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To share or not to share? Legal privacy concerns abound

The odds are pretty good that if you’re a big consumer of mobile apps, the private information on your phone has been collected and sent somewhere without your knowledge.

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That’s a scary thought for consumers and…

Apple vs. Google: Who will win the mobile wars?

The New York Times Sunday Business Section on March 14, 2010, chronicles the epic battle of Apple vs. Google for dominance of the mobile applications market.

Apple vs. GoogleThe previous week, Apple filed a lawsuit against HTC, claiming the Taiwan-based phone maker…

Some iPhone apps may require FDA regulation

iphone-stethoscope-trimmed-150As more iPhone apps are released for medical purposes such as diagnosis and treatment of symptoms, Electronic Medical Records (EMR), and other health-related purposes, Apple‘s mobile device is garnering more attention from the FDA.

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Apps industry on the rise, says Gartner study

Gartner Inc. reports good news for the apps industry. The world’s leading information technology research and advisory company predicts that the mobile application stores will take in $6.2 billion in consumer spending in 2010 and another $0.6 billion in worldwide

Build your own mobile app even if you can’t write programs

To make app development more accessible, MinneapolisMobile On Services BuildAnApp provides novices with simple templates for use by businesses and organizations.  The template works on several platforms including the iPhone, Blackberry, as well as

Arnold and Porter App Released

SS-2010-01-15_17.23.13Arnold and Porter LLP has recently launched its own iPhone application for its Consumer Advertising Law Blog.  The app will provide its clients and readers with a mobile way to access their blog now.

According to the Firm’s…

Airport security alert: TSA wants its service rated

Call it crowdsourcing, online rating or real-time reporting. The Web allows for immediate, detailed consumer commentary on products and services.  That feedback has extended to cell phones and reached the airline-security experience through the “Survey on the

Rejected Apple Apps Publicized

Although Apple‘s review process for iPhone apps seems to elude most developers, some help is in sight. In addition to the FCC‘s ongoing investigations since Google Voice was rejected by Apple, a very useful Web site…

Developers quit Apple due to legal, contract and creative frustrations

Several important apps developers are unhappy with Apple and the way the company is still exerting too much control over their App Store. Some developers are so frustrated with Apple and their stringent policies that they are completely…

Law firm associate puts names to faces with iPhone app

A new app has been developed for the iPhone that connects people’s faces to their names by using photos from their LinkedIn accounts.  The app is called Learn That Name.

It was created by Eric Koester, an…

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