Apple Mistakenly Approved Fake iPhone App
Apple allowed a fake app to slip through its approval process for the iOS App Store, the makers of the popular Camera+ program said over the weekend. Security researchers who noted the slip-up did not...
View ArticleFTC Warns App Developers To Protect Kids’ Privacy
Apple Inc, Google Inc and their vendors must do more to protect children using smartphones and other mobile devices to read or play games, U.S. trade regulators said, and warned they may punish...
View ArticleSkype To Be Integrated In Next Windows Phone
The coming Windows Phone 8, also known as Apollo, will integrate Skype voice and video calling, according to screenshots obtained by the NokiaInnovation.com Web site. The screenshots, which the Website...
View ArticleSkype Goes Compact For Apple’s OSx
Skype has updated its Mac OS X and Linux clients just a day after it revealed plans to stick large video adverts on screen during calls.
View ArticleWindows Store For Apps Now Open For Global Developers
The Windows Store, a new online marketplace for applications for Windows 8 and Windows RT computers, has become officially available to developers in 120 geographic markets, Microsoft said on Tuesday....
View ArticleAnalysts Believes iPad Mini Will Cannibalize iPad Sales
Apple’s less expensive iPad Mini will significantly cannibalize sales of the company’s full-sized iPad, with up to half of customers opting for the smaller tablet, an analyst argued today. Most experts...
View ArticleIntegrated Version Of Skype In-Route To Windows Phone 8
Microsoft has stated that Skype is 'coming soon' to Windows Phone 8, after the app failed to show up with the launch of the mobile operating system.
View ArticleTomTom Makes Mapping Data Available To Developers
Mapping software firm TomTom has made its vast mapping data available to apps developers, providing an alternative to companies that now use maps from Google Inc and Apple Inc. Dutch-based TomTom,...
View ArticleReport Reveals Software Developer Salary Fell By 2%
The U.S. tech industry added nearly 64,000 software related jobs last year, but as the labor force grew, the average size of workers’ pay checks declined by nearly 2%. There are multiple theories for...
View ArticleApple Celebrates App Store Anniversary With Free Apps Offer
Apple on Monday commemorated the fifth anniversary of its App Store debut by starting a free app giveaway that included some of its most popular and praised iOS games. “To celebrate we’re giving...
View ArticleChina’s Baidu Moves To Acquire Mobile App Maker
Baidu Inc, China’s top search engine, plans to purchase app store 91 Wireless for $1.9 billion to strengthen its position in the country’s highly competitive mobile computing sector. Baidu will buy a...
View ArticleConsumers Have Short Attention Span For Mobile Apps
Consumers are using apps for shorter bursts of time and opting to “snack” on content more frequently, according to data gleaned from a recent study. A record 70 billion smartphone and tablet apps are...
View ArticleFacebook’s Messenger Added To Windows Phone
Facebook has made its Messenger app available for Windows Phone 8, an addition Microsoft welcomes as it seeks to increase the number of applications available for its smartphone OS. The app lets users...
View ArticleYahoo Releases Personalization App For Android Phones
Yahoo has launched an Android personalization app that could give the company a bigger presence in mobile contextual search. Yahoo Aviate is the product of the company’s acquisition of Aviate earlier...
View ArticleFacebook Unveils Free Video Calling For Its Messenger App
Users can now place free video calls with Messenger, as Facebook continues to broaden its app’s reach beyond simple text-based chats. With the feature, Facebook is also going aftert competing products...
View ArticleFTC Warns Smartphone App Developers About Audio Monitoring
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has sent warning letters to 12 smartphone app developers for allegedly violating users’ privacy by embedding audio monitoring software within their products. The...
View ArticleBlackBerry Turns Over Phone Licensing To Manufacturer TCL
A week after it officially exited the smartphone market, BlackBerry has agreed to license its brand to handset manufacturer TCL. The Chinese company will make and market future BlackBerry handsets...
View ArticleTransferWise Users Can Now Send Cash Via Facebook Messenger
Money transfer company TransferWise debuted a new service that allows users to send money internationally through Facebook Inc’s chat application, as competition in the digital payments landscape...
View ArticleLTE Appears To Be Plagued With Security Issues
Since publishing the research, the researchers have alerted the 3GPP, the GSMA and vendors of the newly found vulnerabilities.
View ArticleAndroid’s Google Play Store Got A Makeover
Google has unveiled an update to the Play Store on mobile with a new look that shifts the navigation bar to the bottom of the screen. The new look interface to the Google Play Store – which gets two...
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