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• More smartphones, apps in use in the US

  By Daniel Ionescu | 18 May, 2012 05:53

  One in two US mobile subscribers now has a smartphone, fueling the American appetite for apps, according to a Nielsen study. In the past year, the average number of apps on a smartphone has increased from 32 to 41, a 28 percent jump, according to the research.

• NEWS GRAB: latest from Adobe, Gartner, MSPA, N-able, LifeSize, Regus, and Yellowfin

  By Nermin Bajric | 04 April, 2012 14:33

  Top news in education and technology adoption, market analysis, partnerships, and mobile BI

• Apple's 25 billionth app download is a Disney game

  By Jon Gold | 06 March, 2012 05:46

  Apple's App Store reached its highly publicised 25 billion unit mark when Qingdao, China, resident Chunli Fu downloaded the free version of Disney's Where's My Water? game.

• Window shopping: A look at the Windows Store

  By Jared Newman | 02 March, 2012 10:49

  With the launch of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, Microsoft has embraced the age of the app and opened its own app store - the Windows Store.

• Mozilla's open Web app store will launch next week

  By Katherine Noyes | 23 February, 2012 06:32

  Earlier this month Mozilla laid out a roadmap for its Firefox browser over the course of 2012, and on Wednesday it made good on one key piece of those plans.

• 5 Apps Banned from Apple's App Store in 2011

  By Eric Mack | 15 December, 2011 05:13

  Apple gave the app, Drivers License, the boot this week after concerned politicians claimed it encouraged identity theft. Drivers License joins a short list of apps that Apple gave boot in 2011 because Apple either didn't get the joke, offered too much functionality, or that Apple felt was downright dangerous.

• Apple's Mac App Store Tops 100 Million Downloads

  By Ian Paul | 13 December, 2011 19:00

  Apple's Mac App Store has delivered more than 100 million downloads since launching in early January, the company announced Monday.  The Mac App Store is Apple's online retail outlet for PC applications for Macs running OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard or higher. While topping 100 million downloads is a far cry from the one billion downloads the iOS App Store sees every month, it proves the Mac App Store is popular with Mac users.

• Android Market celebrates 10 billion downloads with 10-cent app sale

  By Sarah Jacobsson Purewal | 08 December, 2011 01:28

  Guess what? Your favorite Android app may be just 10 cents right now, thanks to the Android Market's 10 billion downloads celebration.

• In pictures: Steve Jobs and Apple - The successes and flops

  By Nick Mediati | 06 October, 2011 11:17

  From the Lisa to the App Store, here are 11 products from Steve Jobs's tenure as Apple's CEO that made an impact - whether they succeeded or not

• REVIEW: BlackBerry Bold 9900 smartphone stands up

  By Ross Catanzariti | 09 September, 2011 09:36

  RIM's latest BlackBerry Bold 9900 heralds a new era for the famous BlackBerry: it is the first Bold to combine a touchscreen and a physical keyboard in a standard candy bar design. The Bold 9900 has a fantastic industrial design that feels superbly constructed, its keyboard is the best we’ve ever used on a smartphone, and its screen is vivid and bright. However, in the age of the iPhone, Android and even Windows Phone 7 smartphones, the Bold still offers little incentive to switch from rival platforms.

• yARN: Are companies finally ditching the Australian gadget tax?

  By Nick Broughall | 15 August, 2011 16:11

  The “Australia tax” is a concept every Aussie gadget lover is familiar with. As Australians, we are expected to pay more for products than other places in the world like the UK or the US.

• APP OF THE DAY: Groove Coaster

  By Matthew Sainsbury | 04 August, 2011 11:55

  It’s not going to make you more productive, and if you were using it at work your boss would be less than pleased, but Groove Coaster is utterly essential stuff.

• Lion will debut on Wednesday (US time) on the Mac App Store

  By Serenity Caldwell | 20 July, 2011 07:49

  The cat's out of the bag: During Apple's third-quarter financial earnings call on Tuesday, chief financial officer Peter Oppenheimer announced that Lion would debut Wednesday on the Mac App Store. The OS update will cost $31.99.

• Android Market app brings movies, books to smartphones

  By Ian Paul | 14 July, 2011 01:53

  Google recently released a new Android Market app for Android 2.2 or higher that makes it a snap for U.S. users to rent movies and purchase e-books. Android users have been looking forward to movie rentals on their phones ever since Google announced the service during Google I/O in May. Tablets running Android 3.1 are already enjoying the feature, but with the new Market app Android smartphone users can finally get in on the movie rental action, starting at $1.99. Book purchases are also a long time in coming to smartphone users as the feature debuted in the Web version of the Android Market in February.

• APP OF THE DAY: SPB Wallet

  By Hafizah Osman | 13 July, 2011 11:48

  Ever been in a situation where you can’t remember your private information and wish you could write them on bits of paper and stash them in hidden corners of your wallet? SPB Wallet is one of those handy apps that allow you to protect and remember valuable private information – including passwords, PINs, accounts, codes, credit card and passport numbers.