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The secret shopper in your pocket

A new app uses technology to empower consumers - by revealing which corporations are responsible for the contents of your basket.

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Google unveils maps, photo and music features

Google's sixth annual conference for software developers is a chance for the company to showcase its latest services.

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Messaging app now extends to desktop

Popular messaging app Viber, which already boasts 200 million users, now has you covered on your PC and Mac desktop computers.

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How an app can help you lose weight
December 28 2012 at 09:28

Most weight-loss apps on the market haven't been scientifically tested but may still help people lose weight, says an expert.

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Play checkers with Christmas cookies or tic tac toe with Santa or his elves.

Have yourself an app-y little Christmas
December 22 2012 at 15:16

Kowthar Solomons takes a look at some of the top apps for the silly season.

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The new Twitter app will allow users to take a picture, crop it, enhance it, run it through one of eight filters, and then share it, all without closing the app. Picture: Moeletsi Mabe

Twitter rolls out photo editing features
December 20 2012 at 10:59

Twitter has announced new versions of its iOS and Android apps in line with filters and editing software similar to that of Instagram.

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A young boy looks at the website (www.noradsanta.org) to check on the progress of Santa Claus.

App lets kids keep track of Santa
December 19 2012 at 10:39

Children eager to track Santa Claus on his annual yuletide journey to homes across the world can download a new mobile app.

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Microsoft to help Santa find his way
December 14 2012 at 15:04

In the battle for Christmas, Microsoft has scored a win over Google as the official maps partner for Santa.

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Google Maps has become a must-download and a must-install for new iPhone users.

Google Maps rockets up iTunes list
December 14 2012 at 10:46

Google Maps have found their way back to the iPhone, and the new alternative was already the top-ranking free app in Apple's iTunes store.

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The Google Maps app will be compatible with any iPhone or iPod Touch that runs iOS 5.1 or higher, the company said in a blog post.

Google Maps makes its way back to iPhone
December 13 2012 at 10:13

Google's navigation tool has returned to the iPhone, months after Apple's home-grown mapping service flopped.

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Once the money is withdrawn the sender will receive an SMS notification that it has been collected and if it is not collected within 14 days the money is reversed into the sender's account.

Mobile apps ‘collecting personal data’
December 12 2012 at 15:08

US regulators have launched a series of probes on whether mobile apps targeted at children violate privacy laws.

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The Gauteng Travel Guide has outperformed the mobile app download distribution for iPhones, at 71.43 percent, compared to the benchmark of 0.37 percent.

Apple Maps glitch ‘could be deadly’
December 10 2012 at 11:35

If you go down to the woods today, don’t use your iPhone map...

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For Google+ to thrive, it is vital to draw in household names, not just to lay the groundwork for potential future business.

Google+’s 135 million users and still growing
December 7 2012 at 11:01

Google says its online social network had grown to 135 million active users, as it added a photo-sharing app to compete against services like Instagram.

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The secret shopper in your pocket

AP

Google unveils maps, photo and music features

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Messaging app now extends to desktop

How an app can help you lose weight December 28 2012 at 09:28

Have yourself an app-y little Christmas December 22 2012 at 15:16

Twitter rolls out photo editing features December 20 2012 at 10:59

App lets kids keep track of Santa December 19 2012 at 10:39

Microsoft to help Santa find his way December 14 2012 at 15:04

Google Maps rockets up iTunes list December 14 2012 at 10:46

Google Maps makes its way back to iPhone December 13 2012 at 10:13

Mobile apps ‘collecting personal data’ December 12 2012 at 15:08

Apple Maps glitch ‘could be deadly’ December 10 2012 at 11:35

Google+’s 135 million users and still growing December 7 2012 at 11:01

How an app can help you lose weight
December 28 2012 at 09:28

Have yourself an app-y little Christmas
December 22 2012 at 15:16

Twitter rolls out photo editing features
December 20 2012 at 10:59

App lets kids keep track of Santa
December 19 2012 at 10:39

Microsoft to help Santa find his way
December 14 2012 at 15:04

Google Maps rockets up iTunes list
December 14 2012 at 10:46

Google Maps makes its way back to iPhone
December 13 2012 at 10:13

Mobile apps ‘collecting personal data’
December 12 2012 at 15:08

Apple Maps glitch ‘could be deadly’
December 10 2012 at 11:35

Google+’s 135 million users and still growing
December 7 2012 at 11:01