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Amazon Rolls Out More Apps for Kindle–Very Slowly

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 10, 2010 at 7:26 am PT

A year after launching its Kindle developer program, Amazon has added another third-party application to its black-and-white e-reader, the viability of which as a popular platform for outside developers remains to be seen.

Top iOS Apps of 2010: Flipboard, Hipstamatic, Plants Vs. Zombies and Osmos

John Paczkowski in Mobile on December 9, 2010 at 3:45 pm PT

Just nine days into December and the “Best of 2010? lists are already piling up like early snow. The latest, Apple’s iTunes Rewind, highlights the store’s most popular content of the year and, while its lists of music and movies are certainly worth a look, its breakdown of popular iOS apps is most interesting.

A Shopping Trip To the App Store For Your iPhone

Walter S. Mossberg and Katherine Boehret in The Mossberg Solution on July 22, 2008 at 6:50 pm PT

The best feature in Apple’s second-generation iPhone 3G is the “App Store,” a distribution mechanism for third-party programs. In general, the process of choosing and downloading apps is easy and quick, and most of the programs are useful or entertaining. Here’s a guide to choosing the apps for your iPhone.