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Mobile firms could struggle to match the success of Apple's App Store when creating their own online software supermarket, hampered by technical issues, a lack of applications and increased competition.

Apple still does not have any plans to enter the booming netbook market. Instead, the company may be preparing to introduce a new mobile device, a tablet measuring between 7 and 10 inches, according to analysts from research firm Piper Jaffrey.

A 13-year-old downloaded the billionth application from the Apple App online Store, becoming the grand-prize winner in the company's app countdown contest, Apple said Friday.

Apple has come under scrutiny after it released a rather insensitive 99-cent application, called Baby Shaker that allows the user to shake a baby in order to keep it from crying.

Mega-malls may be big, but when you need a fart noise generator, sometimes it's the smaller shops that do the trick -- at least that's true of the crop of virtual mobile retailers called app stores.

The Verizon Hub, a new kind of home phone with some Web add-ons like weather and traffic reports, will soon come with an applications market, following a trend among cellphone makers such as Apple to open up to third-party apps.

Research in Motion today launched its online applications catalog, dubbed App World in response to competitors like Apple and Google who already offer exclusive applications in the marketplace.

Streaming video provider Boxee is moving past the Hulu debacle by rolling out new apps for Pandora, RadioTime, and PBS, and an alpha version of its site.

Apple Inc unveiled new software for the iPhone that will support some long-anticipated features, such as copy-and-paste of text and picture messaging, as the company pushes to stay competitive in the phone market.

Sirius XM Radio Inc looks to expand the reach of its satellite radio service with the second-quarter launch of an iPhone application as it explores a potential marketing partnership with satellite TV provider DirecTV Group.

NEW YORK - Sirius XM Radio Inc looks to expand the reach of its satellite radio service with the second-quarter launch of an iPhone application as it explores a potential marketing partnership with satellite TV provider DirecTV Group.

APP Pharmaceuticals Inc., a major supplier of Heparin, will increase prices of the treatment due to rising costs in raw material, testing and additional personnel costs, the company announced today.