Tag Archives: AppleAppStore

Verizon’s Viewdini appears on iOS: works on any network, hunts video from 11 sources

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The Viewdini streaming metasearch service launched a few months ago for Verizon’s 4G LTE-laden Android hardware, and now it’s finally available on iDevices. While the droid app is exclusive to those with a 4G plan on Big Red’s network, anything runni…


Spam-happy iOS trojan slips into App Store, gets pulled in rapid fashion

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You could call it technological baptism of sorts… just not the kind Apple would want. A Russian scam app known as Find and Call managed to hit the App Store and create havoc for those who dared a download, making it the first non-experimental malwa…


Apple introduces "free app of the week," kicks things off with Cut the Rope: Experiments

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Amazon has been offering a free app of the day for a while now, but that offer is good for Android users only. Well, Apple seems to have caught on to the fact that iOS users like to save money too, as it’s debuting a “free app of the week” offer. Cup…


Skype iOS apps hit v4.0: improved stability, minor UI tweaks in tow

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Everyone’s favorite VoIP service, Skype, has rolled out a fresh update to its iPhone / iPod Touch and iPad clients. First off, the Microsoft-owned outfit added a revamped login screen to both iOS applications, and now offers the ability to move your …


Apple ups over-the-air download limit to 50MB for iOS

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This tid-bit didn’t warrant a lot of attention during Apple’s presentation today, but it’s definitely worth noting: the limit on downloads from the App Store is now 50MB over-the-air, instead of a paltry 20MB. Now, anything larger than that and you’ll…


New privacy policy standards agreed to by world’s major app store owners

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The California Attorney General has struck a deal with the world’s major app store opperators that will see new privacy policy standards put in place. Apple, Google, Microsoft, HP, RIM and Amazon have all agreed to require any software that uses perso…


App downloads top 1 billion during the holiday week

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During the holiday week (by which we mean the seven days between the secularized celebration of a Christian holy day timed to replace a pagan winter festival and the beginning of a new year in the Gregorian calendar) the iTunes App Store and the And…


iPhone app downloads stuttering in the US, but still gold compared to Android

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At some point, we’ll all have to stop binging on discounted apps and start being reflective — and that’s when Distimo’s 2011 ‘App Year in Review’ report can serve as a nice digestive. Alongside some predictable trends, such as an impressive 400 per…


Microsoft’s Kinectimals lands on the App Store, breaks on through to the other side

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Hell’s apparently frozen over, pigs are indeed flying and, yes, the gods must be crazy because Microsoft Studios has just released Kinectimals, its Tamagotchi-like “mobile experience” with tiger cubs, to the App Store. The $2.99 app brings the isle …


Google catalogs brings all of your holiday perusing to your Android tablet

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Looking for a way to stay up to date on your favorite retailers this holiday season without amassing a mountain of soon-to-be trash? Google has announced Catalogs, an app that keeps all of your favorite look books current and in one place. The tab…