Apple announces new App Store milestone: over 15 billion downloads served
Apple on Thursday announced the latest milestone achieved by its industry-shaping App Store: 15 billion downloads served. Apple says the more than 200 million iOS …
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Facebook’s iPhone photo-sharing app leaked
Facebook is set to launch its own iPhone photo-sharing service that will compete with the likes of Instagram and Path. Tech Crunch has obtained 50MB …
Passcode-stealing iPhone app banned by Apple
In a move that should surprise no one, Apple has banned the “Big Brother Camera Security” app that developer Daniel Amity used to swipe his …
Microsoft shutting down Windows Mobile market, My Phone service
While Microsoft was one of the last to launch an app store on Windows Mobile 6, the company will be the first to shut one …
Mac OS X Lion 10.7 available in July from Mac App Store for $29
Moments ago at WWDC 2011, Apple announced that the next major update to Mac OS X, Lion 10.7, will be available for purchase and download …
Apple’s iOS App Store is down
Apple’s iOS App Store, which is now home to over 500,000 applications, is currently down according to several tips we have received via email. Preliminary …
iWork for iPhone hands-on
Apple announced that their popular iWork suite of apps are now compatible on iPhone and iPod touch devices a little earlier today, and you know …
Microsoft creating web-based Windows Phone Marketplace for Mango
Microsoft’s senior director of the Windows Phone Marketplace, Todd Brix, has announced that Microsoft will launch a new web-based Windows Phone Marketplace for Mango phones. …
Apple’s App Store now home to over 500,000 apps
According to new data from Chop, 148apps, and Chillingo, Apple’s iTunes App Store has approved more than 500,00 applications. In an infographic posted on Facebook, …
AT&T to developers: third-party application sources allowed henceforth
One of the major benefits of owning an Android handset is the ability to install applications from non-Market sources — without the necessity of a dev-team intervention. …
Amazon prepping dual-core ‘Coyote’ and quad-core ‘Hollywood’ tablets for 2011
We received word from a tipster that Amazon, practically confirmed to be entering the tablet market in the near future, isn’t planning just one device, …
Amazon CEO says ‘stay tuned’ for Amazon tablet
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said in an interview earlier this week to “stay tuned” for news on the company’s plans to release its own tablet. …
HBO Go for iOS and Android surpasses 1 million downloads
During the Streaming Media East 2011 press event in New York City this morning, HBO’s co-president Eric Kessler said that the network’s HBO Go mobile …
Adobe’s iPad Photoshop apps now available [video]
In early April, Adobe took the wraps off of three new applications for the iPad — Color Lava, Eazel, and Nav — and they are …
Major mobile app store revenue will grow 77.7% in 2011
According to IHS-owned market research firm iSuppli, revenues from major mobile app stores will grow 77.7% to $3.8 billion this year. iSuppli estimates that major …
HP adds carrier billing, promo codes to webOS App Catalog
The only webOS-related news we really want to hear out of HP’s camp is here’s when the Pre 3 and TouchPad are launching, but we suppose …
Unauthorized Web-based app store coming soon to iPhone [video]
Jailbroken iOS users will soon have a new option for browsing and installing unsanctioned apps on their devices. A group of iPhone developers known as …
HBO Go now available for iOS, brings over 1,400 shows with it
HBO has finally released their much-awaited HBO Go iOS app for iPhone and iPad devices. The app gives HBO subscribers free access to over 1,400 …
Fring brings multi-user video chat to Android, iOS [video]
Earlier this month, we told you about Internet voice and video chat company fring and its plans to release a multi-user video chat client. Today, …
Amazon responds to Apple's 'baseless' app store lawsuit
Amazon on Monday issued its response in court to a lawsuit filed last month by Apple alleging that Amazon’s use of the term “Appstore” infringes …
Tweetbot Twitter client for iOS now available
Tapbot just lifted the veil on Tweetbot, the firm’s newest iOS Twitterclient. We’ve been using the client for a bit now and it’s definitely pretty …
Facebook updates iOS client, allows you to ax friends directly from iDevice
Earlier today, Facebook released an update to its iOS client bearing version number 3.4. The new bits add a map view to Places check-ins, an …
Optimum iPad app hands-on!
We knew that Cablevision was involved in creating an iPad app that enables the viewing of TV content, but we didn’t know that the app …
Opera Mini makes triumphant return to GetJar app store
After ousting Opera’s popular Opera Mini Web browser from its app store earlier this month, GetJar announced the browser’s return on Thursday. The app was …
RIM is not releasing BlackBerry Messenger for iPhone on April 26th
We knew this story was a hoax when we first saw it, but we reached out to Research In Motion to get an official comment …
Amazon allows Android application ‘test drives’ via virtual machine
Here’s an interesting way to add value to your mobile application store, free test drives! An overlooked feature of Amazon’s new Android app store provides …
Samsung’s app store surpasses 100 million downloads
It seems like every company on the planet has its own app store these days, though some certainly fare better than others. Falling squarely into …
Apple’s revenue could grow 50% in two years, analysts say
According one analyst, Apple’s revenues could grow 50% through the next two years, driven by the demand for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch apps. Forrester …
Apple sends controversial ‘gay cure’ app into exodus
Exodus International made news last week with the release of its self-titled application in Apple’s App Store. The organization billed the application as a resource …
Amazon Appstore for Android goes live
Amazon on Tuesday announced the launch of its new on-device and Web-based Android application hub, the Amazon Appstore. As a direct rival to Google’s own Android …
