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As text messaging turned 20 years old this year, traditional SMS messages have seen a decline for the first time in the United States. Will texting eventually be replaced by social media and other messaging apps?

Dozens of new apps are being released all the time, and here's a look at some highlights from 2012.

For 2012, you can follow Santa Claus on his Christmas Eve journey on your smartphone with free apps to download.

For 2012, both NORAD and Google have their own Santa tracker apps to track the man in the red suit on Christmas Eve.

Rebtel, a private Swedish provider of Voice-over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP), announced new software for developers to design new apps into smartphones.

If you own an iPhone or iPad, you can watch the results from the polls and learn more about the presidential candidates on a number of free and cheap iOS applications.

Windows 8 is just one day away from its release date, and Microsoft took the stage to show users what to expect from its new Windows Store.

Google and Samsung have announced a new Chromebook. And, at $249, the product, as Google advertises, is the laptop “for everyone.”

Keep your kids safe on Halloween with apps like SecuraFone.

The first presidential debate of the 2012 campaign kicks off tonight, and these five apps will ensure that users are well-informed before tuning in.

Only two countries are members of the 1 billion mobile phone users club: China and India. In the latter, Nokia and Samsung are battling for the top spot, but their big worldwide rival is an Indian no-show: Apple and the iPhone. Here's why and what's at stake.

Three websites accused of copyright infringement for allowing the illegal download of Android apps have been taken down. Applanet.net, Appbucket.net and Snappzmarket.com have all been seized by the FBI.

Your friends can now know exactly when you are expecting to have a child, the gender, your partner, and where you plan to give birth, thanks to Facebook's latest category, "Celebrations"

Ailing Finnish phone maker Nokia Oyj (NYSE: NOK) said it agreed to sell an application tools unit acquired in 2008 to a local partner as well as 500 wireless patents to Vringo (NYSE: VRNG) of New York City in a bid to raise cash.

The 2012 Olympic Games are in full swing, running from July 27 through August 12 in London. From swimming, to gymnastics to archery, nations all over the world unite to compete in the most monumental and historical series of sporting events.

The 2012 Olympic Games will be the most digital sporting event in history. As a result, several organizations are now offering free apps and e-books for both London visitors and avid sports fans back home to put up-to-the-minute information on the Games and its host city in the palm of your hand.

Beginning Monday until July 8, tennis fans will be given two weeks of tennis action during Wimbledon 2012. Matches feature stars like Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer will be available for viewing at live-streaming websites, mobile apps for both Android and iOS and, of course, televised on the small screen.

Apple patted itself on the back at the onset of its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), flaunting growth figures alongside the competition's. The results, in case you didn't already guess, is the Cupertino, Calif. tech giant is doing pretty well.

In the past 24 hours, Google has acquired two companies to substantially improve its various online services. On Monday, Google bought social start-up Meebo to enhance its social services like Google Chat and its social network Google+, and on Tuesday, Google bought Quickoffice to boost the functionality and compatibility of Google Apps like Docs, Gmail, Calendar, Google Drive, and more.

NASA is challenging students, teachers, game developers and interested civilians to create web and mobile-based apps using data from the planetary data system.

As many as 79 percent of surveyed mobile app developers are planning to integrate HTML5 in the apps they will launch in 2012, said a latest report by International Data Corporation (IDC).