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Apple buys small chip maker, app developer

Apple Inc has acquired two small companies, a chip designer and personal assistant software maker, to bolster its advantage in the increasingly competitive mobile arena.

Multiplatform app stores reach beyond smart phones

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DENVER - Offering 150,000-plus apps that have been downloaded more than 2 billion times, Apple's App Store is far and away the leading source of mobile applications driving today's mobile entertainment market.

RIM releases new BlackBerry app development tools

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Research In Motion released updated tools on Tuesday to make it easier and faster for developers to create feature-rich Web and wireless applications to be used on the company's BlackBerry smartphones.
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Intel announces online netbook app store

Following the success of Apple Inc's online application store, Intel Corp. aims to follow suit and will begin offering an online store with applications for netbook computers.
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RIM to help app developers use ads, micropayments

Research In Motion is making it easier for software developers make money from the applications they develop for its popular BlackBerry smartphone as the company falters in the face of stiff competition from rivals like Apple Inc.
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Kleiner Perkins to invest in iPhone app Shazam

Venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins on Tuesday makes its latest bet on wireless device technology, with high hopes in music recognition and iPhone application developer Shazam, joining a wave of investment in the hot mobile content and technology market.
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Rock Band launches iPhone and iPod Touch app

Rock Band announced Friday it will launch an app for the iPhone and iPod Touch later this month. In the iPhone version from EA Mobile, allows users to choose if they want to play as a drummer, guitarist, bassist, or vocalist at any one of three difficulty levels.
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Apple passes 2 billion app downloads

Apple Inc said on Monday that downloads from its iTunes applications store had passed 2 billion and that it now has more than 85,000 apps available for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
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Polo's Rugby launches iPhone app for custom shirts

Polo Ralph Lauren Corp, the fashion company behind the Polo and Club Monaco brands, said on Thursday its smaller Rugby brand was launching an iPhone application that lets users design their own shirts.
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Apple says Google Voice app alters iPhone

IPhone maker Apple Inc told U.S. regulators it has not approved Google Inc's Voice application, which could challenge the wireless industry's giants, because it interferes with the iPhone user experience.
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TomTom iPhone App Review Video

TomTom's much anticipated turn by turn app for the iPhone was released on Monday on iTunes for $99. The app uses the iPhone's built-in GPS chip to provide users with real-time navigation directions

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