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Microsoft to allow open source apps in Windows 8 Store, unlike Apple

Paul Fang, Dec 12th 2011 Discuss [13]

Here's another point racked up by the open source community. Microsoft has plans to allow applications licensed under the Open Source Initiative license in the Windows 8 app store, whenever it comes out, that is. We reported just a couple days ago that the Windows 8 public beta is slated to be released this upcoming February (in two months). Furthermore, the Open Source Initiative license has the upper hand over the Microsoft Standard Application License Terms, namely the restriction on sharing applications. Read The Full Story

Apple App Store has over 500,000 apps

Chris Davies, Dec 12th 2011 Discuss [5]

Apple's App Store now has over 500,000 titles for download, the company has confirmed, announcing the figure as part of its 100m Mac App Store downloads milestone news this morning. The fresh app count brings Apple on a par with Google, which claimed over 500,000 of its own apps in the Android Market back in October 2011. Read The Full Story

Apple kicks iOS security whistleblower from Developer Program

Chris Davies, Nov 8th 2011 Discuss [18]

A whistleblowing iOS app developer has seen his license revoked after revealing an Apple bug that could allow trojan software to infect iPhones and iPads. Coder Charlie Miller manages to get his test app - which uses a flaw in Apple's code signing policies to subsequently contact a remote server and potentially allow a hacker to suck photos and contacts from the device, along other things - through Apple's App Store approvals process, Forbes reports, but after revealing the issue was ejected from the iOS Developer Program. Read The Full Story

Android eclipses Apple’s iOS as app download leader

Chris Burns, Oct 24th 2011 Discuss [3]

According to ABI Research firm its become apparent that inside the second quarter of 2011, Google's mobile OS Android has accounted for 44 percent of all app downloads while Apple's iOS only accounted for 31 percent, this indicating a jump not only in Android usage but in app sales on the whole. ABI notes that Android also had a whopping 36 percent jump in phone shipments over the previous three months as well. Could this be the first sign of the apocalypse? Fanatical sources all say yes, definitely! Read The Full Story

Android Market reaches 500,000 app milestone

Chris Burns, Oct 24th 2011 Discuss [3]

Not just today, but back in September, as the record states, the Android Market reached its 500,000 app submissions mark, while just 315,000 apps sit out for sale today. The month of September 2011 is said by market research firm research2guidance to both be the home of that 500,000 app submissions market and a new record for per-month applications in the Android Market. This compares to what the Apple iTunes (iOS) App Store currently has for app submissions, 600,000, with approximately 456,000 apps in that market today. Read The Full Story

Siri pours a beer with the help of Beeri

Chris Burns, Oct 21st 2011 Discuss [9]

It's time to get real with iPhone 4S's Siri, ladies and gentlemen, finding the one truly important use for the voice assistant in an app by the name of Beeri. It is here that you'll finally, after all this time, be able to tell your iPhone to get a beer for you. Apple I can't believe you guys didn't think of this earlier! It's the greatest set of commands and execution in the history of computers - and beer! Read The Full Story

Find My Friends app released for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch

Chris Davies, Oct 12th 2011 Discuss [1]

Apple's Find My Friends app - announced alongside iOS 5 last week - has arrived in the App Store, though you'll need the new version of the platform in order to actually install it. The free app, which uses GPS to locate your friends and family and, if the privacy settings mash correctly, display them on a map in real-time, can be found here [iTunes link]. Read The Full Story

Intel admits AppUp still hasn’t generated much interest

Rue Liu, Sep 28th 2011 Discuss [4]

Intel launched its own app store for netbooks in January of 2010 and although interest in the marketplace appeared to be growing with major content additions, consumer signups for the platform remain low. According to a tweet from @LeilaMakki, Intel admits that it hasn't registered many consumers to the platform. In fact, only about 350,000 have signed up. Read The Full Story

Windows 8 Metro apps restricted to Microsoft’s own store

Rue Liu, Sep 19th 2011 Discuss [6]

From the Build developer conference last week, we learned that Microsoft intends to mimic Apple, charging a 30 percent cut on Windows 8 apps designed for its Metro UI. However, some additional details have come out today that reveal Microsoft could be even more restrictive by not allowing Metro apps to be sold outside of its own app market, which will be called the "Windows Store." Read The Full Story

Microsoft wants 30% cut on Windows 8 Metro apps

Rue Liu, Sep 16th 2011 Discuss [3]

Microsoft seems to be taking a page from Apple's iTunes business model, seeking a 30 percent cut for apps developed for its Windows 8 Metro UI. This cut, however, only applies to apps designed specifically for the Metro interface as opposed to apps made for the traditional Windows desktop interface. Read The Full Story

MIT Center for Mobile Learning Revealed with Google Support

Chris Burns, Aug 16th 2011 Discuss [0]

Today we're to understand that MIT has hooked up with Google for a single project, the result of a long-standing relationship based on interests in both technology and education. This project will take the form of a MIT Center for Mobile Learning, a place where education and learning itself will be transformed through innovation in mobile computing. This new center will be working in part through actively studying and engaging with App Inventor for Android, a program recently made open source by Google. Read The Full Story

Apple Becomes World’s Largest Company Today

Chris Burns, Aug 9th 2011 Discuss [43]

Today Apple has passed Exxon Mobile in market value to become the world’s largest company. It’s a historic day for computing as a whole as Apple has officially become the largest company in the world based on market value. Exxon Mobile was the previous holder of said top spot but was just passed today by Apple making this the first time Apple has held such a spot and making Apple the clear forerunner for most successful computing manufacturer in the world this very moment.