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According to the latest research from eDigitalResearch and Portaltech Reply, 64% of smartphone owners are now using their mobile devices to shop online, a number that has quadrupled since June 2010. Moreover, an impressive 84% of smartphone owners have used their devices to browse websites, with 33% doing so on a daily basis, whilst 77%…
Gameloft launched the Men in Black 3 game for iOS and Android users. Available as a free download, it sees you building your very own MIB agency while interacting with friends. Some of the things are free to use/build, some can be earned by playing mini-games, while some others are available through in-app purchase. This…
Big changes may be coming to the open source version of webOS. A rumor from The Verge suggests the team that’s been working on Enyo will leave HP and join Google. The change is expected to happen as early as next week. Enyo is the underlying JavaScript framework for the webOS platform. After former HP CEO Leo…
Microsoft won a small victory in its patent battle with Motorola. A ruling handed down by The Munich Regional Court said Motorola violated a text messaging patent held by Microsoft. The patent describes a method of “communicating multi-part messages between cellular devices using a standardized interface.” Microsoft can enforce a ban on the sale of Motorola…
NVIDIA has announced quite a few details and new projects this week, so we’re going to get you up to speed with said announcements. From Tegra designs, Icera integration, and the Kai project, it’s certainly going to be an interesting (and successful) year for the company. Icera First off, let’s talk Icera. As you might…
Starting today, Because We May is offering a huge sale on a very long list of apps from a variety of developers in the iOS App Store, Mac App Store, Google Play, and Steam in celebration of the ability to freely price games the way developers choose. On its website, Because We May writes, “We believe…
Google announced today on its blog that it’s letting developers offer subscriptions using Google Play’s in-app billing system. One of the first developers to take advantage of this new payment system is Glu Mobile. Android users who download subscription-enabled apps like Frontline Commando will be able to buy a VIP package from within the app.…
Verizon Wireless CFO Fran Shammo spoke at the Barclays Global Technology, Media and Telecommunications Conference about LTE data plans and he mentioned that 4G LTE gives Verizon greater flexibility to price data plans. “There’s a lot of innovation that LTE brings to give us the ability to price data very differently,” he said. For instance, someone asked…
We got a chance to hang at the eBay campus today here in San Jose today, where PayPal held an event to show off what its next steps in the retail space are. The result? PayPal announced some new partnerships with existing POS companies for mid-market businesses to help extend its service into offline sales.…
The travel space is one of the most exciting ones in the app arena and Tripadvisor has just pushed out an update to its City Guides app which makes it an ideal travel companion. Tripadvisor is probably best known as the place you go before you go on vacation but the company told me that…