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Instagram Snobs Instahate Facebook Deal

In the hours following Facebook's announcement of its $1 billion acquisition of photo sharing app Instagram, some segments of the Internet reacted with extreme emotions, but the one that really stands out is all the hate.

By Rebecca Greenfield

Apr 6, 2012

Microsoft's Desperate Attempt to Woo Developers Isn't Working Yet

Just in time for the release of the new Windows phone, the Nokia Lumia 900, we learn all about how Microsoft plans to beef up its skimpy app store.

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By Jen Doll

Mar 9, 2012

Happiness Is on a Bus to SXSW

For the third year in a row, a bunch of buses filled with tech nerds are en route to Austin, Texas, for the annual South by Southwest interactive/film/music festival.

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By Seth Abramovitch

Mar 3, 2012

Apple Delivers Its 25 Billionth App (Probably the One with the Birds)

Today, the 25 billionth time-waster has been downloaded from Apple's App Store. Contain your enthusiasm.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Feb 24, 2012

What Can Apple's Acquisition of Chomp Mean?

News of Apple's acquiring the app recommendation startup Chomp strikes us as interesting for exactly three reasons.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Feb 22, 2012

The Government Steps in on App Privacy

Following last week's iPhone app data collection scandals, California will now mandate that all mobile applications have privacy policies.

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By Jen Doll

Jan 31, 2012

Rejected and Don't Know Why? There's an App for That

In the etiquette of dating there is something you might call, colloquially, "the fade out," or perhaps "the fadeaway"—you also might call it, in harsher terms, being rejected by someone who deems it not important to actually tell you you are being rejected.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jan 9, 2012

AT&T Wants to Take On Apple With Its Own App Store

At an executive-studded keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, AT&T unveiled a very unexpected new initiative: an Apple-like, HTML5-powered app store.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Jan 2, 2012

Devastated Post Secret App Lovers Find a New Secret Sharing Home

When PostSecret, the beloved secret-on-a-post-card sharing site, announced it had to take down its app because of "content that was not just pornographic but also gruesome and at times threatening," fans were not happy about it.

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By Dino Grandoni

Dec 27, 2011

Chart of the Day

A Look at All the Apps We Downloaded Christmas Morning

A good indication that, despite complaints on Twitter, we got the smartphones we wanted for Christmas? Just check out all the apps we downloaded to celebrate the birth of Jesus this year.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Dec 19, 2011

Occupy Amazon Is a Tough Movement to Get Behind

In response to Amazon's price check application, retailers have responded, creating an "Occupy Amazon" movement that unfortunately for them, doesn't help their cause.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Dec 7, 2011

Designing an iPad App for the iPhone

When translating its popular iPad app for magazine reading to the iPhone, Flipboard didn't just shrink its iPad app and slap it on the iPhone.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Dec 6, 2011

More Android App Downloads Doesn't Mean More Money for Developers

The announcement of Android's 10 billionth app download should be great news for developers. After all, more downloads means more money, right? Actually, it might not.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Oct 25, 2011