Apps

Malware creeps into the iTunes App Store – TG Daily

It’s not easy to get a malicious app into Apple’s heavily guarded and scrutinized App Store, but it is still possible. Infamous Apple hacker Carlie Miller created an app that was disguised to look like a generic stock market app, … Continue reading

Apple Takes iTunes to Other Kinds of Payments – New York Times Blogs

Apple is reaching into Google’s Wallet. This week Apple introduced a new feature for the iPhone in its Apple Store app. The feature, called EasyPay, allows people to take a picture of the bar code of a product with the phone’s … Continue reading

China Mobile Wants Cut of Apple’s App Store Revenues – All Things Digital

China Mobile’s talks with Apple to officially add the iPhone to its smartphone lineup continue to drag on with no end in sight. The latest intelligence on their discussions has the two companies “firmly engaged” on the idea of future … Continue reading

Amazon Kindle Fire Takes Open Approach to Apps – YAHOO!

Although it can’t compete with Apple’s App Store, Amazon is launching the Kindle Fire with several thousand of the most popular Android apps and games. All of the apps are Amazon-tested for the Kindle Fire. The app lineup includes Netflix, … Continue reading

Windows Phone 7 jailbreak app shows that Microsoft, not Apple, is the friend of openness – Computerworld

Apple has managed through the years to portray itself as the friend of freedom and openness, while depicting Microsoft as the exact opposite. But the recent decision by Microsoft to approve the use of a jailbreak app for Windows Phone … Continue reading

iOS 5 Security Flaw Exposed as Apple App Store is Hacked – Christian Post

To prove the security flaw, Miller made a deceptive app called Instastock, which was accepted into Apple’s app store. Once it was downloaded to an iPhone, a video Miller made shows the phone being hacked, which includes stealing its contacts … Continue reading

Unique Multilingual Video Tutorial hits the Apple Mac App Store – SCOtutor for Lion – YAHOO!

With Apple’s rapid expansion into China and South America, a one man, UK based training company is following suit, and targeting a worldwide audience. SCOtutor for Lion is a new video tutorial app produced by Don McAllister of ScreenCastsOnline, but … Continue reading

New Fleet Director Mobile Apps Available From Teletrac – Newsblaze.com

… Director Mobile iPad application can be downloaded from the Apple iTunes® store at no cost at http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fleet-director/id474926683?mt=8. The application is designed for current Fleet Director customers only, using …

Walmart updates apps to reach tech-savvy shoppers – Reuters UK

through a new iPad app and updated app for Apple Inc’s (AAPL.O) iPhone. The move comes as Walmart tries to win over customers who are doing more research and shopping on their gadgets. Three-quarters to 92 percent of shoppers at … Continue reading

Apple Boots Security Researcher for Rogue App – YAHOO!

In a move to prove that Apple’s App Store could be stocked with apps containing malicious code, a notable security researcher put a rogue app into the store. Now, that notable security researcher is banned from Apple’s developer program. Charlie … Continue reading