Amazon Appstore marks first year, still fighting with Apple over ‘app store’ trademark

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Amazon’s Appstore for Android has been in business for a year now, and the company is marking the occasion with a bunch of deals on apps and games, and a sweepstakes offering a chance to win a Kindle Fire. And yes, they’re still calling it an Appstore. GeekWire marked the occasion of the Amazon Apptore’s… Read More…

Who needs Skype? Eight top apps for chatting, messaging and calling on iPhone and Android

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With the announced mega-acquisition of Skype by Microsoft, the world of VoIP, group messaging, and chat apps has been brought into focus. Aside from Skype, which is the uncontested king of the category, there are a bunch of other great apps that can also do chat, group messaging, and video or voice calling. At AppStoreHQ,… Read More…

Top 10 iPhone Music Apps: Classics, Hits and Deep Cuts

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It’s springtime, and the sun has begun peeking through the clouds, so music is in the air for sun-starved Seattleites. For locals — and for everyone else — we’re taking a look at the top 10 music-related apps for iPhone in this week’s installment of AppStoreHQ’s regular app roundup for GeekWire. AppStoreHQ’s AppRank technology combines… Read More…