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Buying apps for Android devices just got easier, as now app purchases on Android Market can be charged on AT&T Direct Carrier Billing.

Chinese online games firm The9 Ltd said on Tuesday it has entered into an agreement with three institutional funds to form a $100 million fund to invest in mobile Internet applications.

Amazon said several applications of Oracle are now available in its Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, a commercial web service that allows customers to rent computers on which to run their own computer applications.

Sony has announced that it is bringing its PlayStation platform experience on iPhone and Android via apps.

DENVER - The app is far too powerful a tool to be limited to mobile phones.

After Google’s payment platform “Checkout” now Rovio, the maker of Angry Birds has launched an in-app carrier-billing payment system.

Finland's Rovio Mobile, known for its Angry Birds puzzle video game, unveiled on Friday payment software that gives mobile telecom operators a chance to win a share of booming app store business.

Salesforce.com Inc agreed to buy Heroku, a privately held cloud-platform company, for $212 million in cash, to expand into the fast growing social media and mobile space.

Google released its Chrome OS-based beta notebook Cr-48 for a select group of testers after announcing the light-weight, web-centric browser last summer.

Google has announced that SAP is launching a collaborative decision-making app StreamWork in Google Apps Marketplace which enables integration with Google Apps

App stores have become synonymous and crucial to the functionality of a touchscreen phone since the first phone was announced nearly 4 years ago. Here are 10 of the best apps available on Nokia phones - some practical, some fun.

The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) goes Google. GSA will move 17,000 employees and contractors to Google apps for Government.

Apple's track record regarding its controversial App Store selection criteria just got muddier, after it approved an app called Manhattan Declaration, which is a call of Christian conscience against gay-marriage.

Microsoft announced its gains in mindshare with 15,000 developers building apps for its recently launched Windows Phone 7.

Apple's walled-garden approach has a new victim, radio station apps, as Apple fenced out single station radio apps from its App Store.

Apple has relented after 16 months of dogged resistance to keep Google Voice app out of its Apps Store. Now the exiled app is here and available for iPhone users.

App developers say obtaining private data is necessary for most apps to run, but what is done with that data is up to the app owner.

Father Tom Eichenberger began a recent sermon by playing an iPhone ring tone of church bells into the microphone and talking about how praying is like using the popular mobile device.

Google Inc released a special version of its Web-based productivity software designed to meet stringent U.S. government security requirements, as the Internet search giant seeks to outmaneuver rivals in the race to provide federal and state agencies with new technology.

Speech-recognition software maker Nuance is launching software apps for the Apple iPhone in Britain as the company grows more confident that its voice-to-text technology is ready for global markets.

Borders Group Inc launched its long awaited electronic bookstore on Wednesday, along with applications for the store on several leading smartphones in a bid to catch up to rival booksellers and generate sales in the fast growing e-book segment.