Build words, battle friends with PopCap’s new Bookworm Heroes

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After more than four months from its release in the Canadian App Store, PopCap’s Bookworm Heroes is now available globally for iOS devices. The turn-based game is an adaptation of the original word-forming puzzle Bookworm series, but the updated version now comes with multiplayer features on Facebook. The goal is to make the biggest words… Read More…

App of the Week: ‘StatSmack’ is perfect for March Madness

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Sure, you love your college basketball team, but how well do you argue against rival fans? StatSheet’s College Basketball “StatSmack” might just come in handy this time of year. It’s a free app for iPhone and Android. Just enter your favorite team, and the name of another team, and the app returns a list of statistical… Read More…

Apple App Store tops 40 billion downloads — half of them in past year

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Microsoft recently announced that the Windows Phone more than doubled the size of its app catalog in 2012, adding more than 75,000 new apps and games from third-party developers. That’s nothing compared to Apple’s latest app stats released today. Apple announced that there have been over 40 billion apps downloaded, with almost 20 billion just in… Read More…

Apple and Amazon still fighting over ‘app store’ name

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Remember this one? Amazon this week filed court papers disputing Apple’s allegation that its use of the phrase “Amazon Appstore” constitutes false advertising. The Seattle company asked a federal judge to reject Apple’s claim as part of a broader trademark dispute between the two companies over the “app store” phrase. Yes, these two are still… Read More…

After bending to Apple, adult ‘app market’ MiKandi awaits outcome of trademark fight

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Microsoft and Amazon.com aren’t the only companies hoping to see Apple stumble in its attempt to trademark the phrase “app store.” Seattle-based MiKandi.com, which operates an adult app store for Android devices, was forced to start using the phrase “app market” in its tag line after Apple served the company with cease-and-desist papers earlier this year over… Read More…

Amazon wins first round vs. Apple in ‘app store’ fight

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Amazon.com’s “Appstore” for Android can keep its name, at least for now, after a federal judge denied Apple’s request for a preliminary injunction against Amazon in the battle over Apple’s attempt to claim exclusive rights to the “app store” phrase. “Apple has not established that its ‘App Store’ mark is famous, in the sense of being… Read More…

Apple calls Amazon’s Appstore ‘inferior,’ contends confusion will hurt Apple’s brand

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The legal battle between Apple and Amazon.com over rights the phrase “app store” is starting to get more heated, maybe even verging on a little nasty. In its latest court filing, made public yesterday, Apple argues that Amazon’s use of the phrase for its Android “Appstore” will confuse consumers, making them think that Amazon is… Read More…

Latest on ‘App Store’ battle: Will the reality distortion field extend to the courts?

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The nuances of trademark law, or any law for that matter, can sometimes lead to statements that seem strange to the outside world. But even by that standard, this line from Apple’s latest filing in its “app store” dispute with Amazon.com is pretty remarkable. “Apple denies that, based on their common meaning, the words ‘app store’… Read More…

Apple ‘app store’ trademark challenged in Europe by Microsoft, HTC, Nokia, Sony Ericsson

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Microsoft and three of its key mobile partners — HTC, Nokia and Sony Ericsson — filed a challenge in Europe today seeking to invalidate Apple’s trademarks on the phrases “App Store” and “Appstore.” It’s the latest move in a struggle over rights to a phrase at the center of the booming mobile economy. The Redmond… Read More…

Sneak peek: Is this Microsoft’s Windows 8 App Store?

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Microsoft’s early planning documents for Windows 8, the next version of the PC operating system, suggested that the company was creating its own Windows App Store — a central place to find, buy, download, update and manage software. The concept will be familiar to mobile phone and Mac users, and it clearly has some major… Read More…