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Juniper: Android malware growing exponentially
- Juniper Networks has discovered an alarming amount of malware targeting Google's mobile operating system. The company shares what it describes as exponential growth in a lucrative market that is fairly simple to abuse.
Fixed Gmail iOS app now available in Apple App Store
- Following up from a less than successful start, Google made available its fixed Gmail app for iOS yesterday after the original was yanked from the app store at the beginning of November. The first version disappeared just hours after being…
Google updates Android Market app, adds Movies and Books tabs
- Google has been working on improving the process to find apps and games, purchase books, and rent movies on the Android Market. The search giant today announced a new version of the Android Market app (Android 2.2 and higher required).…
Apple denied injunction on Amazon's use of 'Appstore' term
- Back in March, Amazon launched its own Android App Store and was promptly greeted with a formal complaint by Apple, claiming the name is too similar to its own App Store and that the online retailer is improperly using its…
Amazon to Apple: the term "app store" is generic
- Last month, Amazon launched its own Android App Store and was promptly sued by Apple for using the term "app store." Amazon has since responded in court, calling Apple's claim to the App Store trademark baseless, and pointing to a…
Microsoft uses Amazon to tell Apple again: App Store is too generic
- Microsoft is no longer waging the battle against Apple's trademark of App Store just for itself, but is effectively representing all the companies that want to or are already trying to use the term "app store." Most recently, Amazon launched…
Microsoft on Apple's App Store counter argument: font is too small
- Microsoft and Apple are still fighting over the trademark of the term "App Store." The battle just got a little bit more ridiculous: Microsoft today filed a motion (PDF) with the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to strike Apple's…
Does iBoobs show why Android Market beats the App Store?
- Back in December 2008, Apple removed an app called iBoobs from its App Store. Now the app that allows you to literally shake the breasts of various female avatars has returned… on the Android Marketplace.
Apple to Microsoft: App Store is generic but Windows isn't?
- Two months ago, Microsoft asked the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to reject Apple's application to trademark the term "App Store" because it is too generic. Cupertino has countered this by reminding Redmond that it successfully trademarked "Windows" a…
Warner Bros. starts selling movies in Apple's App Store
- Warner Bros. has begun delivering video content to countries without access to Apple's iTunes movie store, such as China and Brazil. The studio has launched a new service that will sell films as applications through the App Store, starting with…
App Store hits 10 billion downloads, winner hangs up on Apple
- Apple has announced that more than 10 billion apps have been downloaded from its App Store by the 160 million iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad users worldwide. Gail Davis of Orpington, Kent, UK won the App Store Countdown to 10…
Microsoft: Apple's "App Store" trademark is too generic
- Microsoft has asked the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to reject Apple's application to trademark the term "App Store" because it is too generic. Apple applied for the trademark in 2008. Today, Cupertino uses the term to refer to…
Google, RIM, and Nokia beat Apple's App Store growth
- In 2010, Google's Android Market, Research In Motion's BlackBerry App World, and Nokia's Ovi Store added apps faster than Apple's App Store, according to the latest report from research company Distimo. Apple grew the most in 2010 in terms of…
Apple removes VLC app from App Store, GPL to blame
- Apple has removed the VLC application from its App Store. The app was first released four months ago, even though many believed it would not be able to make it through Apple's vetting process. "On January 7th, Apple removed VLC…
Mac App Store sees 1 million downloads in 24 hours
- Even before it was released yesterday, the Mac App Store was cracked. By installing Kickback, users will be able to pirate any application in the store. Interestingly though, the creators have decided not to make the crack available until February…
Mac App Store downloads are easily pirated
- Apple's much-anticipated Mac App Store made its debut yesterday, promising to bring the streamlined process of purchasing, downloading and updating software from iOS devices to the Mac. But just a day after opening for business several groups claim to have…
Apple Mac App Store goes live with more than 1,000 apps
- As planned, Apple has officially opened the doors of its Mac App Store today with around 1,000 free and paid apps. The store will be available to Snow Leopard users only through the Mac OS X 10.6.6 update, which you…
Apple lays down Mac App Store rules, launching next week?
- Apple has been largely quiet about its forthcoming Mac App Store ever since the new venture was announced at the company’s Back to the Mac event in October. But this weekend some fresh information finally began surfacing around the web,…
Apple relaxes App Store restrictions
- Ever since the iPhone App Store first opened its doors in 2008 there has been an ongoing debate about Apple's seemingly random approval process. Its refusal to allow Flash content to run on its platform has also been a contentious…
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