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Apple is facing a lawsuit over the ability for some game to do in-app purchases as a Pennsylvania man says this is an “unlawful exploitation” of kids and their parents. The in-app purchases lawsuit comes as Apple and the App Store have faced some heat for games which appear to target kids and have in-app…
The Federal Communications Commission is already reviewing the AT&T, T-Mobile merger and we’ll soon see if the deal will face the steep challenges we all think it will. The FCC is doing a thorough review of the AT&T, T-Mobile deal right now and it will be looking at a few key issues. The first issue…
If you thought MeeGo was dead now that Nokia is in bed with Microsoft, you’d be wrong. LG Electronics will be working on developing a version of MeeGo for handsets and it will likely develop a smartphone in the future. LG is the third-largest handset maker in the world, so its backing breathes some life…
When we were playing around with the HTC Sensation, we were impressed with the Sense 3.0 because it was beautiful and made navigating Android 2.3 a breeze. Unfortunately, it looks like not all of the features of HTC Sense 3.0 will be coming to older HTC Android phones. In particular, the HTC Sense 3.0 UI…
When Skype Video app leaked out for the HTC Thunderbolt, many were ecstatic to make video calls over the super-fast Verizon 4G LTE network but you may want to wait a awhile to try it, as a new report suggests this has a bad security vulnerability. How bad? Well, it looks like the Skype Video…
Many developers may be looking at the Amazon App Store as a way to get better revenues from Android but the International Game Developers Association is warning game developers that it may not all be sunshine and roses. In a statement, the IGDA said (the bold is there emphasis): Many journalists have noted the unusual…
I’m a big fan of podcasts and Internet radio so I was very excited to check out the Stitcher iPad app. This brings podcasts and live streaming radio to your tablet without having to download anything. I downloaded the free Stitcher iPad app yesterday and have been playing around with it for a few hours.…
The Taptu iPad app is trying to horn in on the Flipboard space by turning your tablet into a beautiful news reader. The Taptu folks are taking a different approach though, as the company wants to give users the same amount of control over their news streams as DJs have over mixes. The Taptu iPad…
Many of us are inundated with video links from our friends on Twitter and Facebook and the folks over at Vodpod think there’s a better way to keep track of these videos. The new Showyou iPad app is a way to gather all your videos in one place and better enable you for social video…
Microsoft is beefing up its development tools for Windows Phone 7 and this should pave the way for a wave of new apps. Will this be enough to catch the iPhone and Android? During Microsoft’s MIX 2011 conference, Microsoft outlined some of the new tools and capabilities Windows Phone 7 developers will be able to…