Opera launches app store for Android, BlackBerry, Symbian, Java handsets
Browser maker Opera has announced the a new application store for Android, BlackBerry, Symbian, and Java based handsets that offers both free and paid applications …
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Bloomberg: BlackBerry PlayBook to run Android apps
We independently confirmed it with multiple sources of ours when we broke the news back in January, and today, Bloomberg has chimed in with multiple sources of …
Android Market now home to over 200,000 apps according to report
According to independent Android app tracker AndroLib.com, Google’s Android Market is now home to over 200,000 apps. The site also reports that the Market’s apps have been …
Verizon Wireless branded Windows Phone 7 apps surface in Marketplace
If you’re waiting for a Windows Phone 7 device on Big Red, we have some encouraging news for you. It appears as though Verizon compatible …
Apple’s Mac App Store set to open doors January 6th
“Apple today announced that the Mac App Store will open for business on Thursday, January 6.” That is the opening line of a press release …
Apple unsurprisingly only allowing full apps in Mac App Store
Any developers out there that thought they’d be able to submit trial or demo versions of their applications for inclusion in Apple’s Mac App Store …
Windows Phone 7 unlock tool released
If you have a Windows Phone 7 device and are itching to get some OS tinkering in, listen up. Blog ChevronWP7 has released their first …
Android Market to require content ratings on apps
A recent post by Google seems to indicate that the company will require application content ratings on all present and future applications listed in the …
Orbitz launches iOS and Android app
If you’re a traveling iOS or Android user out there, the new Orbitz mobile apps may help make your life a little easier. Orbitz just …
Facebook has 200 million active mobile users, improves iOS and Android applications
Today, at the company’s mobile media event, social networking giant Facebook announced that it has roughly 200 million active users on its Facebook mobile products; …
VentureBeat: Apple's App Store hits 300,000 applications
VentureBeat is reporting that Apple’s iOS application store crossed the 300,000 app threshold in the last 24-hours. The publication cites data from analytics firm Mobclix and notes that Apple …
BlackBerry App World hits 10,000 applications
According to Research In Motion, the company now has over 10,000 applications in their application store, App World. While 10,000 is not a number to …
Panasonic adds Twitter functionality to HDTVs
Today, Panasonic announced that they will add Twitter to the list of built-in web entertainment technologies on their VIERA CAST enabled HDTVs and Blu-ray disc …
Apple adds "Try Before You Buy" to App Store… sort of
We were surprised to see the heading “Try Before You Buy” when browsing the Apple App Store on one of our iPhones, but after a …
Class action monopoly lawsuit against Apple and AT&T gets okay from federal judge
The AP reports that a California federal judge has given the go-ahead to a monopoly class action lawsuit, against both Apple and AT&T, over several …
LG launches new applications store for both smartphones and feature phones
LG officially opened the doors to its online applications store on Thursday. The app store offers social networking, navigation, VoIP, and instant messaging applications for …
Apple iPad 3G gets native SMS app
Sick of Apple iPad news yet? Here’s one more we couldn’t resist… It’s not a secret that both the regular Wi-Fi iPad and now iPad …
Android Market surpasses 50,000 applications
AndroLib, the definitive tracker of Android applications, claims the Android Market has surpassed the 50,000 application milestone. This figure is unofficial as Google has been …
iPad apps now available for purchase in the iTunes App Store
Just because you won’t get your iPad until at least Saturday doesn’t mean you can’t spend a week’s wages on iPad apps today. And trust …
doubleTwist brings Android Market browsing to the desktop
Cross-platform phone synchronization tool doubleTwist is adding some welcomed functionality to its flagship program by including support for Android’s Market. The new feature will allow …
Approved iPad apps leak on Apple site?
Blog PadGadget found some verbiage on Apple’s website that indicates which App Store apps will be available, and iPad compliant, come April 3rd. The listed …
Apple: iPhone/iPod Touch apps can't use Core Location primarily for advertising
A warning to would be iPhone and iPod Touch application developers was posted on Apple’s developer site yesterday: “If your app uses location-based information primarily …
Apple's upcoming tablet spotted on the Internet?
According to mobile applications analytics firm Flurry, the Apple tablet is alive and kicking in the halls of Apple’s Cupertino campus. The analytics firm has …
VUDU to come bundled on broadband HDTVs and Blu-ray players from a variety of manufacturers
VUDU has taken a great leap forward, moving from its small lineup of streaming media set-top boxes and its presence on a few home entertainment …
RIM's new loves: OpenGL ES, Java GUI Builder, Advertising and Push Services
We’ve already talked about some of the news from the first day of the 2009 BlackBerry Developers Conference, but another blast of PR from RIM …
Apple iTunes 9 announced, home sharing, app organization, social networking
Looks like what we reported turned out to be true — social networking sharing (sending information to Facebook and Twitter as well as app organization). …
Microsoft Office Web Apps to include support for mobile browsers
Last week, Microsoft and Nokia announced a partnership that will bring native Office support to Symbian handsets. Considering the terrific third-party options currently available for …
SlingMedia SlingPlayer for iPhone 1.1 in the works
Sling let us know that they’ve gone and submitted version 1.1 of their popular SlingPlayer for iPhone application to Apple. New in this version include …
Symbian^4 means bad news for developers, amazing news for users
Well, at least the significance of the Symbian Duck’s giant robotic feet is clear now — they’re going to walk all over developers! Oh come …
LG launches app store in Asia, looks to go global by year's end
If there’s one thing the world needs right now, there’s no doubt in our minds it’s another on-device application store. Lucky for us, LG seems …
