Mozilla has just launched its roadmap for 2012 and one of the big issues in it is the Mozilla App Store that is soon to be launched. The Mozilla Roadmap, which itemises issues the organization will focus on, highlights the issues that Mozilla will be laying emphasis on going forward.
The Mozilla Apps 2012 Roadmap is one of these issues and targets a number of significant issues that Mozilla plans to target in the year. This includes “dismantling” the closed app store ecosystems …

Apple has amended its trademark lawsuit against Amazon regarding the phrase “App Store” dragging the recently-released Kindle Fire tablet into the issue.
Apple fired a lawsuit towards Amazon’s way after the internet commerce giant launch its Amazon Appstore for Android earlier this year.
Apple has argued that Amazon’s use of “Appstore” is illegal and it should be barred to do so as it would confuse consumers.
The amended complaint was filed by Apple this week.

Apple has amended its …

The Gmail for iOS app has gone live again on the Apple App Store.

The Gmail for iOS app has again gone live on the Apple App Store.

Shortly after the Gmail for iOS app was launched by Google on the Apple App Store, the internet search and advertising giant pulled the app because it had bugs.
In a post on the Official Gmail Blog, Gmail Product Manager Matthew Izatt said that “Two weeks ago, we introduced our Gmail app for iOS. Unfortunately it contained a bug which broke notifications and …

A security researcher who has discovered and revealed a risky iOS security hole has also risked his iOS Developer Program License, various reports note.

Charlie Miller has discovered and revealed a security hole with iOS and the Apple App Store and got his iOS developer’s license revoked. Image: Witer / Flickr (CC)

First reported by Forbes’ Andy Greenberg, Charlie Miller is said to have found a serious security hole on iOS which let him stealthily initiate and complete commands on an …

Google’s Android Market has surpassed the 500,000 mark for mobile apps despite the fact that the company detracted 37 percent from the marketplace after publication.
While the Android Market has experienced a meteoric rise in mobile apps for two years and counting, Apple’s own marketplace, App Store, remains dominant with 600,000 apps.
Apple, surprisingly, also has approved apps that eventually land on the trash pile, with 24 percent booted off even though these apps passed Apple’s strict …

Google has achieved four significant feats by passing the 6 billion mark for app installations on Android devices, witnessing more than 550,000 device activations daily, powering up 130 million total devices, and offering over 250,000 apps on the Android Market.
Thanks to those numbers, Google raised a considerable $9.02 billion in gross revenues, a “record breaking” 32% more than last year’s Q2, according to the company’s second quarter earnings report
The first milestone of …

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One of Apple’s law firms recently sent a cease-and-desist letter to mobile applications marketplace operator GetJar to demand it stop using the phrase “App Store” on its website and other ventures, a report from the Wall Street Journal reveals.
According to the report, law firm Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP sent the cease-and-desist letter to GetJar on June 22.
GetJar, which …

Apple has again lost a battle in its war for exclusivity to the “App Store” phrase after a U.S. judge had denied the request for an injunction to stop Amazon from using “Appstore” for its web applications marketplace.
According to reports, Judge Phyllis Hamilton of the U.S. District Court for Northern California denied on Wednesday Apple’s request for an injunction which would have forced Amazon to immediately stop using “Appstore” in its trade.
“The court finds that Apple has …

Google’s latest foray into the social sphere, Google+, will soon be available for Apple’s popular smartphone and tablet, the iPhone and the iPad, as the application for Google+ has been submitted for approval on the Apple App Store.
The news comes via a Google+ post by Google’s Erica Joy who said that: “For my iPhone using friends: the Google+ iPhone app has been submitted to the App store (no not today, sometime prior to today) and is awaiting approval.”
This has led to industry …

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Apple now has more than 100,000 iPad apps in its App Store, reports TOI.
A report recently published in MacStories says, “In 453 days since the original iPad came out, the App Store has more than 100,000 iPad-exclusive apps available.” Apple achieved this milestone just 15 months after launching its iconic tablet on April 3, 2010.
In MacStories report, it is claimed that Apple has …