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Amazon just revealed its own specially curated version of the Android Marketplace, but has chosen to label it the "Appstore." Apple , in turn, has now sued Android for trademark violation. The move is a not-so-subtle shot across Amazon's bows. The suit was filed last week, but has emerged at more or less the same time as Amazon's official unveiling of its Android Appstore--Amazon's version of the free-for-all Google Android Marketplace that, on launch, contains 3,800 apps

Ten million people have access to the free app on Android Market. Is it better than Google Voice? Yap announced today that it's offering free voicemail-to-text services for AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon users on Android phones.

In 2006, after only two years on the market, Yahoo offered to buy Facebook for one billion dollars. At the time, the fate of Facebook was unclear

1. It's here: The first precise pricing figure for the BlackBerry PlayBook--RIM's first (and last?) big hope in the tablet wars. A 16GB Wi-Fi-only model will cost you $499 in the US and $499 locally in Canada, and it'll be available from a decent list of stores.

In early summer 2008 Timothy Walsh of Cardiff University in Wales got an e-mail from Christian Giske, an acquaintance who is a physician on the faculty of Sweden’s Karolinska Institute. Giske had been treating a 59-year-old man hospitalized that past January in

The South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) festival has come and gone here in Austin, Texas. One of the most buzzed about topics was group messaging. I did some research about these new services, mainly Kik and GroupMe.

With today's workplace dominated by creative workers, it has become important to know what qualities they admire. Are organizations embracing these values

According to some reports , Facebook is adding checkin buttons to events, if they're timely and nearby to a user. According to AllFacebook.com , several users have reported seeing a little blue "checkin" button on the page for some events organized through the social network. It would seem to be an expansion to the company's "Places" system, which Facebook initially promoted as a way to "immediately tell people about that favorite spot," but which is essentially its own entry into the checkins game led by systems like Foursquare and others as a way to sell more precisely targeted adverts.

We're all familiar with ultrasound technology--the arrival of sonograms has changed pregnancy forever. But now a development by scientists in the U.K. could bring incredible MRI-like powers to your family doctor.

Sprint has just revealed it's integrating Google 's Voice digital telephony protocol into its cell phone network offering.

Tablets. With about 50 of them launched at this year’s Consumer Electronic Show, some wry observers dubbed it ‘Tablet World 2011.’ Of course, the world’s best selling tablet, the iPad, wasn’t even there

In an excerpt from his new book Ten Steps Ahead, author Erik Calonius tells us about Edwin Land, inventor of the Polaroid Camera, unsung hero of consumer products, and personal hero of Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs admits to few idols

Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today. From raw factory space to clean, bright office

Wallace "J" Nichols is crowdsourcing his life's work. And saving his home in the process. It's difficult to make it as an independent scientist.

AT&T's deal to buy T-Mobile USA has already caused plenty of discussion.