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Article | 9/04/2013 Android and Apple app store woes should sound alarms for BlackBerry and Microsoft
Microsoft and BlackBerry have been tripping over themselves to toss cash at developers and beef up their app stores in recent months, trying desperate...
Article | 20/02/2013 Audible.com revamps iOS app to include iPad display
Audible.com overhauled its iOS app on Wednesday morning, bring a native iPad interface to the previously iPhone-only offering.
Article | 20/11/2012 Hands on with Nokia's Here Maps for iOS
Nokia's new Here Maps for iPhone and iPad launched in the App Store Monday, the latest offering in the flood of navigation apps trying to take advanta...
Article | 8/12/2011 Android Market celebrates 10 billion downloads with 10-cent app sale
Guess what? Your favorite Android app may be just 10 cents right now, thanks to the Android Market's 10 billion downloads celebration.
Article | 22/07/2011 App of the week: Google + for iPhone
Every week at PC World, we are aiming to bring you a smartphone or tablet app of the week, based on the lovely recommendations by our senior editorial...
Article | 3/06/2011 Google clearing up more Android malware
Google has had to remove yet more malware-infected apps offered in its Android Market. As spotted by the Lookout Security Team, 50 applications were i...
Article | 27/05/2011 Web-based Windows Phone 7 app store arriving with Mango
Microsoft is putting together a Web-based version of its application store for Windows Phone 7 smartphones, in the fashion of leading app stores from ...
Article | 6/05/2011 Android Market poised to overtake App Store in August
When it comes to apps, Android seems to be running faster than Apple can roll. New research predicts the total number of apps in the Android Market wi...
Article | 3/05/2011 Apple's popular apps not exclusive to iPhone: Analysis
Apple has the largest app store by a long shot: Currently iPhone users can choose from 350,000 apps. But how many apps do people really use -- and sho...
Article | 27/04/2011 App fragmentation issue is bigger than Android
Fragmentation of the Android platform is being blamed for a decline in developer enthusiasm for the platform, but the real fragmentation challenge for...
Article | 1/04/2011 Windows Phone 7 app store still lags behind Apple, Android
Microsoft has bragged about its growing app store for Windows Phone 7 devices, but the store's offerings are still puny compared to Apple's or Google'...
Article | 25/03/2011 Jobs says 'no' to iPhone radiation app
An iPhone app that measures smartphone radiation and offers tips on minimizing absorption has been nuked by Steve Jobs.
Article | 22/03/2011 Amazon App Store Is Just What Android Needs
Rumor has it that tomorrow may be the day that Amazon launches its own proprietary Android app store. The increased exposure from an online retail jug...
Article | 17/02/2011 App Genome Project finds Android apps outpacing iOS
In the battle between mobile platforms, one of the most critical factors is the success of the respective app library. The Apple App Store dominates a...
Article | 7/02/2011 'The Daily' now available in Australian App Store
News Corp's iPad-exclusive newspaper, The Daily, is now available in the Australian iTunes App Store after launching last week in the US.