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Apple has rejected a game that judges how high players toss their smartphone into the air.

Tempo, a Siri-esque iOS calendar that doubles as a personal assistant, today launched in Australia and New Zealand, the first time the app has been available outside of North America.

A new medical app has the ability to transform mobile phones into potentially life-saving devices by showing a user’s critical medical details on the locked screen.

Foxtel today pushed forth onto even more screens, coming to Samsung tablets and smartphones as well as PC and Mac computers.

Android owners are in for a surprise to kick their week off, with Amazon putting a bunch of (previously) expensive apps up for free, for a limited time.

The court case between Apple and Amazon over the App Store trademark has ended with a settlement between the companies that leaves Amazon free to continue using the Appstore name.

Despite delaying Plants vs Zombies 2's release to later this year, PopCap today announced a "soft launch" exclusively in Australia and New Zealand.

Twitter's once-popular video sharing app, Vine, may soon be a thing of the past, if current trends continue.

Time flies when you're enjoying yourself. Apple's App Store is celebrating its fifth anniversary and - if you'll excuse the cliche - we get the presents.

According to Microsoft, 100,000 Windows 8 apps reached the Windows Store in less time than it took for iOS or Android apps to reach the same milestone.

Juniper's latest mobile threat report makes it very clear that Apple's walled garden really is protecting users from malware. Android isn't.

Social networking service Instagram has got its video sharing feature off to a flying start, with 5 million videos uploaded in just the first 24 hours.

The ABC will upgrade its app after revelations that disabled people are finding it unusable.

Carsales.com showed a strong vote of confidence in Windows 8 this week, launching a native app for car buyers and researchers.

Snappy app Snapchat has answered its critics, with $100 million in new funding and an estimated $1 billion valuation.

A plucky group of Aussie winemakers have developed a free new app which allows users to keep track of exactly how much alcohol they're drinking.

Counterfeiting costs the global economy over $250 billion annually, but one Aussie entrepreneur is helping retailers fight back.

While some of us are busy Instagramming and Facebooking, over two-thirds of consumers do not download apps, according to some new research.

Peak telecommunications consumer body ACCAN has called on the ACCC to take action on mobile games that advertise as free but aggressively encourage or require in-app purchases to keep playing.

Viber today shocked its users, and possibly its rivals, by launching a fully-fledged desktop app for Mac and PC.