Kik Messenger hits 30M users, launches Kik Cards to easily share media

While the hype for group messaging apps has died down considerably over the past few years, that hasn't stopped Kik Messenger from continuing to improve its app.

Apple’s app store revenue is 4X Google Play’s … but Google Play is growing 24X faster

Apple's App Store is still the king of mobile apps stores, with the four times the revenue of Google Play, but Google Play is growing much, much faster than the App Store.

Black Friday beats Cyber Monday for mobile shopping

In the battle between made-up consumer holidays, it looks like Black Friday still reigns supreme on mobile devices.

Everything.me secures $25M because smart simply isn’t good enough

Everything.me raises $25 million to make smart phones "dynamic" by presenting apps you may need in real-time.

Boyfriend Maker sneaks violent sexual content — including references to pedophilia — onto Apple’s app store

Apple has worked hard to keep the app store free of porn. But it looks like one developer has snuck an app with violent sexual content -- including references to pedophilia -- into the app store right under Apple's nose.

The Wii U gets a YouTube app to bolster Nintendo’s living room ambitions

The Wii U isn't all about fun and games. It's also about videos about fun and games.

1,000,000 apps have been created for iOS (but Android is in hot pursuit)

According to social app discovery company Appsfire, today is the day that marks the one million apps have been created for Apple's app store.

Swirl from Betaworks: A group photo sharing app that may finally work!

Betaworks' latest is an effortless group photo-sharing app powered by hashtags.

Mobile app development: 94% of software developers bet on HTML5 winning

A few months ago, when Facebook admitted defeat and went native with its iOS app, some thought it was a death-knell for HTML5.

App discovery is still broken, but Hubbl could have the fix

While the number of app stores has grown exponentially, discovering new ones is as tough as ever. Hubbl, however, may have the solution.

mBlox: app developers, here’s how to revive old apps (and 30K free messages to help)

You built the app. Everyone came, and you were over the moon. But now, months later, no-one is opening your app, and you're pulling out your hair.

Facebook’s iPhone app adds easy chat access, plus support for Gifts

Facebook’s iPhone app is now sporting features first seen in the company’s standalone Messenger app: now you can swipe left from anywhere inside the app to access your friends and instantly begin chatting.

With version 5.1 of Facebook’s iPhone app, …

Verizon’s closing down app store, shuttering apps on millions of devices

Verizon announced today that it is shutting down its app store in favor of existing marketplaces such as Google Play and Amazon. The app store and apps downloaded from it will be taken down by March 2013.

iPhone’s app download share falls below 30%, but iPads have 5X the downloads of Android tabs

According to a just-released study from London-based ABI Research, iPhone had only 29 percent of app downloads in the second quarter of 2012, compared to 47 percent for Android.

5 months later, Facebook finally adds search to App Center

Most app marketplaces seem to be a black hole for apps that don't make it into the "top" lists. Facebook is no exception, and today the company began rolling out search to its App Center customers, helping people find cool, unknown apps.

Waze goes seriously social: Now you can share driving trips and easily pick up friends

Waze has been on a roll with its free crowdsourced GPS navigation apps, but today the company is getting even more social with an update that could change the way you drive forever.