Games were most downloaded and most purchased mobile apps in Q2, Nielsen finds
Developers looking to attack mobile app segments where they might have the best chance of scoring big with smartphone users would be well served to …
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Windows Phone Marketplace now home to more than 25,000 apps
Microsoft’s Windows Phone Marketplace is now home to more than 25,000 applications, according to the app tracking website WindowsPhoneAppList. That’s a rapid jump from the …
Skype for Android updated with video calling support [video]
Skype announced on Wednesday that its Android application now supports video calling on select devices. The application is particularly attractive because it allows mobile users …
HP TouchPad review
It has been exactly 140 days since Hewlett-Packard first unveiled the TouchPad, and I think of it as the first device to emerge from a …
Users spend more time using mobile apps than the Internet, study finds
We now spend more time using mobile apps than on the Internet, according to a new research report from Flurry. The firm, which pulls its …
Android 3.1-powered Google TV 2.0 and ‘Fishtank’ developer program detailed
The original Google TV products were met by lukewarm reviews at best, and according to Geek.com, the search giant is hard at work on its …
New Adobe Flash Builder lets devs make iOS, Android, PlayBook apps
Adobe on Monday announced the availability of Flash Builder 4.5 and Flex. 4.5, a pair of tools that let developers easily code applications for iOS, …
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 …
Jailbroken iOS 5 gets third-party widgets
Apple introduced iOS 5 and its new widget system just last week during WWDC, and a day later it was jailbroken. Now, Cydia developers have …
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 …
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 …
Verizon outs 4G LTE Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, pre-orders start June 8th for $529.99
Verizon Wireless on Thursday announced that it will carry a 4G LTE version of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Honeycomb tablet. The device — currently …
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. …
Twitter acquires TweetDeck for $40 million
Earlier this month we heard reports from TechCrunch that TweetDeck had been acquired by Twitter for $50 million. CNN now says that Twitter has finalized its …
Android grabs 53% of global smartphone market share; iOS 50% of application revenues
A new report published by Millennial Media paints a picture of the global smartphone landscape in April of 2011. The company found that Android continued its domination …
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 pre-orders start at $499.99
Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Honeycomb tablet is now available for pre-order from J&R. The 16GB tablet is priced at $499.99 while the 32GB version …
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 review
The BGR team picked up the new and improved Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 from Google’s I/O conference earlier this week, and I have been using …
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. …
Google enhances Android Market with new app discoverability options
Google on Wednesday announced more ways for Android users to discover fresh applications on its Android Market website. A new “Top apps” chart is now …
Google: 100 million Android devices activated worldwide
During Google’s I/O conference in San Francisco today, Google confirmed that it has activated more than 100 million Android devices worldwide across 36 OEM’s and …
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 …
Meet ‘The Nest’: Cross-platform, multi-app Twitter sync done right
When it comes to Twitter, we’re just as addicted as every other poor soul who got sucked in. We’re constantly connected on our phones and …
RIM to add foursquare support to BBM
During the BlackBerry World Keynote in Orlando this morning, Research In Motion announced that it is working with foursquare to include support for the social-network …
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 …
Twitter acquires TweetDeck for $50 million
According to source speaking to TechCrunch, Twitter purchased the popular third-party client TweetDeck for between $40 and $50 million on Monday. The Wall Street Journal …
BlackBerry PlayBook gets official video chat app from RIM
Research In Motion on Monday announced a new video chat application and service for its PlayBook tablet. The announcement, which came from the company’s BlackBerry …
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 …
Amazon Wireless, Appstore team up for promotion
If you’re looking to get a new Android device on the nation’s largest wireless carrier — and don’t mind buying online — listen up. Amazon …
Sprint, Google Voice integration gets April 26th launch date
Intel gathered by blog Android Central indicates that Sprint and Google will make their Google Voice partnership ready for prime time on April 26th. The …
RIM Co-CEO dances around BlackBerry PlayBook criticism in interview [video]
While we like where Research In Motion is going with its new BlackBerry Playbook, there’s little question at this point that it is a rushed …
