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Facebook Launches App Center
10th May 2012
Facebook has just announced that they will be launching an ‘App Center’ to enable their users to find social web, desktop and mobile apps. More »
Apple Sued For In-App Game Charges
18th April 2012
Apple has several games in their app store that can be downloaded for free, but have add-ons that have to be paid for. This is causing a major problem for a number of parents, who have now decided to sue Apple in this regard. More »
Facebook To Remove App Pages
12th December 2011
Facebook currently creates an profile page for every application created on the network. This can lead to confusion as often businesses create apps just to enhance their main profile pages and then these apps end up having their own stand-alone page. Facebook has recently announced that they will remove all app profile pages on 1st February 2012. More »
Facebook Updates Android App, Mobile Ads Coming Soon?
8th December 2011
Facebook has just launched a major update for their Android app. The update brings the app closer to the experience of browsing Facebook from a computer and delivers content much faster than the older versions of the app More »
Google Wallet Spreads Across America
20th September 2011
Google Wallet, an app that allows consumers to use their mobile phone as a wallet, is now ready to roll out across a number of major payment providers and one major network in North America. More »
Mobile Apps Being Used To Discover Cities
11th August 2011
The development of mobile apps is now being used to help people discover things about cities. More »
Are Microsoft And Apple Using Patents To Attack Android?
8th August 2011
A recent blog post from Google claims that Microsoft, Apple and Oracle have teamed up in a bid to make it difficult or expensive for users to access the Android open operating system. More »
No Surprises: App Usage Highest On iOS And Android
27th April 2011
The growing number of smartphones has inevitably led to an increased usage of mobile apps, and this in turn will increase the opportunity for revenue generation. More »
Twitter’s Own App Threat To Developers
16th March 2011
In the past couple of years, several desktop application developers have developed new apps that allow users to access Twitter on their desktop or browser. A number of these apps were monetised even before Twitter itself started displaying ads. The livelihood of these app developers is now being threatened by none other than Twitter itself. More »
Twitter Bans Third Party Apps
28th May 2010
In a recent blog post, Twitter has announced that they will not allow any third party to inject paid tweets into a timeline or any service that leverages the Twitter API. More »
Google About To Launch TV Software
4th May 2010
According to the Wall Street Journal, sources have revealed that Google is likely to soon introduce developers to their new Android-based software for TV. More »
Google Planning App Store
5th February 2010
Undisclosed sources at Google have revealed to the New York Times that Google is planning to set up their own online store, to sell business applications. More »
Twitter Geolocation Service Due For Launch
27th August 2009
So far it has been difficult to assess the geographic location from which a tweet originates, due to the unavailability of sophisticated apps required for the purpose. Twitter will soon launch a new feature to make this process simple. More »
Innovative Uses Of The iPhone – Cheating
20th February 2009
The latest misuse of technology to have been discovered seems to be an iPhone and iPod Touch application that allows blackjack players to count cards. More »
Now Start Developing New Applications
11th April 2008
Google has just launched a new applications development platform, called the Google App Engine. This new service makes it extremely simple for webmasters and content owners to create and run new internet applications. More »
Facebook Clamps Down On Sneaky Application Promotion
3rd January 2008
Starting from the 1st of January, Facebook will block links in Mini-Feed, Notifications, and Notification Emails which lead to the installation of another application. The announcement made on the Facebook Developers blog hopes to focus developers on user experience and engagement rather than deceiving users in an attempt to grow the popularity of their apps. More »
Google News App On Facebook Doesn’t Quite Cut It
22nd October 2007
Facebook Applications allow third-party programmers to create useful or entertaining little widgets that can be integrated into a person’s Facebook account. Google News has released a Facebook app that allows users to read news, post stories to their profile and share news with their friends. More »
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