Mobile Apps

Google I/O: Google Glass Gets New Apps Including Facebook, Twitter

The innovative headset from Google was largely ignored at its annual conference

12 years ago

Unauthorised App and In-App Purchases Cost £30.9m A Month – Microsoft

Microsoft says children buying apps and making in-app purchases is costing parents

12 years ago

Academics Tout Touchscreen KALQ Keyboard As QWERTY Alternative

Researchers say KALQ keyboard offers faster two thumb typing than QWERTY

12 years ago

Yahoo Shuts Down More Services, Including Chinese Mail

Yahoo gives six services the boot and will shut down Yahoo Mail China in four months

12 years ago

Mobile App Downloads Hit Record As Revenues Rise To £1.4bn

Apple and Google dominant but there's a role for BlackBerry and Windows Phone too

12 years ago

Smartphone Navigation Apps Slash Device Sales

Sales of dedicated navigation devices are being badly squeezed by the growing use of mobile navigation apps

12 years ago

Amazon Appstore Expands To Nearly 200 Countries

Amazon Appstore for Android to be available in key markets and the Vatican City

12 years ago

Xamarin Offers Test Cloud Service For Mobile Developers

Mobile developers can now take advantage of a new Test Cloud service from Xamarin to test their mobile apps

12 years ago

Developers Can’t Charge Fees Or Sell Ads For Google Glass Apps

Google Mirror API terms and conditions make revenue generation a mystery for Glassware

12 years ago

Office Of Fair Trading Launches In-App Purchase Investigation

OFT see whether children and parents are being encouraged to make expensive purchases in free apps and games

12 years ago

Google Play Android App Gets Redesign

New version of Google Play to rollout to smartphones and tablets running Android 2.2 Froyo or above

12 years ago

Google Now Rumoured For Desktop Computer Arrival

Google Now could be ported from Android devices to desktop computers according to latest rumours

12 years ago

First Ever Apps For Google Glass Shown At SXSW

New York Times, Evernote, and Path show off apps for hi-tech glasses

12 years ago

Twitter Updates Android And iOS Apps

Twitter has updated its mobile apps for Android and iOS devices to allow for faster content delivery for users

12 years ago

Russia’s Yandex To Challenge Google’s Play Store

Russia's biggest search engine is following in Google's footsteps, and opening its own Android app store

12 years ago

Yahoo Turnaround To Focus On Email And Apps

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has said a turnaround of the company depends on improved email and app simplification

12 years ago

Facebook Risks Fresh Privacy Row With Tracking App

Facebook is reportedly developing a mobile app that tracks your location, even when the handset is not being used

12 years ago

Apple Blamed After Google Maps Loses App Crown

Google Maps is no longer the most popular mobile app in the US, having been overtaken by Facebook

12 years ago

Microsoft HelpBridge App To Be Disaster Lifeline

Post Hurricane Sandy, Microsoft offers a free communication lifeline app that will contact friends and family

12 years ago

Apple iPad Users Finally Get YouTube App

The long-awaited YouTube app for iPad users has finally arrived, four month after Apple dropped it from iOS6

12 years ago

Google Offers Private App Store For Company Staff

Companies will be able to set up their very own Google Play Store so staff can download approved apps

12 years ago

Microsoft Beefs Up App Security With PhoneFactor Purchase

Microsoft is to enhance the security of business apps on mobile devices with the acquisition of PhoneFactor

12 years ago

AMD And BlueStacks Bring Android Apps To Windows

Chip maker hopes to compensate for the low number of apps on Windows 8

12 years ago

Microsoft Windows Phone Store Rebranded From Marketplace

Microsoft continues its branding shake up after renaming Windows Phone Marketplace to Windows Phone Store

12 years ago

Amazon Appstore Arrives In UK

Amazon's application marketplace for Android finally comes to European shores

12 years ago

Le Web 2012 (Video): Orange Develops Mobile Apps Through Libon

We share some lost content from this summer’s entrepreneur conference

12 years ago

Twitter API Changes Annoy Developers

Report directly to us or shut down, the community is told

12 years ago

Microsoft Suspends Publishing New Apps On Windows Phone Marketplace

Microsoft rushes to fix an issue with digital certificates used to sign apps

12 years ago