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Apps downloads hit record high in last week of December

January 3, 2012
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For the first time in a single week, more than a billion apps have been downloaded, according to a study. Analytics firm Flurry said 1.2 billion apps were downloaded in the last week of December. Activity was buoyed by the facts that many users received new devices for Christmas and firms offered discounted apps over [...]

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Android plagued by malware – McAfee

August 25, 2011
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The amount of malware targeting Android devices rose by 76 per cent in the second quarter of this year, according to research released by McAfee. That means Android is now the most popular mobile target for virus writers, overtaking Symbian for the first time. Read the full article here: Source: Rob Crossley Via Develop

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Publisher shares plummet amid panic trading

August 9, 2011
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EA stock down 9.25%; Activision down 4.64%; Take-Two down 8.81%; THQ down 7.91%; FTSE suffers record losses. Britain and the US’s stock have fallen their furthest since the 2008 credit crisis, as trader anxieties continue to seize global markets. On Tuesday morning the FTSE-100 fell 4.1 per cent, presently signifying a 17.7 per cent fall [...]

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Aggressive Amazon signs PopCap exclusivity deal

May 17, 2011
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PopCap will host its first two Android games exclusively on the Amazon App Store for fourteen days, the company has said. The deal will see the release of PopCap title Chuzzle on Amazon’s mobile store until May 30th. Later in the month, the Android edition of Plants vs Zombies will be released on Amazon’s digital [...]

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