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Apps to Explode to $38 Billion Market by 2015

According to a new report by Forrester Research, the app market will explode to a $38 billion industry by 2015, riding the huge growth in popularity of mobile devices from smartphones to tablets to whatever Apple dreams up next.READ»

RIM Acquires Cellmania in Attempt to Salvage BlackBerry App World

BlackBerry's App World severely lags behind Apple's App Store and Android's Market. Could the acquisition of Cellmania change that?READ»

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Blackberry and Palm Apps Getting Better, but Not Fast Enough

Even as Apple celebrates the release of its 100,000th app--and that cash machine it calls the app store--Palm and RIM are running fast to catch up, and woo developers to their platforms. Earlier this week, Palm introduced a Web-based ...READ»

iFive: Netbooks Flirt with Android, Hello BlackBerry App World, and Steve Jobs to Give Away Macs? in Today's Innovation News

While you were sleeping, innovation resolved not to be fooled again. Here's today's innovation news:  1. The netbook market gets even hotter with a report that HP, Asus, Dell, and other PC makers are testing versions of the ...READ»