A while back, Barnes & Noble mentioned that an update for their Nook app is on the way, though they didn’t give any specifics – this was around the time when they introduced the Nook’s version for the Android OS. Now, they’ve finally released the update and it brings us all sorts of new goodies to mess around with while enjoying our e-books.The app has been updated slightly differently in its versions for different devices, as the iPhone and iPod Touch versions got a complete revamp, with their interface being totally renewed to make it as intuitive as

Google has opened the Chrome Web Store to developers to spur them submit applications. Google had announced in May that they would be launching a web app store for their browser, Chrome, and Chrome OS. The company has now announced that they are making a developer preview of the Chrome Web Store available.There were reports indicating that the store will open in October, but Google has not yet confirmed this date. But the company has said that Chrome OS will arrive this fall, and if it is allowing developers to upload apps, the official launch of the store can’t be far

A malicious wallpaper app on the Android Market, created by Jackeey Wallpaper, has been reported to steal user data from more than a million users that downloaded the app and send it to a Chinese website called www.imnet.us. The data to be stolen includes subscriber identification, SIM card numbers, voicemail passwords and text messages.Mobile security company Lookout, which discovered the app during its App Genome Project that studies the content available on iPhone and Android apps, has said that the app pretends to be a provider of a wide range of wallpapers, including of

HBO has long resisted the temptation of streaming content through the Netflix service on the iPad and HBO has mentioned that it is more interested in increasing its own traffic and viewership than doing Netflix a favor. What we are glad to know is that HBO is not the outfit to make fake commitments as it shall be ready with its own streaming application for the iPad with in the next six months, which means that the app will be available in Early 2011.From what is known this far, the application will be dubbed HBO Go and this specific app will allow the users to

Google's been doing some pretty slick stuff with QR codes lately, and now it looks like The Weather Channel's getting in on the fun -- it's running a little on-screen graphic prompting Android owners to download their app by scanning their TV screens. Sure, it's not the craziest thing in the world -- it just takes you to the Android market listing -- but it's certainly fun, and one of the more mainstream uses of QR codes we've seen in a while. Check the video after the break. Update: We originally said it takes you to the webpage; in actuality, it

Looks like the Kindle now has a worthy arch-enemy. Apple’s iPad has an ebook store called “iBooks”. (What else?) The publishers include all of the big players: Penguin, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Macmillan, and Hachette. Apparently the books won’t be cheap, which means publishers can stay in business longer. You can probably expect price wars very soon. The example book is a hefty $15. Interestingly, Apple is using ePub, which means books from other stores may work as well. [Gizmodo]

The Apple tablet is just minutes away, but software developers are seeing sunrise already. Around 550 developers surveyed by developer tools maker Appcelerator Inc have hinted at this. It has been revealed that nine out of 10 software developers said that said they have lined up plans to create an Apple tablet application by 2011.Respondents have added that the upcoming Apple tablet has become the third most popular development platform. This comes as amazing considering that the Apple device hasn’t yet been unveiled. It has been revealed that 58 per cent of the developers

Generally, a Nokia mobile application isn’t something we’d cover around here. So I think first, I should give you a full disclosure: I got a demo of Nokia’s new Ovi Maps app at a breakfast event yesterday morning that may have included bacon. I am reasonably confident that said bacon didn’t influence my opinion more than a modest amount, but I just thought I’d let you know.Anyway, let me cut directly to the chase and say that the biggest deal with Ovi Maps, as opposed to something like Google Maps, is that Ovi Maps (which is totally free, btw)

This is one of those frightening stories that makes you wonder about the state of the world we live in. ComScore presented recently at the Mobile Games Forum in London, and within that presentation was the news that iPint (which is a beer/glass simulator for the iPhone, by Carling) is the most downloaded app in the UK!Um hang on, rewind, start again?! The app, that people value the most for the iPhone (in the UK at least) is not a game (as such), it’s a simulator … of beer drinking!!?As I

Samsung Electronics is venturing into Brazil and China with its new application store. The new move will make available to users in these two nations all its apps. Samsung has said that the new app stores in Brazil and China come as part of its global expansion plans. The new stores are to come up by the month-end.The new app stores would allow users who own Samsung Omnia II (I8000) and OmniaLITE (B7300, I329) smartphones in these nations to download a slew of apps, including games, social networking apps and e-books by the end of this month. More could be in the anvil as