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NEW YORK/SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is jumping into the fast-growing e-books market by investing $605 million over five years in Barnes & Noble Inc's Nook e-reader and college business, as it looks to unlock Amazon.com and Apple Inc's grip on the exploding tablet computer market. The move comes just six months before …

TORONTO (Reuters) - Whether it is melting glaciers, coastal erosion or drying lakes, a new app displays the impact of climate change on the planet by using before and after satellite images. Called Fragile Earth, the app for iPhone and iPad shows how our planet is impacted by global warming by featuring more than 70 sites …

You can file the new FarFaria app into the "Why didn't I think of this?" folder. The iPad app can best be described as Netflix for children's books. That is, after a free 30-day trial, you pay $3.99 a month … Continue …

TORONTO - For those times when you suddenly need a hotel room but have no idea where to book, a new mobile app that launched in Canada on Thursday promises to find the best deal for a last-minute stay.

BEIRUT - I'm one of the millions of smartphone owners addicted to Instagram, the free camera app that makes tweaking and sharing photos miraculously easy. While it's wildly popular and the target of Facebook's $1 billion takeover deal, Instagram isn't the only camera app worth having.

BEIRUT - I'm one of the millions of smartphone owners addicted to Instagram, the free camera app that makes tweaking and sharing photos miraculously easy. While it's wildly popular and the target of Facebook's $1 billion takeover deal, Instagram isn't the only camera app worth having.

Music lovers, listen up. If you enjoy rhythm-based music games -- like Guitar Hero, Rock Band, DJ Hero or Tap Tap Revenge -- you might want to tap your way through the just-released Dance Legend app from TuneWiki. Ideal for dance … Continue …

A new iPhone app has been created to alert municipal officials of potholes in their city.

It's being described as "the world's largest dream experiment": an iPhone app that can reportedly control a user's dreams. British psychologist Richard Wiseman — who claims to have the most followers of any psychologist on Twitter — has teamed up … Continue …

The new iPad is setting the stage for what’s to come for Apple, and with that much screen real estate, the only significant limits will be the imaginations of developers who publish programs in the App Store. Now on its third iteration, the iPad has made an indelible mark on society as a whole, with Apple selling nearly …

What does solving a Rubick's Cube, making beef jerky and curling your hair with a straightening iron all have in common? They're just three out of many hundreds of guides available bundled in the new (and awesome) Snapguide app for iPhone, iPod … Continue …

MEXICO CITY - Mexico City's government is offering a free app for BlackBerrys that will alert users when a major earthquake is approaching the capital.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - IPhone-less hipsters rejoice: The popular photo-taking and photo-sharing app Instagram is now on Android.

TORONTO - Having established itself as a popular and handy app for millions of mobile users in North America and elsewhere, Calgary-based Poynt is now focusing its efforts on the massive markets of India and China.

App developers will get their hands on the latest BlackBerry prototype months before it is released, which should allow for a greater selection of programs when it hits shelves.

OC Transpo launched a long-awaited free mobile application for tracking bus times using real-time data on Wednesday, but general manager John Manconi says the app remains a work in progress.

The latest version of Apple's iPad tablet hits a temperature of 46.7 C after 45 minutes of running a video game app, a test by Consumer Reports has found.