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  Google: 900 million Android activations to date, 48 billion app installs

  By Chris Welch on May 15, 2013 12:10 pm + 17 comments

  900 million Android devices have been activated since Google's mobile operating system launched to Continue reading…

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  BlackBerry 10.1 rolling out to Z10 starting today, will reach US carriers by end of May

  By Chris Welch on May 14, 2013 09:32 am + 14 comments

  On stage at BlackBerry Live 2013, CEO Thorsten Heins just revealed that BlackBerry 10.1, the updated Continue reading…

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  Windows Phone hits 145,000 apps, but progress slows

  By Casey Newton on May 11, 2013 06:42 am + 463 comments

  Microsoft's efforts to build out the app ecosystem for Windows Phone 8 appear to be reaching a Continue reading…

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  Never forget with Thinglist, a fun way to organize and remember things

  By Ellis Hamburger on May 8, 2013 11:50 am + 39 comments

  Thinglist isn’t like most iPhone apps. Its promo video includes no glockenspiels, acoustic guitar Continue reading…

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  Viber expands to PC and Mac as competitors preach 'mobile only'

  By Ellis Hamburger on May 7, 2013 08:00 am + 82 comments

  Jan Koum, CEO of WhatsApp, has no intention of building an app for desktop computers. WhatsApp is Continue reading…

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  Nintendo reportedly hoping to port smartphone apps to the Wii U in effort to boost sales

  By Nathan Ingraham on May 6, 2013 10:39 am + 99 comments

  It's no secret that the Wii U isn't selling well, with Nintendo's bottom line suffering as a result. Continue reading…

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  Amazon launches Appstore in China, beats Google with paid Android apps

  By Matt Brian on May 6, 2013 03:51 am + 21 comments

  In an attempt to captialize on the expanding mobile economy in China, Amazon has launched its A Continue reading…

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  Ticker tape, circa 2013: New York Times breaking news alerts come to Little Printer

  By Ellis Hamburger on May 3, 2013 12:22 pm + 21 comments

  At launch, tabletop "newspaper" printer Little Printer was surprisingly devoid of news. The Continue reading…

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  Top Shelf 009: a few of our favorite things

  By Evan Rodgers on May 3, 2013 08:38 am + 14 comments

  Laptops, tablets, cameras... that's fun and all, but what do we *really* like? What else do we pine Continue reading…

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  Alone together: will one messaging app rule them all?

  By Ellis Hamburger on May 2, 2013 01:46 pm + 374 comments

  Great, I’ll text you later! Never mind, I’ll WhatsApp you later, or are you using Kik now? Ah, I Continue reading…