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Opera Opens Up ‘All You Can Eat’ App Store
White label service from Opera will let operators build subscription-based app stores
Early Android Adopters Find Sour Centre In Lollipop
Latest update is already being rolled out across select Android devices
First Bus Picks Up Barclays Pingit For Mobile Ticket Payments
All aboard for mobile ticketing across First’s UK bus network using Pingit app
Microsoft To Close Nokia Store And Replace It With Opera
The Nokia Store will close next year but Opera Mobile Store will continue to provide apps for Nokia feature phones and the Nokia X
Snapcash Lets You Snapchat Money To Your Friends
Snapchat partners with payments provider Square to provide fast payments alongside self-destructing selfies
Apple’s App Store Signs Up Chinese Expansion Deal
Apple confirms deal with UnionPay, China’s only domestic banking card provider, to let customers pay for apps
Apple Watch Under Investigation By US Security Authorities
FTC seeks assurances regarding health data security and privacy from apps working with the Apple Watch
Apple Prepares For Enterprise Push With New Sales Team And Developer Tie-Ups
Reports suggest Apple is seeking more partnerships ahead of its enterprise venture with IBM
NHS Set To Embrace Mobile Health Apps, Digital Records
Patients will be able to access complete NHS records on their smartphone by 2018
Good Technology: Custom Apps Rise By 731 Percent
Good Technology research finds huge increase in number of companies looking to go mobile with custom apps
Box Updates iOS App With TouchID, Widgets And Favourites
Box releases new iOS app and updates web platform with streamlined interface and back end controls
SAP & Samsung Team Up To Develop Mobile, Wearable Apps For Industry
Retail, healthcare and oil and gas industries all set to benefit from custom apps
Sainsbury’s Mobile Shopping App Does Away With Checkout Queuing
Company says new app will dramatically cut time it takes to do your weekly shop
Apple Lets Former iPhone Users Unregister From iMessage
New de-registration tool should solve ex-iPhone owners message woes
New Microsoft Office Apps For iPhone, iPad And Android Can Actually Edit Files
Microsoft releases new mobile apps that can edit documents without an Office 365 subscription
SnapDonate Lets You Give To Charity Via Your Smartphone
New image recognition app allows you to make donations from your device’s camera
Apple Pay Blocked At Two Major US Chains
CVS Health and Rite Aid disable Apple’s payment technology in their stores
100 Million Smartwatches Will Be Sold By 2019
Juniper report predicts an explosion of wearables devices across the world
Yahoo Set To Invest Millions In Snapchat
Investment could value the messaging app at around $10bn
Facebook To Launch Healthcare Services
Support communities and Facebook fitness apps among offerings rumoured to be on the way
FBI Shuts Down “Stalking” App
StealthGenie allowed users to monitor calls and texts and eavesdrop using device microphone
MSN Gets A Mobile Makeover
In a nod to the post-PC era, Microsoft's long-lived Web portal is now optimized for tablets and smartphones
Evernote And Vine Among First Android Apps To Be Released On Chromebooks
Google wants more Android apps on Chromebooks in bid to create integrated ecosystem
Apple Reveals Most Common Reasons For App Store Rejection
Buggy apps, incomplete contact details and design flaws will see your app rejected from the App store
Microsoft Purges 1,500 ‘Misleading’ Apps From Windows Store
Microsoft pledges rogue app purge from its Windows Store, with 1,500 'misleading' products already removed
Samsung Relaunches Its Android App Store As Galaxy Apps
Samsung Galaxy Apps offers optimised and exclusive apps for Galaxy devices
Amazon Vows To Fight FTC Over In-App Purchases
The FTC has been promised a legal fight after Amazon threatened to bring in the lawyers over in-app purchases
Amazon Extends Developer Select Programme To UK Ahead Of Fire Phone Launch
Amazon offers benefits and monetisation options to developers who create Android apps optimised for the Fire Phone
Taxi Drivers’ Uber Protest Backfires As Downloads Surge
European capital cities faced gridlocked traffic conditions yesterday after taxi protest at smartphone app