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NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Curtain up, light the lights -- and charge the phone!

McDonald's has taken its billboard campaign to an interactive level in Sweden by launching a game website for smartphone users.

At its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), Apple will unveil its next generation software Lion, the eighth major release of Mac OS X

The most happening applications for Android platform came free

Google’s effort to make mobile payment secured by using near field communications (NFC) technology from smartphones, is not so successful, said security experts.

Prior to the release of the Apple iOS 5 at the WWDC 2011 annual conference in San Francisco, a MacRumours reader has reported that iTunes may have leaked a new feature on the next-gen mobile operating system.

India's most-read English newspaper introduces cell phone app with fashion photo galleries

Cyberlink has come up with PowerDVD to the Android platform, with OEM availability, enabling manufacturers to bundle it with Android handsets.

Apple is putting its best foot forward by overhauling the software platform of the iPhone to offer incomparable user experience in its next generation iPhone 5. The spruced up iOS 5 will not just have bells and whistles but arguably a whole lot of new features that enthusiasts have been waiting for. Here’s a sneak peek into some of the possible hot features of Apple iOS 5.

Legendary basketball player Shaquille O'Neal announced his retirement on Twitter

Bar exam prep and animal diagnostic tools are among the priciest Ipad apps

If Twitter goes ahead and launches its photo sharing service, it will get into the core of Facebook's advantages, and soon the existing rivalry between 'likes' and 'tweets' can assume another dimension. It remains to be seen when Twitter launches this long overdue service and, whether this will protect the microblogging site against the marauding onslaught of Facebook.

Nokia and CNN have announced plans for a new mapping service to the network, a report in Mobiletor said

Google unveiled its much anticipated mobile payments system -- Google Wallet -- in New York on Thursday, promising to change for ever the way people use money for transactions. In the past few thousand years, the way we pay has changed just three times—from coins, to paper money, to plastic cards. Now we’re on the brink of the next big shift, Google stated.

SEOUL (Reuters Life!) - It began with a simple phrase -- brace yourself -- sent by a university professor to his mistress via a South Korean messaging service app used by millions every day.

Windows details its web-based app store; similar to the one introduced by Google in February.

Apple steps up to defend app developers from a patent suit, saying that the license it bought should cover developers also.

App acts as personal tour guide; compatible with all smartphones

On Doomsday, May 21, Apple has its order status web page down to update the systems. Could it be the dawning of a new time?

Yup. There’s an iPhone app for the end of the world on Saturday, May 21st, 2011. For $1.99.

Playboy will be available online, uncensored, and on the iPad thanks to a new app.