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  • 720p HD iPad apps with Apple TV hack. Jailbreak, Apple TV, iPad, Apple, App Store, Tablets, Apps, iPad apps 0

    720p HD iPad apps with Apple TV hack

    Jailbreaking fun 2 January 2012 11:17 GMT

    Whilst fanboys everywhere sit around twiddling their thumbs (magically, you understand, with multi-gesturing a plenty) waiting for Apple to offer App Store access on its hobby box; a couple of clever chaps have taken matters into their own hands; offering...

  • Mac App Store hits 100 million downloads. Apps, Mac App Store, Apple, App Store 0

    Mac App Store hits 100 million downloads

    Apple loves a boast 12 December 2011 14:50 GMT

    Apple loves to throw a few numbers about to make us all go "ooh and aah". This time it's the turn of the Mac App Store to get the official Apple pat on the back as the Cupertino-based company has revealed that downloads within the platform have surpassed...

  • Free iPhone and iPad apps, videos and music with return of iTunes 12 Days of Christmas. Apps, iPhone apps, iPad apps, Apple, App Store, Christmas, iTunes 0

    Free iPhone and iPad apps, videos and music with return of iTunes 12 Days of Christmas

    Kicks off boxing day 8 December 2011 10:14 GMT

    On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me....well, we don't know yet; we're going to have to wait until 26 December to find out.

    That's right fanboys and fangirls, Apple has once again decided to run its, now as traditional as...

  • Are apps dead? The FT thinks so

    Are apps dead? The FT thinks so

    Is this the beginning of the end for apps? 31 August 2011 10:39 GMT

    The Times, they are a changing. The Financial Times that is, as it's no longer available in app form through Apple's App Store after being pulled following a disagreement over bounties Apple wanted to collect from the UK newspaper. 

    Could the...

  • Amazon responds to Apple app terms with Kindle Cloud Reader

    Amazon responds to Apple app terms with Kindle Cloud Reader

    HTML 5 tab-friendly app released 10 August 2011 10:03 GMT

    Amazon has quietly released the Kindle Cloud Reader into the wide-world-web - a HTML5-based app that is optimised for Chrome and Safari desktop browsers and, more intriguingly, optimised for Safari on the iPad too.

    If you remember, Amazon recently...

  • Apple raises App prices

    Apple raises App prices

    59p now 69p 14 July 2011 0:23 GMT

    Apps for your iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad just got a little bit more expensive, after Apple announced new prices across the board in the App Store on Wednesday.

    The cheapest apps will now cost 69p rather than the 59p that it's been since launch;...

  • Apple hits 15 billion App Store downloads. mobile phone apps, iphone apps, ipad apps, tablet apps, apple, app store 0

    Apple hits 15 billion App Store downloads

    iPad boom paying off 7 July 2011 13:55 GMT

    It took Apple two and a half years to hit 10 billion App Store downloads - it's taken less than 6 months to take this total to up to 15 billion.

    The figure, which blows the 4.5 billion Android app download milestone that was hit recently, has...

  • Apple fails in Amazon Appstore lawsuit

    Apple fails in Amazon Appstore lawsuit

    Judge rules App Store not famous enough 7 July 2011 9:56 GMT

    It looks as if Apple may be suffering with delusions of grandeur when it comes to judging how influential its App Store name is - at least that is the assessment of a federal judge in the States overseeing the tech giant's injunction request against...

  • Android download total passes 4.5 billion. mobile phone apps, android apps, Android Market, android, google, app store 0

    Android download total passes 4.5 billion

    With a billion in just two months 30 June 2011 17:20 GMT

    Android downloads have passed the 4.5 billion figure - up 3.5 billion compared to this time last year.

    The boom in Android popularity is highlighted by the fact the last billion downloads occurred in just 60 days.

    Speaking at the launch...

  • 100,000 iPad apps now in the App Store. apps, ipad apps, App Store, Apple, ipad, ipad 2 0

    100,000 iPad apps now in the App Store

    With massive sales predictions touted too 30 June 2011 14:19 GMT

    The amount of native iPad apps in the iTunes App Store has crossed the 100,000 barrier - meaning 25,000 new iPad apps in just over 3 months since the 75,000 landmark was hit in March.

    It's easy to forget, due to the massive surge in tablets...

  • APP OF THE DAY: Quidco review (iPhone). Quidco, App of the day, Smartphones, iPhone, iPhone apps, App Store, ios, Apple 0

    APP OF THE DAY: Quidco review (iPhone)

    Mobile app that locates dining deals 23 June 2011 18:00 GMT

    Restaurant fans and the shopping obsessed will like this one. Using a Foursquare style check-in system, the Quidco app allows you to get location based discounts, finding things like nearby deals and two for one offers. 

    Select shops will even...

  • Facebook to take on Apple with own App Store. Mobile phone apps, iphone apps, Facebook, HTML5, apple, App Store, iPad apps, Project Spartan 0

    Facebook to take on Apple with own App Store

    Project Spartan: HTML5 platform in the works 16 June 2011 9:46 GMT

    The web is abuzz with murmurs that Facebook is about to take on Apple at its own game...and on its own devices.

    A TechCrunch report has spilled the beans on the existence of a top secret Facebook initiative dubbed Project Spartan (you can just...

  • APP OF THE DAY: Formula1.com 2011 review (Android). App of the day, Apps, Smartphones, Android, Bada, Symbian, ios, Apple, App Store 0

    APP OF THE DAY: Formula1.com 2011 review (Android)

    Addicted to F1? This is for you 8 June 2011 18:21 GMT

    As great as he is, there are some days when you just don't feel like watching Lewis Hamilton's face on television. Thankfully F1.com has a brilliantly in-depth app which keeps you posted with stats so you can avert your gaze from the screen. Those...

  • Incredible infographic celebrates 500,000 App Store apps. apps, iphone apps, ipad apps, app store, infographics, apple, chillingo 0

    Incredible infographic celebrates 500,000 App Store apps

    As the magic number lands 24 May 2011 15:52 GMT

    We at Pocket-lint love a good infographic, have been accused in the past of being massive fanboys and also for going overboard for Angry Birds.

    So how could we ignore this brilliant infographic produced in part by Chillingo (original Angry...

  • Apple App Store app lands in the UK

    Apple App Store app lands in the UK

    As physical Apple Store 2.0 goes live too 23 May 2011 9:48 GMT

    The Apple App Store app for iPhone has finally made its way to the UK - with a revamped version packing many new options for British fanboys.

    App Store 1.3, which is being rolled out globally for the first time, brings with it advanced customisation...

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