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Google has announced its Google One Pass service, a flexible business model platform for publishers to take on Apple's recently launched subscription service for publishers.

A day after the App Store subscription service was announced, Google introduces One Pass while Rhapsody rips Apple.

Google's Android Marketplace makes a huge jump in market share, but Apple's App Store is still way ahead of the pack.

The Apple's new subscription service has begun drawing in flak from app developers. The pressing questions now are: Should Apple fear the backlash? Will the subscription service bring down Apple's App monopoly?

EBay Inc said on Tuesday that its mobile shopping application would be pre-loaded onto smartphones sold by Telefonica's 02 unit in the United Kingdom.

The New York City Health Department has launched an iPhone and Android application - NYC Condom Finder - to help users find free condoms.

GetJar, the largest independent mobile software store, said on Tuesday it had raised $25 million from Tiger Global Management and Accel Partners to fund its wider push into Android software distribution.

Boston could soon deploy a new mobile app to make its roads smoother and safer for traffic. The app, called Street Bump, will spot potholes on the road and transmit their location to the Department of Public Works through an accelerometer and the Global Positioning System receiver embedded in it.

The Confession app takes doing penance to the world of digital mobile technology. .

The Foundation invests $2 million in educational technology company Inigral Inc. in order to fund the development and marketing of Schools App - the Company's education-focused social media technology product

AT&T is set to unveil a new mobile hotspot application that lets smartphone customers tether multiple devices via Wi-Fi connection. The feature will first be available on February 13 to select smartphone customers, starting with the launch of HTC Inspire 4G, the company said.

Apple Inc has blocked rival Sony Corp's electronic book application from the iPhone because it would have circumvented Apple's system for buying content.

A new iPhone app is opening up Kentucky's art scene to the public by bringing thousands of works of art in small American communities to a wider audience.

Google would hire several software developers to create new applications (apps) for its Android operating system, according to a report from Wall Street Journal.

With the onset of the annual tax season in the United States, residents concerned about the status of their refund or their federal tax returns don't have to worry -- because there is an app for that.

Even though more people are adopting the Android OS, Google says it isn't seeing enough returns in the app store.

Worldwide mobile application store revenue is projected to triple to more than $15.1 billion this year and reach $58 billion in three years, according to Gartner Inc.

Tarmo Virki, European Technology Correspondent

The Paper Glider app in Apple's App Store promises to help the bored kill time by seeing how far you can flick and fly your paper aeroplane but last Saturday it did something more - it helped UK-based Gail Davis win $10,000 in iTunes gift card from Apple as it was the 10 billionth app downloaded.

The agency joins the ranks of the TSA, FBI, and the Department of Energy - all of which offer smartphone applications.

Mobile software developers remain fixated on Apple and on Google's Android as the prime targets of their toil, but Microsoft and Research In Motion are making inroads as tablet offerings multiply.