Do you remember your first phone? I remember mine. No color screen other than the ugly green in the background on top of the black. They had maybe a few menial games, and I don’t think SMS or text was available yet. We have certainly have come a long way. We have smartphones as they are called...

We will hit a milestone this week, one million apps for the smartphone and tablet markets. Among the four major platforms, Apple, Android, RIM and Microsoft, there are almost one million apps available to date. This is truly an amazing accomplishment considering the rapid growth of the smartphones a...

We are a society that is plagued with fear. We put ratings on everything from movies, music & T.V. shows. I never thought that it would go this far though. A rating system for apps? Yes, last week the ESRB- Entertainment Software Rating Board and CTIA, the wireless industry conglomerate have dec...

Since it’s release in 2007, Apples’ iOS has remained malware free, first for the iPhone and now the iPad. This is due to Apples highly rigorous attitude towards their apps and their app store. The process that a developer has to go through to get an app approved in their store can be ove...

Yes, Canonical the people behind the Linux based OS Ubuntu have announced their plans to enter into the smartphone and tablet arena. I for one am excited about this. Ubuntu, I think is by far the best and easiest to use Linux OS. If you haven’t tried it, I would encourage you to do so. You can...

There will clearly be no true winners in all of the patent wars between Android partners, Apple and Microsoft. The latest in this war between the big three Google, Apple and Microsoft intensified today after Apple was rewarded the slide to unlock feature, which is available on numerous smartphones a...

Over the last few years, mobile applications or apps, as we like to refer to them, have become extremely popular. So much so, that some people can’t live without theirs. It grew with Apple and the popularity of the iPod Touch & the ever popular iPhone. With the popularity of other platform...

All of the major players out there have an app store, we at GiveMeApps are no different. With the release of Windows 8, Microsoft has acknowledged that they too will have an app store. Similar to that of Apple’s Mac App Store, the Windows Store will be integrated within Windows 8. Within a few...