Tag: Smartphones

BlackBerry Renames App World and Expands Content

BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) has been on the wrong side of innovation ever since the iPhone revolutionized the smartphone market in 2007.  RIM has introduced a number of updated operating systems; they even purchased OS maker QNK, which is making its smartphone debut when BlackBerry 10 launches at the end of the month. …

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App Store Tops 40 Billion Downloads

Apple announced yesterday that the App Store reached another major milestone, passing 40 billion downloads since it launched in 2008. The more telling aspect, though, is that nearly 20 billion of those downloads took place in 2012 alone. Just last month over the holidays, the App Store had an all-time record of two-billion monthly downloads. …

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