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Apple on Thursday announced that the number of mini-programs downloaded from its App Store has blasted past the 50 billion milestone, and celebrated the moment with a $10,000 prize. http://phys.org/news287932085.html Technology Thu, 16 May 2013 14:20:01 EST news287932085 A federal judge on Wednesday rejected Apple's claim of false advertising for Amazon.com to refer to its online shop for mobile gadget applications as an "app store." http://phys.org/news276370174.html Technology Wed, 02 Jan 2013 17:29:41 EST news276370174 Google's online Play shop of applications for Android-powered smartphones or tablets is growing fast, a report released Thursday by market tracker Distimo said. http://phys.org/news275246465.html Technology Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:21:11 EST news275246465 The iPhone 5 isn't the only product Apple is updating this week. On Wednesday it released a new version of iOS, the software that underlies its handheld devices. http://phys.org/news267443683.html Technology Fri, 21 Sep 2012 11:10:01 EST news267443683 The maker of an application that would alert iPhone users to US military drone strikes said Thursday that Apple has repeatedly shot down his efforts to get it into the App Store. http://phys.org/news265572956.html Technology Thu, 30 Aug 2012 19:16:06 EST news265572956 (Phys.org) -- How to lose friends and de-influence people: An app called "Find and Call" has been passing itself off as a mobile phone-book helper but has been discovered to be a Trojan which, once downloaded, has all the user’s address book contacts uploaded to a remote server where it proceeds to fire off SMS messages posing as the user. Find and Call was found both on the iOS App Store and Google Play store. Kaspersky Lab sounded the alarm on Thursday in a report from Kaspersky Lab expert Denis Maslennikov. http://phys.org/news260768061.html Technology Fri, 06 Jul 2012 05:10:01 EST news260768061 A group of Chinese writers who accuse Apple's online store for selling pirated copies of their books is seeking $8 million in compensation from the US firm, state media said Sunday. http://phys.org/news251295684.html Technology Sun, 18 Mar 2012 13:21:33 EST news251295684 Apple announced Monday said that downloads from its App store had hit 25 billion, with a person in eastern China grabbing a $10,000 prize for taking the tally to the landmark level. http://phys.org/news250164029.html Technology Mon, 05 Mar 2012 10:00:36 EST news250164029 Apple on Monday said that more than 100 million mini-programs tailored for Macintosh computers have been downloaded from the Mac App Store since it opened at the start of the year. http://phys.org/news242930499.html Technology Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:41:46 EST news242930499 Microsoft began wooing developers for a February opening of its first "app store" for computers powered by the US technology giant's Windows software. http://phys.org/news242456607.html Technology Wed, 07 Dec 2011 05:30:01 EST news242456607 An iPad application that offers a live stream of the trial of Michael Jackson's doctor hit the top of the charts in Apple's App Store on Thursday. http://phys.org/news236528525.html Technology Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:22:15 EST news236528525 Apple Inc. has removed a mobile app, called "Jew or Not Jew?", from its online App Store in France. http://phys.org/news235241848.html Technology Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:57:38 EST news235241848 Apple announced on Thursday that more than 15 billion applications for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch have been downloaded from its App Store. http://phys.org/news229257832.html Technology Thu, 07 Jul 2011 11:44:10 EST news229257832 A federal judge on Wednesday denied a bid by Apple to immediately stop Amazon.com from calling its online shop for smartphone programs an "App Store." http://phys.org/news229240594.html Technology Thu, 07 Jul 2011 06:57:00 EST news229240594 (AP) -- Apple says that its app store has hit the 10 billion downloads mark. The milestone, announced on Apple Inc.'s website Saturday, arrives as the company's hugely popular smart phone is likely to become even more popular with the addition next month of Verizon Wireless as a carrier. http://phys.org/news214934574.html Technology Sat, 22 Jan 2011 16:03:06 EST news214934574 Microsoft is fighting rival Apple's claim that it has dibs on the name "App Store," arguing the term is generic and can be used by any shop selling programs for gadgets such as smartphones. http://phys.org/news214068915.html Technology Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:35:37 EST news214068915 Apple Inc. is expanding the "app store" idea that caught fire on the iPhone and iPad to its line of Mac computers. http://phys.org/news213547296.html Technology Thu, 06 Jan 2011 14:41:52 EST news213547296 Apple is planning a January 6 opening for an online shop stocked with software applications that add entertaining or functional features to the firm's Macintosh computers. http://phys.org/news211741995.html Technology Thu, 16 Dec 2010 17:50:06 EST news211741995 (AP) -- "The Smurfs' Village," a game for the iPhone and other Apple gadgets, was released a month ago and quickly became the highest-grossing application in the iTunes store. Yet it's free to download. http://phys.org/news211098921.html Technology Thu, 09 Dec 2010 06:35:40 EST news211098921 Apple is learning to speak Chinese. The Cupertino, Calif., company is on a store-building binge in hopes of creating a massive new market for its products. With two stores already in the capital city, and another two in Shanghai, Apple plans to have 25 stores open in China by the end of next year. And it just revamped its iTunes and App store, allowing locals for the first time to shop online in Chinese. http://phys.org/news209914962.html Technology Thu, 25 Nov 2010 14:50:01 EST news209914962 Apple has the iPhone and the iPad, Samsung has several smartphones and its new Galaxy Tab computer -- wherever Apple goes these days, it seems, the South Korean giant is sure to follow. http://phys.org/news206177122.html Technology Wed, 13 Oct 2010 09:30:01 EST news206177122 During keynote presentations today at the Intel Developer Forum, Intel executives outlined several software- and hardware-related efforts as the company intensifies its System-on-a-Chip (SoC) product plans based on the Intel Atom processor family. http://phys.org/news203696511.html Technology Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:50:01 EST news203696511 Adobe shares soared on Thursday after Apple appeared to open the door for programs converted from Adobe's popular Flash video software to run on the iPhone and other Apple devices. http://phys.org/news203257927.html Technology Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:50:01 EST news203257927 Apple said Tuesday it has barred a Vietnamese program developer from its application store on iTunes for fraudulent activity. http://phys.org/news197643601.html Technology Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:10:04 EST news197643601 Apple's hugely successful applications store has spawned similar setups around the world but it will be tough to compete with the US technology giant, an industry expert said Tuesday. http://phys.org/news195819809.html Technology Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:23:46 EST news195819809 (PhysOrg.com) -- Today's smartphones are pocket size computers that can be customized by downloading applications. This is what makes a smartphone vulnerable to cybercriminals. In this article we will examine how an iPhone and Android phone handles security. Both phones handle security radically different. http://phys.org/news189356350.html Technology Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:59:36 EST news189356350 A study released on Wednesday indicated that the market for mobile device software programs should rocket to 17.5 billion dollars (US) within three years. http://phys.org/news188023793.html Technology Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:50:13 EST news188023793 Apple on Wednesday announced that outside developers have crammed the virtual shelves of its App Store with more than 100,000 mini-programs for iPhones and iPod Touch devices. http://phys.org/news176581391.html Technology Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:30:02 EST news176581391 Apple said Friday that it is allowing businesses to sell content or services through applications given away for free at the iPhone maker's online App Store. http://phys.org/news174978470.html Technology Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:09:02 EST news174978470 University of Utah researchers created new iPhone programs - known as applications or "apps" - to help scientists, students, doctors and patients study the human body, evaluate medical problems and analyze other three-dimensional images. http://phys.org/news174196463.html Technology Thu, 08 Oct 2009 04:55:27 EST news174196463