Mobile App News

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  ITV Player app for Android now a Samsung exclusive

  09 May 2013

  Samsung Mobile has announced an exclusive partnership with ITV bringing the new ITV Player app to its Android devices.

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  Apple iOS 7 appearing in web traffic trackers ahead of WWDC launch

  08 May 2013

  Web traffic emanating from Apple's as-yet-unannounced operating system suggests certain folks in Cupertino are already using iOS 7

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  Windows Phone finally gets a YouTube app worthy of the name

  07 May 2013

  What was a link to YouTube's mobile site has become a fully functioning app

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  Gmail for iOS now opens YouTube, Chrome and Maps links in native apps

  06 May 2013

  Is the iPhone becoming the best Google phone money can buy?

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  Google could be making money from a racist joke app

  03 May 2013

  A paid-for app on the Google Play store entitled Racist Jokes could be making money for Google, despite its bigoted content.

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  Samsung Knox security software approved by US Department of Defence

  03 May 2013

  Samsung has revealed that its Samsung Knox security software has been approved by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) for use in the American government.

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  Google Now doesn’t drain battery life says Google

  03 May 2013

  Since Google Now arrived on iOS earlier this week, some users have complained the Google Search app addition is a huge drain on their handset battery life.

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  Google hires Chief Game Designer for Android

  03 May 2013

  Google has appointed a Chief Game Designer, seemingly to work on projects related to its Android OS

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  Apple launches competition as iOS App Store nears 50 billion downloads

  03 May 2013

  As Apple's iOS App Store nears 50 billion app downloads, the company is launching a competition to reward the 50 billionth customer.

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  Instagram adds 'Photos of You' tagging feature for iPhone and Android

  02 May 2013

  New feature allows users to see a separate stream of photos they've been tagged in

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  Official Microsoft Switch to Windows Phone app hits Android

  01 May 2013

  Microsoft has launched the Microsoft Switch to Windows Phone app onto the Google Play Store for Android in a bid to encourage users to make the switch.

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  Twitter's Vine video app update brings front facing camera support

  30 April 2013

  Great news for fans of the 'selfie' as 6 second video curation tool expands its functionality

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  Apple iOS 7 will be 'very flat and resemble Windows Phone'

  29 April 2013

  Big aesthetic changes but 'fundamentals' will remain the same, according to those briefed on iOS 7

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  Google Now arrives on iOS for iPhone and iPad

  29 April 2013

  Google’s voice controlled assistant, Google Now, has arrived on iOS and looks to be an intelligent Siri rival.

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  BBC iPlayer Radio makes the jump to Android, ‘even better’ than iOS offering

  24 April 2013

  Having launched for iOS last year, the BBC has now launched the BBC iPlayer Radio app for Android, a service it says is ‘even better’.

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  Xbox SmartGlass app launches on Amazon Kindle range

  23 April 2013

  The Xbox SmartGlass app is now available on the Amazon Kindle Fire and Amazon Kindle Fire HD tablets, letting users navigate their Xbox 360 remotely.

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  Yahoo relaunches news app for iOS with Summly integration

  22 April 2013

  New app comes less than a month after Yahoo make Brit teenager a millionaire

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  Google Play revenue growing faster than App Store

  22 April 2013

  Reports have revealed that the Google Play store revenues are growing much faster than Apple’s App Store, despite the Cupertino company still leading overall sales.

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  Facebook Home hits 500,000 downloads

  22 April 2013

  The Facebook Home app has been downloaded a modest 500,000 times in just over a week.

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  Apple Siri Raises Privacy Concerns

  19 April 2013

  Apple has revealed that anything iPhone and iPad users are asking Siri is stored on its servers for up to two years.