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  • Apple B2B App Store open for business

    The Apple <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/235808/what_you_should_know_about_the_apple_apps_volume_purchase_program.html">B2B App Store is open</a> for business. Only a week after first revealing details of the new platform, Apple has launched the service and businesses that use iOS devices can begin to take advantage of the benefits it has to offer.

  • APP OF THE DAY: TripView

    Anybody who relies on the public transport in Sydney will attest to how tricky in can be sometimes to catch the right train or bus at the right time, but TripView is here to make the process a little bit simpler.

  • Google+ for iPhone takes App Store by storm

    Google+ for iPhone hit Apple's App Store a mere 24 hours ago but it's being downloaded like wildfire as it currently sits atop the heap as the most popular free app</a> available from iTunes. This is big news considering Google+ is still invitation-only and only has 18 million users so far, compared to Facebook's 750 million. That said, Google+ users can now upload contacts from Outlook and Mac address books (not Facebook, though), which may result in even bigger Google+ adoption numbers.

  • APP OF THE DAY: SwiftKey X

    TouchType Ltd. has devised an app that adapts to your mobile typing style regardless of whether it is accurate and careful or speedy and imprecise.

  • Why your business should accept mobile payments

    Isis, a mobile payment provider established by AT&A, T-Mobile and Verizon in 2010, announced a deal with Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express Tuesday. Isis offers mobile payment options based on Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, which allows users to "swipe" their phones in front of a scanner to make a payment.

  • APP OF THE DAY: TripAdvisor

    Allegedly the world’s #1 travel app in more than 80 countries, TripAdvisor is either an essential part of your travel planning or a Web page pretending to be an app depending on how you look at it.

  • APP OF THE DAY: Notes Plus

    For an increasing amount of professionals, the iPad’s portability and ease of use has made it an attractive choice as a note taking tool.

  • APP OF THE DAY: SPB Wallet

    Ever been in a situation where you can’t remember your private information and wish you could write them on bits of paper and stash them in hidden corners of your wallet? SPB Wallet is one of those handy apps that allow you to protect and remember valuable private information – including passwords, PINs, accounts, codes, credit card and passport numbers.

  • Free Scrabble app comes to Android, but disappoints

    Word nerds everywhere rejoiced at news this week that Scrabble is now available as a <a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=ca.jamdat.flight.scrabblefree">free app</a> for Android, but this nerd finds this latest version of the classic game a little lacking.

  • APP OF THE DAY: Crunchyroll

    Apple products have nice, high quality screens which means that, especially with the iPad, they’re great for watching TV series’, movies and animation.