About a month after unveiling it, Facebook yesterday launched its App Center, its own version of an app store. Some 600 apps are already available, all of which use Facebook in some fashion. It is available through the Facebook iOS and Android apps as well as Facebook.com. Among available apps are Draw Something, Pinterest, Ghosts of Mistwood, and Ghost Recon […]
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Facebook to launch App Center
Facebook yesterday jumped into the app store fray with the announcement of its App Center, described as a new place for people to find social apps. With over 900 million users, including over 480 million mobile users, the App Center will be available on the web as well as in the iOS and Android Facebook apps. It is designed to […]
Google Play tops 15 billion app download milestone
Google Play quietly passed the 15 billion app download milestone “a few weeks ago.” A Google spokesperson confirmed the achievement to TechCrunch yesterday. Google Play topped the 10 billion download mark back in December when still known as the Google Market. At the time, it was seeing about a billion downloads a month. If it reached its latest milestone weeks […]
Apple launches New iPad app section on App Store
A day ahead of the launch of the ‘New iPad,’ Apple has launched a new app section that showcases apps that have been updated to take advantage of the tablet’s high resolution Retina Display. The section features a total of 24 apps which can already be purchased. The new iPad goes on sale on Friday, March 16th at 0800 local […]
Google rebrands Android Market as Google Play
Google today announced that it is rebranding its storefronts, including the Android Market, Google Music and the Google eBookstore. The Android Market name has been retired and all storefronts are now part of Google Play, a single overarching portal. Google Play is your one-stop shop for all your favorite entertainment. With over 450,000 apps, millions of songs and books, and […]
Apple begins 25 billion iTunes app download countdown
Apple today launched a countdown to 25 billion iTunes App Store downloads. As I write this, the countdown is nearing 24.3 billion downloads. As of today, nearly 25 billion apps have been downloaded worldwide. Which is almost as amazing as the apps themselves. So we want to say thanks. Download the 25 billionth app, and you could win a US$10,000 […]
HP App Catalog reaches 1,000 TouchPad app milestone
HP’s webOS Developer Advocate, Josh Marinacci, today announced via Twitter that HP’s webOS App Catalog has reached the milestone of 1,000 available applications for the HP TouchPad: We just hit 1000 webOS apps specifically for the HP TouchPad. Not bad for a “dead” platform. 🙂 When HP launched the HP TouchPad this past July, it had just over 300 TouchPad-optimized […]
BlackBerry App World 3.0 now available
What do you do now that you’ve dropped the kids off for their first day of the new school year? If you’re a BlackBerry user, you might want to download the new BlackBerry App World 3.0. With BlackBerry App World 3.0 on your BlackBerry smartphone, discovering apps, themes and games is easier than ever. A sleek, new design helps you […]