Most Innovative Companies" issue, which honors major brands including Apple (naturally), Facebook, Google, Cisco, Disney, and GE, along with such rising newcomers Intermap Technologies, Foursquare, and Clearwire.

Overall, "Fast Company" recognized 250 plus companies, including the Top 50, 59 Innovation All-stars culled from past Top 50 honorees, plus ranked the Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in 24 categories, including advertising and marketing, biotech, film and TV, media, music, and mobile. Intermap was named in the top 10 mobile companies list that also included Apple, Google, Amazon, Ford, and others.

To create this year’s Most Innovative Companies issue, "Fast Company" had its editorial team analyze information on thousands of businesses across the globe. It’s not just about revenue growth and profit margins; it’s about identifying creative models and progressive cultures -- to define the many forms of innovation that...

SmileOnMyMac (http://www.smileonmymac.com) has updated TextExpander, a Mac OS X utility that lets users define abbreviations for frequently-used text strings and images, to version 3.0 The new version introduces features to make it easier to create and edit snippets.

Users can define a keyboard combination, also known as a hotkey, to open a quick entry window for snippet creation. The last-expanded snippet can also be edited via a hotkey, making it easier to keep snippet content updated.

TextExpander 3 features new "fill-in" snippets. A fill-in snippet can have multiple blank fields in the snippet content that prompt for additional information to be entered manually. For example, a user can invoke a fill-in snippet for a receipt and proceed to fill in the name, product, and order number for the recipient.

New options for searching and finding snippets have been added. Users can now...

Here are the latest iPhone/iPod touch/iPod/iPad apps announced. You can find 'em at the Apple App Store (http://www.itunes.com/appstore/).

TeamViewer has released TeamViewer and TeamViewer Pro. Designed for the iPhone or iPod touch, from versions 2.2.1 and newer, the apps offer access or control of remote computers located anywhere in the world. TeamViewer is available at no cost for non-commercial use. For IT supporters looking to extend their service offering, and TeamViewer Pro is offered at a one-time fee of US$99.99. Both user-friendly applications enable the fast and secure control of Mac or Windows computers from an iPhone or iPod touch.

CoActiv Medical has previewed the EXAM-PACS touch screen image viewing for the iPad. Based on the existing EXAM-PACS iPhone image viewing system incorporated in its orthopedic and other PACS solutions, the new iPad system will support bi-...

Apple has posted the iPhone SDK 3.1 beta and iPhone OS 3.1 beta on the iPhone Dev Center. Apple says they're for developers and testing only and should be installed on devices dedicated to iPhone OS 3.2 beta software development.

The iPhone SDK provides developers with the same set of application programming interfaces (APIs) and tools that Apple uses to create its native applications for iPhone. iPhone DSK 2.2.1 is available as a free download for Apple Developer Connection (http://developer.apple.com/) members.

The 1394 Trade Association (http://www.1394ta.org) -- of which Apple is a member -- has issued its new 2010 FireWire Design Guide, which details the guidelines for implementing FireWire (IEEE 1394) ports on high level complex devices such as personal computers and automobiles, and on simple devices such as consumer electronics products.

The new guide, which is available on the 1394 Trade Association web site, includes references to normative specifications as well as full reference designs that can be used as is or -- with the careful consideration of the trade-offs -- as a starting point for an optimized proven design. It also includes a comprehensive checklist of all of the factors and specifications a designer who plans to use 1394 should look for, from 1394-compliant connectors to a full range of power and configuration issues.

There are chapters on mechanical issues, robust port design (ESD...

Source R&D has released the the US$149.99 Warpia Easy Dock (http://www.warpia.com/Product_Guide-Easy_Dock.pdf), which will allow users to wirelessly connect their Mac (and PC) laptop to any traditional desktop setting. 

Based on wireless technology from Wisair, a provider of single-chip based Wireless USB solutions, the Easy Dock consists of a USB dongle that connects to your laptop and a receiver that connects to your monitor, mouse, keyboard, and speakers. Your laptop will instantly recognize the dongle and begin submitting a wireless signal to the receiver, transmitting the image with a resolution of up to1400x1050 to your monitor’s screen, according to Marc Levaggi, of Source R&D. 

It supports up to 1400x1050 resolution and HD video up to 720p. The Easy Dock works with Mac OS X 10.5 and higher, as well as Windows 7, Vista, and XP.