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Uber CEO promises to be good from now on

In a public letter to the whole of London Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi struck a conciliatory tone while vowing to appeal the recent decision not to renew its license.

• 25 Sep 2017

The app economy is real, because our time is just too important

Many famous faces have decorated our notes over the years, but just like the cheque, cold, hard cash is living on borrowed time.

• 14 Aug 2017

Snapchat brings photo-vandalism to the outside world

As if superimposing bunny ears on a selfie wasn’t awesome enough, now you can befoul your every photo with digital detritus.

• 18 Apr 2017

Fitbit finally addresses the hypochondriac market

A new app is now available for Fitbit users around the world that will tell them when they are getting ill.

• 18 Jan 2017

Super Mario Run next big mobile hit but Nintendo shares plunge

Nintendo has continued its play on consumer nostalgia with the apparently successful launch of Super Mario Run in 151 countries worldwide, but investors seem far from impressed.

• 19 Dec 2016

Pokémon Go tops $300m customer spend but ticks off Iran and Thailand

Pokémon Go is not just a worldwide fad but a money-making machine, according to app data firm App Annie which estimates is will exceed $350 million in consumer spending across iOS and Google Play over the next few days.

• 15 Aug 2016

CMA orders UK banks to open up for mobile

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has released the final report from its retail banking market investigation enforcing widespread technological upgrades in some of the industry’s more traditional institutions.

• 09 Aug 2016

Nintendo shares drop 18% as company states it does not own Pokémon rights

Nintendo has released a statement in which the company outlined the limited impact Pokémon Go will have on its annual revenues. Following the news, around $6.7 billion was wiped from the company’s market capitalization.

• 25 Jul 2016

Pokémon Go launches and crashes in Japan, surprise surprise

After a barnstorming performance around the world, Pokémon Go has finally launched in the lucrative Japanese market, with servers crashing hours later, presumably not surprising many.

• 22 Jul 2016

Pokémon Go servers overwhelmed by demand and DDoS attack

Pokémon Go users have continued to struggle as the app’s developer Niantic Labs recovers from hacker attacks and unprecedented demand for the game.

• 18 Jul 2016

As Pokémon GO launches in the UK EE reveals record uptake

Nintendo’s Pokémon GO augmented reality mobile game launched in the UK today, having broken most mobile app records since its US launch last week.

• 14 Jul 2016

Want to make it big in the app economy? Learn Hindi or Portuguese

Research from App Annie highlighted emerging markets are set to account for 45% of global app revenue by 2020, with revenue growth expected to double figures in western economies.

• 09 Jun 2016

Apple opens first European iOS app development centre

Consumer tech giant Apple is creating Europe’s first iOS app development centre in Naples, Italy, which is designed to provide training and assistance to iOS developers.

• 21 Jan 2016

Microsoft courts Android users with Cortana digital assistant beta

Software giant Microsoft has taken another step along its new, platform-agnostic mobile strategy with the launch of a public beta of its Cortana personal digital assistant app on Android.

• 25 Aug 2015

Android gains share of enterprise market from Apple

Apple has lost share in the enterprise device market to Android in the past year, according to mobile secure platform company Good Technology, but iOS is still in a commanding position.

• 11 May 2015

Telcos poised to profit from in-vehicle app boom

The number of in-vehicle apps in use is expected to reach 269 million by 2018 according to a report published this week by Juniper Research, representing a more than fivefold increase on last year’s figure.

• 02 Jul 2014

BT launches VoIP smartphone app

UK fixed line incumbent BT is looking to take a slice of mobile operators’ revenues with an app that it has launched today. The BT SmartTalk app allows customers to make calls over a data connection from their iPhones,in a similar way to over-the-top solutions providers such as Skype and Viber, billed at the same rates that they are charged for calls from their BT landlines.

• 14 Jan 2013

FT app gets pulled from iTunes

The Financial Times (FT) has had its iPad app removed from iTunes following a dispute with Apple.

The decision was made after the FT refused to comply with Apple’s demand that is collects a 30 per cent cut from all in-app payments and subscriptions, and has ownership of all customer data that is collected.

• 01 Sep 2011