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Windows Phone Store now has over 130,000 apps available

, Feb 26th 2013 Discuss [0]

Microsoft has announced a new milestone reached by the Windows Phone developer community. There are currently over 130,000 apps available in the Windows Phone Store, with 15,000 of them designed specifically for Windows Phone 8 devices. That's still a long ways away from the 675,000+ apps offered by the Google Play store, and the 775,000+ offered by the iPhone's App Store, but progress is progress. Read The Full Story

Twitter for Windows Phone updates with new look, live tile support

, Feb 26th 2013 Discuss [0]

In the past, Twitter wasn't giving as much love to its Windows Phone app is it was to its Android and iOS offering. However, that changed today. The social media service has updated its Windows Phone app with a new design that "brings the app in line with other Twitter apps," and introduced some new features that make it easier to share and discover content. Read The Full Story

Apple settles lawsuit on in-app purchases made by kids

, Feb 26th 2013 Discuss [0]

When your kids get a hold of your iPhone or iPad, bad things can happen. They could always accidentally drop the device and break it, but it seems that inadvertently making in-app purchases is a growing epidemic by kids, costing parents millions of dollars combined. However, Apple has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit brought forth regarding the subject. Read The Full Story

Facebook for iOS update brings voice calling to the US and Canada

, Feb 22nd 2013 Discuss [0]

Facebook added a voice calling option on the Messenger app a short while back and as of today, a new update has brought that to all Facebook for iOS users. Basically, Facebook v5.5 has rolled into the App Store and that has added the free voice calling. This support is available for those in the US and Canada, however until your friends and family update Facebook -- you may have some trouble finding someone to call. Read The Full Story

MLB At Bat updates for the 2013 season

, Feb 22nd 2013 Discuss [0]

The MLB season is under way, with spring training beginning for all the teams, and to celebrate the start of the 2013 season, Major League Baseball has updated its At Bat app for the new season with cross-platform subscription support, sortable statistics, footage from classic games, and a lot more in this year's version. Read The Full Story

Netflix for iOS updates with improved UI and zoom controls

, Feb 21st 2013 Discuss [0]

Netflix pushed out a pretty significant update, which brings the streaming app up to an even version 3.0. The update includes an improved player user interface, where you can just tap to display the video titles if you're using the app on the iPad. Netflix also brought the zoom control back, which allows you to watch shows in full screen. Read The Full Story

AT&T and The Cloud join forces to offer 1GB of free roaming data in the UK

, Feb 19th 2013 Discuss [0]

AT&T subscribers who venture overseas to the UK can now utilize a free gigabyte of roaming data thanks to a deal with The Cloud. By downloading its Wi-Fi International app, those who have the right International data package through the carrier can authenticate to 16,000 wireless Internet hotspots located throughout the United Kingdom. Check out the particulars, as well as a few screenshots, after the jump. Read The Full Story

Vine hiring Android developer, Android app most likely in the works

, Feb 19th 2013 Discuss [0]

If weren't aware, the popular Vine video-sharing app is the work of just three developers. However, the New York-based team is looking to expand by hiring six new developers and engineers to help out with the new app. Specifically, though, the service is looking for an Android developer, which could mean that a Vine Android app is coming very soon. Read The Full Story

Simple iOS app Review: online-only banking made easy

, Feb 18th 2013 Discuss [0]

Online banking is becoming more prevalent nowadays, with many of the big banks offering their services for free online, but what about banks that only operate online? Would it be inconvenient? Maybe a little strange? A new service called Simple looks to revolutionize online banking by taking the entire banking experience online and giving users a clean and easy user interface. However, Simple isn’t a bank, but rather a service that operates under an actual bank — in this case, Bancorp Bank. We ended up checking out the service for ourselves — namely the iOS app — to see what all the fuss is about.

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Apple releases new iPad TV ads focusing on app catalog

, Feb 18th 2013 Discuss [0]

One thing that Apple has going for them is their massive collection of hundreds of thousands of apps specifically catered toward the iPad, and to show off some of the more notable ones, as well as boast about the variety of apps available, the company has released two new TV ads that quickly go through a selection of cool apps. Read The Full Story

New Apple ad focuses on the 300,000 apps available for the iPad

, Feb 17th 2013 Discuss [0]

Apple launches a new ad campaign that simultaneously boosts their iPad's brand image while attacking every other tablet out there. Their new ad campaign features both the iPad and iPad Mini, but the main focus is the "300,000 apps" that are available and optimized for Apple's tablets. Apple highlights that there is an app out there for every type of consumer, and they have been made to take full advantage of the screen real estate on both iPads. Read The Full Story

Vimeo acquires animated GIF app Echograph

, Feb 14th 2013 Discuss [0]

With the popularity of animated GIFs being what it is, it makes sense that companies are wanting in the action. Vimeo, the popular video-streaming service, has announced that it has acquired animated GIF-making app Echograph for an undisclosed amount of money. The company behind the app, Clear-Media will remain on its own -- it's merely just the app that Vimeo is after it seems. Read The Full Story
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