Research firm Kantar Worldpanel has released data about the Smartphone market share for the September-November period in 2011 and 2012. It shows that Apple has set a record high with 53.3% of the market, compare to 35.8% one year ago. However, Apple is doing less in Europe, where it grow 2.5% compared to last year. In Europe Apple has 25.3% of the market, Android has surged farther ahead with a 9.2 percentage point gain and now holds 61% of the market. » Apple Smartphone Market Share Grown To 53.3% In U.S. However, Android Holds Strong in Europe

The Wall Street Journal reports that Google is working on a new phone, via its newly acquired Motorola Mobility and will be released next year. The phone “codenamed X Phone” is designed to compete more strongly with the iPhone, and Samsung’s Galaxy line, than Motorola’s current lineup. The project is being led by former Google product manager Lior Ron and includes possible features such as bendable screens, ceramics, image and gesture-recognition software. » Google Working On New “X Phone” To Compete With Apple & Samsung

British accessories brand Smythson rolls out a collection dubbed “Mara” that has that tech-savvy and stylish individual in mind. Constructed from printed calf leather, the iPad Mini case has a camel nubuck lining, slim pocket, and apertures for a camera lens and charger. The iPad Mini Case from Smythson can be purchased online for $395 USD. » Smythson Mara Collection Leather iPad Mini Case

Foldify is a new and creative new kind of app for the iPad that enables you to draw, create, print and fold beautiful 3D figures with Foldify. You don’t need drawing skills, Foldify has tons of free content to create amazing, high quality figures! More details and video after the break. » Foldify: Create, Print and Fold Your Own 3D Figures On Your iPad

Google Maps has finally been released on December 12 and five days later, ad management platform MoPub noticed a 29 percent increase in unique iOS 6 users. The data from MoPub suggests that quite a few iDevice owners were waiting for a better mapping solution before upgrading to Apple’s newest operating system. MoPub data supports 12,000 apps and monitors 1 billion ad impressions daily. » iOS 6 Users Increased With 29% After Google Maps Hits App Store

Google has just updated its Google Play music service that allows you to add up to 20,000 songs from your music collection to Google Play and stream it to your Android devices and your computer, anywhere you go. This is a service similar to Apple’s iTunes Match service. The big difference is that Google’s matching service does not have a subscription fee like Apple and Amazon’s do. » Google Launches Free Scan & Match Music Service Similar To Apple’s iTunes Match Service

Apple has just released iOS 6.0.2 for the iPhone 5  and iPad Mini. This latest update will fix an unnamed Wi-Fi bug a number of iOS users have since Apple’s latest update. If you would like to update to iOS 6.0.2 we advice you to download the update via iTunes, since many users are reporting difficulties downloading the update using over-the-air updates. » Apple Released iOS 6.0.2 For iPhone 5 & iPad Mini To Fix Wi-Fi Bug