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Apple App Store turns 1, Exceeds 1.5 Billion downloads

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

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Nokia has their Ovi Store while RIM and Palm have the BlackBerry App World and App Catalog respectively, and just recently, Microsoft announced that their Marketplace will be ready to accept app submissions on July 27th. Even though each one can boast of their unique take on the mobile app store, there will only be [...]

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Windows Marketplace app submission begins July 27th, Launching this Fall

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

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It was in August of last year when we first heard about the Windows Mobile app store, and now, its official launch will be happening soon. Dubbed as the Windows Marketplace, Microsoft has announced that they will be accepting app submissions coming from Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong [...]

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Palm App Catalog hits 1 Million downloads

Friday, June 26, 2009

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Just last week we posted about the App Catalog hitting the 700,000 mark. Well, after close to a month of the Palm being out in the market, Palm’s app store has achieved a new feat by reaching 1 million downloads. That’s really pretty remarkable considering that Palm Pre sales have been so far crippled due [...]

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Nokia Ovi Store ready to rumble with App Store

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

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Nokia’s finally getting their act together and taking Apple head on. First, they came out with their first modern full-touchscreen device, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, to battle it out with the iPhone and other touchscreen phones in the market, and now, they’ve launched their own mobile app store, Ovi Store. Most, if not all, of [...]

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App Store Announces a Billion Downloads

Thursday, April 23, 2009

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The Apple App Store wants us to know that it appreciates all the interest it from consumers since it launched nine months ago. You can buy apps through iTunes and download it to your iPhone or iPod Touch. All time best selling apps include Bejewelled 2, Enigmo, iBeer, Super Monkey Ball, Tetris, Texas Hold’em, Crach [...]

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Apple App Store downloads nearing 1 Billion

Friday, April 10, 2009

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It was in mid last year when the App Store first debuted, and it hasn’t even been a year since its existence that Apple is now counting the app downloads before they finally hit the 2 million mark. That, in itself, is already remarkable, but considering that it was only in January of this year [...]

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BlackBerry App World launching on April 1

Thursday, March 26, 2009

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According to BusinessWeek, RIM will be launching their app store, the BlackBerry App World, on April 1. Incidentally, this is also the start of CTIA Wireless so RIM will most likely make the grand reveal at the said event. Anyway, we’re just glad that we have a specific date to look forward to now so [...]

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Acer App Store coming soon?

Saturday, March 7, 2009

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With the unveiling of their Tempo line, it seems that Acer is going full throttle in their new business venture with plans of even launching an app store of their own. Considering that the Apple App Store has proven to be one huge successful business model, it’s not surprising at all that Acer is also [...]

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Cydia App Store, Jailbreaking service, and Adults-only store launching soon

Friday, March 6, 2009

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Cydia, for the most part, is pretty enticing for those who wish to avail of free apps not offered in Apple’s App Store, but now, it seems that it will also be more appealing to developers as well. Word is that Cydia will be launching an app store of their own where paid apps will [...]

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NetShare - Appear, Disappear, Back and Gone Again

Saturday, August 2, 2008

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  It made a controversial appearance in the AppStore in the middle of the week, was unceremoniously removed after just after a day (or even less), made a return today, and now is gone again. The tethering app NetShare from Nullriver allows you to share the 3G/EDGE connection of your iPhone by creating an ad-hoc network for others to [...]

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