Last year, Nokia unveiled to the world its first handsets running under Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system, and it promised the availability of exclusive apps for them, to differentiate in a crowded market. No other Windows Phone handset would have these apps, nor would they be available on ...

Neal O’Farrell, executive director of the nonprofit Identity Theft Council, spoke about the seriousness of mobile security as part of San Francisco Small Business Week, Cult Of Mac reported. “There were more data breaches than U.S. residents last year and more cases of identity theft than just about all other ...

The Amazon Appstore was updated on Monday to include the company’s popular Test Drive feature on Android devices. The retail giant previously allowed users to test apps using desktop browsers prior to purchasing them, but now trials can be tested on devices. “Today we begin the beta rollout of Test ...

Strange as it may seem, Microsoft is preparing a very interesting service that allows you to migrate apps and app data between different mobile OSes. This is according to a patent application filed back in November 2010. It appears that MS will provide a service that will analyze the apps ...

Nearly two-thirds of consumers in the United States have spent money on mobile applications on at least one occasion according to a survey conducted by ABI Research. More than 70% of users spend little to nothing on apps, however, while the highest 3% of all spenders account for nearly 20% ...

Samsung is working on the development of a new mobile operating system, Tizen, which is slowly shaping up as a real-world platform, although many have had a hard time trusting that. To ensure that the OS will benefit from a good start, Samsung made sure to include it ...

Owners of handsets running under Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system can enjoy access to over 90,000 mobile applications at the moment, via the official Marketplace for them. The Windows Phone Marketplace has been launched in more countries around the world, which attracted mode developers interested in taking advant... ...

Apple’s iCloud service allows users to access their Mail, Contacts, Calendar, Find My Phone and iWork apps through the Web. The Cupertino-based company may be planning to add more functionality to its cloud service suite, however. As spotted by Cult of Mac, Apple’s iCloud beta site features two apps that are ...

With Instagram recently having been acquired by Facebook for $1 billion and OMGPOP, makers of Draw Something, cashing in for $200 million, developers are attacking the mobile app space with a renewed vigor. Before jumping head first into a new project aiming to be the next big acquisition target, developers ...

At the CTIA Wireless 2012 conference in New Orleans, US, Nokia announced a new series of applications available for its Windows Phone-powered handsets in the Lumia series. These apps, meant to provide users with appealing, locally relevant software on their devices, arrive on smartphones as the result of ...

Google’s application portal for devices running under Android is now accepting and offering paid applications in more countries around the world. The Internet giant has just announced that application developers in additional markets can now submit their paid apps to the store, and that they can do so ...

The security of the Android mobile platform has always been a topic of debate. Due to Google’s open ecosystem and less invasive app policing policies, researchers argue that the Google Play marketplace is home to numerous malicious apps. Reports have surfaced over the past few years that claimed even applications ...