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Google Wave to Get App Store: What the Heck?

We understand how Apple's insanely successful App Store has inspired many copycats in the smartphone industry, and even beyond. But here's a bit of a head-scratcher: Google Wave, the company's new Internet conversation aggregator, is ...READ»

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Apple's App Store Blasts Past Two Billion Downloads

In April Apple announced that a billion apps had been downloaded from its iTunes App Store. Now, 14 months since the Store's launch, the folks at Cupertino have revealed that another billion apps have zipped over the ...READ»

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Palm, Microsoft Claw Desperately for App Developers as Apple Sails Ahead

The App Stores War is getting a lot more interesting: Palm, it seems, is paying serious cash to app developers, while Microsoft has resorted to placing ads for developers in iPhone Apps. All to beat Apple.READ»

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Samsung's TouchWiz App Development Kit Hobbles Into the Light

Samsung's a big player in the smartphone game, some might say surprisingly so since it's not really grappled the whole smartphone apps-equals-success meme. Until now that is: Its TouchWiz software development kit is out. And it's... ...READ»

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Smartphone App Wars: Palm's Mojo Application SDK Stumbles Into Battle

Palm just waved its magic wand and abracadabra'd the Mojo Software Development Kit into public reality. It's the software that developers have been waiting for, and it could turn the Pre into something much more interesting. Palm ...READ»

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Sony Jumping on App Store Bandwagon With PSP Apps?

There's a strong rumor this morning that Sony's busy prepping a discrete part of the PlayStation Store for new games and apps that'll be directed at the PSP and PSP Go. Sounds like Sony's also jumping on the App Store ...READ»

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Apple's Latest Figures Prove There's Just One App Store to Rule Them All

Apple just dropped the official statistics on the iTunes App Store's first year in business, and they're astonishing, on all sorts of scales. Turns out over 1.5 billion apps have been downloaded by iPhone users across the ...READ»

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Verizon Jumps on App Store Bandwagon, Misses the Point Totally

Verizon just announced the launch its own app store for smartphones, inspired by the iTunes Store, Windows Marketplace, Ovi Store, and those for Android and Palm. But Verizon's apps will be locked exclusively to its own store. It's ...READ»

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