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Google+ Mac "app" now available (Updated)

by Steven Sande (Aug 19th, 2011)

If you're one of the early adopters of Google+ and have been wishing for a native Mac app that you could use to check out your circles and swim the stream, you're in luck. A rudimentary Google+ app is now available for Mac, which bodes well for the future of standalone apps for the social media ...

Average iPhone owner has 108 apps, spends 84 minutes a day using them

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jan 28th, 2011)

A survey of the 1,000 iOS devices that synchronize with Appsfire's mobile app discovery and sharing platform reveal some interesting statistics about app usage by its iOS owners. Summarized in an infographic, the compiled statistics show that most of its iOS users prefer native apps to web apps. The ...