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image thumb44 BlackBerry Apps World crosses 2,000 apps mark, still miles away from the App Store

It will be harsh to write BlackBerry App World off by comparing it to Apple’s App Store, why? Because it’s fairly new and it’s steadily growing as it crossed 2,000 apps for its devices. The App Store is in a different league given its immense growth in the last year and the highly profitable business it has turned out for the developers out there. Research in Motion is definitely going to have a tough time getting close to competing with the App Store but it will grow enough to be a part of the race.

image thumb128 Apple doesnt want the Green coming with Porn.. rejects Hottest Girls

While the news about Apple letting porn stuff through on the App Store might have surprised a few and made other rejoice, Apple was quick to spill water over  it. In less than a day, Apple has rejected one such app, Hottest Girls from the store. Perhaps the app just got overboard with naked women and enjoyed the burst while it lasted. No more sweating over the hottest girls on your iPhone.

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image thumb63 Yahoo is a bit to serious about iPhone adds Voice Search to the iPhone App.. Google has a competition

Yahoo appears to be a bit too obsessed with the iPhone all of a sudden. yesterday we reported that Yahoo stated that it will focus only on its app for the iPhone and today it has added voice search. While obsession can be the right word, it also shows that Yahoo has taken the step to reciprocate that of Google when it integrated the same to its iPhone app earlier. While it’s good to have more features coming from the company’s side, I guess voice search still has to go a long a way before it actually begins to be effective (accurate), which doesn’t appear so, at least from the tests put up here.

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