Google Play marks first birthday with sale
To mark its first birthday, Google Play is launching a sale, as the internet giant continues to push its app store to rival Apple and Amazon in the paid digital content market.
Apple
Apple patent wars: Samsung fine slashed
The patent wars between Samsung and Apple are continuing, with Samsung aiming to its US copyright fine further, after a judge decided to reduce the original sum from $1.05bn to $600m.
Google brings Play gift cards to UK
Google is to sell gift cards for its Play Store in UK shops, as it looks to push its paid content to rival Apple’s App Store.
Tesco Blinkbox expands into books and music
Tesco has expanded its video streaming service Blinkbox with new music and ebook stores, as the UK-based supermarket giant looks to rival web giants such as Amazon, Google and Apple in the lucrative mobile entertainment market.
Evernote resets all passwords after hack
Evernote has reset all 50 million user passwords after it became the latest in a string of high profile technology firms to be hit by hackers.
The rise of online learning: Apple’s iTunes U hits 1 billion downloads
Apple has announced that its iTunes U online learning courses have reached the 1 billion download milestone 6 years after launch.
Guest comment: ‘The New Complexity’- The rise of connected devices
This year at MWC we are seeing the market being shaken up with the emergence of new connected and converged devices, giving rise to a shift that Olof Schybergson, CEO of service design consultancy, Fjord calls ‘the new complexity.’
Mobile trends: New apps ‘struggling to break into top charts’
Getting into the lucrative top 20 apps charts on Apple’s App store or Google Play is becoming tougher, according to new research.
Nokia takes on Android with cheaper Lumia handsets
Nokia has launched cheaper version of its flagship Lumia smartphones, as the Finnish mobile maker looks to regain lost ground to Google’s Android in the budget phone market.
Shazam hits 300 million users, revamps Apple and Android tablet apps
Media discovery service Shazam has reached 300 million users, as the firm announces new apps for the iPad and Android tablet devices.