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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced ‘'something awesome’ news Wednesday at a press conference in Facebook's Palo Alto, California headquarters. The announcement is that: a new video chat feature powered by hugely popular Skype.

Games remain the king of mobile apps, according to recent Nielsen research. The data shows that not only are games the most used app over the past 30 days, but also that users are more willing to pay for games than any other apps.

As the two titans - iPad 2 and Galaxy Tab 10.1 - clash in the tablet arena, HP's tablet, the TouchPad, seems a better spectator than a contender.

List of Top 10 most dedicated Mac OS X apps that will also be useful with Mac OS X Lion.

A universal iOS app has been submitted to Apple’s App Store.

Here's wishing you'll a very Happy Independence Day.

iPhone, iPad and iPod are the greatest tranquilizers for your children. International Business Times (San Francisco Edition) has compiled the top 10 most popular iPhone, iPad and iPod apps for kids. Many of them are not only entertaining but also educational. Check out the list by clicking on the slideshow:

Apple App Store, launched in July 2008, crossed the 100,000 milestone on Thursday in terms of apps tailored specifically for the iPad. In comparison, Android Market has around 1,400 apps optimized for Android-based tablets.

There are now more than 100,000 applications made for the iPad. To be more specific, there are 100,159 iPad apps as of Thursday afternoon.

The iPad 100,000 apps milestone marks the success of a tablet dominated market held by Apple. The frenzy of tablets originated with the company's first iPad release in 2010. Since then iPad and iPad two have held its top position growing from 3,000 to 100,000 developed apps for iPad in only 16 months.

The Apple iPad 2 continues to steam through competitors to uphold its top position in the tablet market by achieving an unprecedented milestone of 100,000 available applications specifically developed for iPad. Apps for iPad and iPad 2 utilize the large 9.7 inch touchscreen display and A5 dual processor to run more intensive functions.

There are now more than 100,000 applications made for the iPad. To be more specific, there are 100,159 iPad apps as of Thursday afternoon.

With the growing market of smartphones, Google has shifted its focus towards mobile web apps.

Facebook users spend 700 billion minutes per month accounting for a quarter of the World’s total web traffic.In spite of that, most of them have not explored beyond the communicating and sharing features.

Google clearly thinks Google Apps is a better enterprise service than Microsoft Office 365, which Microsoft plans to launch on Tuesday.

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - First it was chatting, then texts. Now apps are distracting young drivers, with more than a third of college students at a U.S. university saying they use them while behind the wheel.

Apple is under threat prior to iPhone 5's release.

A pair of documents among a cache of files that the hacking group LulzSec stole from the computers of the Arizona Department of Public Safety on Thursday, revealed how smartphones are used for activities like recording interactions with police and escaping speed traps.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who beat out Steve Jobs for the honor of Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” and Forbes magazine’s list of wealthiest American’s in 2010, has modeled his management style after Steve Jobs.

Does the Cupertino-based company have new plans for future navigation services?

Will Amazon win over Apple this time?