Facebook's Mobile Challenge Part I: Making Money

By Andy Patrizio | 5/30/2012

Facebook's recent IPO made it official: this giant of social networking has no idea how to make money off smartphone users. And this is something the company is going to have to figure out to stay on top.

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Instagram: The Newest Internet Phenomenon

By Dragan Petric | 5/29/2012

Whoever has a smartphone would have to completely avoid visiting the Apple App Store or Google Play not to be tempted to install Instagram. This photo taking and sharing app is hugely popular, and our European coorspondent takes a look at why and what it means.

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Official Facebook Camera App Makes Sharing Pictures a Snap

By Ryan Punzalan | 5/25/2012

Facebook is making it much easier to share photos, as well as look at friends' pictures, thanks to a new specialiazed camera app for the Apple iPhone.

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Nokia Lumia 610 Loses Skype Support

By Ed Hardy | 5/23/2012

The Nokia Luumia 610 was created for those looking for an inexpensive Windows Phone, and it therefore has a minimal feature set. Nokia says that, as a result, users of this model won't be able to use Skype.

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Six Streaming Music Apps for the iPhone: Free Choice, But at What Price?

By Ted Needleman | 5/17/2012

Streaming music apps let you get just the tunes that are really music to your ears. Apps are free, although the music might not be. Here are six top iPhone apps.

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Study Reveals Heavy Facebook Usage by Smartphone Owners

By Ryan Punzalan | 5/12/2012

According to a recently released mobile behavior measurement service, Mobile Metrix 2.0 by comScore, smartphone users spend a lot of time on social media apps such as Facebook.

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Apple Rejecting iPhone Apps with Dropbox Support

By Ed Hardy | 5/3/2012

Dropbox is one of the most popular cloud-based storage solutions, and many iPhone apps tie into it. This may stop soon, as Apple has decided these apps violate its guidelines for third-party software.

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LG Introduces Online Multimedia File Storage Service: LG Cloud

By Ryan Punzalan | 4/30/2012

LG Electronics announced the beta opening of LG Cloud, an online multimedia file storage service that is geared to connect and stream all forms of digital content across various electronic devices.

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Google Drive Merges Cloud Hosting with Doc Editing

By Ed Hardy | 4/24/2012

There is a wide range of online file hosting services available, but the newly-announced Google Drive adds something extra to the mix: the ability to edit the files stored on this cloud service.

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Microsoft Releases Official Skype App for Windows Phone

By Ryan Punzalan | 4/23/2012

The official Skype app has hit the Windows Phone Marketplace this weekend, two months after a beta version was released to the public. This joins the versions already available for iPhone, Android, Windows, OS X, and more.

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Nine Cool iPhone Apps for On-the-Go Movie Fans

By Mike Cohn | 4/21/2012

The iPhone is a movie fan's dream come true. Here are nine apps for checking reviews, finding films in theaters and online, viewing flicks on your phone, et cetera.

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The Best (and Worst) Video Chat Apps for Android OS Devices

By Adama D. Brown | 4/12/2012

Want to talk face-to-face from your phone with people elsewhere in the world? After testing six Android OS video chat apps, we tell you which are the best, and why.

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