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Facebook to pay one billion for Instagram

Apr 9, 2012
The company's photo-sharing app and social network will be Facebook's biggest acquisition yet

'Frenemy' arrives on Facebook

Mar 27, 2012
University of Texas, Dallas professor Dean Terry has co-designed an application that lets users voice their dislikes on Facebook.

Citibank bill pay app doubles your paying pleasure

Feb 10, 2012
Nothing hurts quite like looking at your online bank statement the day the mortgage is transferred out. Nothing, except seeing that money transferred out twice. Ouch. Some Citibank customers using the company’s new payment app were seeing double payments, because of an error in processing. The New York Times reports: The problem, which began in […]

Campaign contributions go mobile

Jan 31, 2012
Armed with a smartphone and a special app from Square, fundraisers can collect credit card donations on the spot.

Launching on the defensive

Nov 3, 2011
BBM Music, BlackBerry's music app, just launched. It lets paying subscribers download and play up to 50 songs. You heard me right - five-zero. Wow,...

iPad Facebook app finally launches

Oct 11, 2011
Is this memo item dated 2010? It is not. For whatever reason, it took until yesterday for the social media titan to finally launch an app for iPad....

Bobsled goes mobile, Ringo climbs on board

Oct 11, 2011
Just when it looks like the wireless carriers are putting the squeeze on you, here comes T-Mobile. T-Mobile has this VoIP service called Bobsled -...

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Sleep app

Oct 10, 2011
How are you sleeping? Not so great? There's a new app called Zeo that's supposed to help with all that. It all starts with a headband. From Reuters...

FacePad

Sep 27, 2011
Mashable is reporting that Facebook's iPad app will launch on 10/4 along with the widely rumored El Cinco announcement. Second in legend only to a...

Auto Apps 101: Navigating the roads with your smartphone

Apr 26, 2011
With the thousands of smart phone apps now available, there are plenty of useful ones for drivers. There are apps to help you find your car in a ...