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Earlier today Tyler Perry Studios unveiled a new joint venture with BET Networks to start an online streaming service called BET+. The service will be available later this year for several platforms.

A rumour is now circulating that Google might, after giving Microsoft the cold shoulder all these years, be bringing its apps to the Windows platform, possibly at Microsoft's October 6th event.

uTorrent says it's "never been satisfied" making money from bundling third-party software with its BitTorrent client, and is exploring new ways to generate revenue "with options for every budget".

With only a few days left until the release of the Apple Watch, screenshots are being made available of various apps for the device. Today, we get our first glimpse of gaming on the Apple Watch.

Apple has announced that its App Store has broken some pretty impressive records in terms of sales in 2015. The company has shared some interesting statistics with the public in its press release.

The official LiveLeak app has released for Android, promising mobile access to all the Russian dashcam videos you'll ever want and then some more. An iOS app remains in the works as well.

The company behind Parallels - which, among other things, allows Mac and iOS users to run Windows applications - is planning to bring its popular software to Windows Phones, tablets and PCs.

Last week, Microsoft confirmed that Windows 8's built in applications would receive a major update, and today they've released some of those applications to the public.

Windows Phone 7 launched one year ago, with a handful of devices and a pretty slim line-up of apps. Now, one year on, we look at how the app ecosystem has developed, and what's next for the mobile OS.

If Facebook was really an "appalling spy machine," it would probably be decommissioned and smashed to bits for allowing information to leak easily to unwanted hands. No, it's not necessarily just American intelligence agencies. Advertisers...

In a move sure to have privacy advocates up in arms, Facebook will now allow apps to access a user's current address and mobile phone number. The new ''feature'' was quietly introduced in a blog post...

With modern smartphones having integrated application stores, the hardest thing about the application purchasing process has become the payment itself. Well, at least for some consumers (i.e. those without credit cards). But the makers of...

Not too long ago, there was a bug on Facebook that allowed applications to be installed on your account without your authorization. Facebook claimed that they had fixed this bug, and that users...

According to AppleInsider, the next version of the iPhone OS, 4.0, will support multitasking, allowing users to switch back and forth between third party applications. The inside source said they have provided a “full-on...

Apple has sent out notices to some developers who have previously submitted an application that contains sexual content that Apple claims is “inappropriate.” TechCrunch is reporting that “Wobble iBoobs (Premium Uncensored)” was recently removed...

As Neowin reported last week, Google was in the process of making software that translates text on your phone. The phone can’t translate spoken words, but uses your phone’s built-in camera, sending it to...

Twitter announced today that developers have created 50,000 applications based on the Twitter platform. Twitter's Director of Platform Ryan Sarver donned the stage this morning at the tech conference Le Web 09 to announce several...

After a huge rush of success at its birth, the social networking website Twitter is seeing substantially less tweets as time goes on for US users. According to an article at eMarketer following spectacular initial...

Facebook has agreed to comply with the Canadian Privacy Commissioner's office and adjust their third-party application policy. This adjustment in policy will require each developer to specify which fields of user data they will...

It's been debated for some time as to whether or not the Zune HD will feature apps, similar to its competitor, Apple's iPod touch; many people expected the more logical solution, that it would, though...

Microsoft has officially revealed its Office Web Applications offerings ahead of the announcements at this years Worldwide Partner Conference today. Company officials have posted several "what's new" videos onto the Microsoft Showcase site. The what's...

Apple has filed new patents today for its iPhone. Some of the items in the new patents include real world object identification, face detection and recognition, text messaging filtering, smart text messages and voice...

Yesterday a journalist for Forbes.com named Elizabeth Woyke published an article stating how much it would cost if an individual wished to purchase ALL of the some 55,000+ applications currently available through Apple's App.Store. Why...

The average PC user has a dozen or so applications which they completely swear by – and rightfully so. What gets the job done is what matters the most. There is, however, a treasure-trove of...

An iPhone application named BeautyMeter, approved by Apple, has been reported by Wired.com to contain child pornography. The application allows users to upload pictures of themselves and have them rated by other iPhone...

Microsoft will be launching their new application store, Windows Marketplace for Mobile, pretty soon and it's just been revealed the level of content that will be initially available. In an interview with MobiFrance (yes, that...

After the success of Apple's App Store, it seems other companies have noticed the benefits that such an offering can have on business. Other companies such as Palm, Google and Nokia have their own offerings,...