June 15th, 2011

Yahoo Tries Its Hand At Mobile App Search

If apps replace the mobile web, and along with it, traditional search, then the search engines need to figure out how to adapt. Yahoo is taking a tiny step towards embracing mobile apps with a few new products for searching apps. It is launching both iPhone and Android apps for app discovery, as well as desktop app search experience.

The iPhone app is called Yahoo! AppSpot, and I’ve been trying… → Read More

April 1st, 2011

Apptitude Uses Facebook To Figure Out Which iPhone Apps Your Friends Are Using

Noisetoys, creators of music discovery and promotion app Hitmaker, have come out with another hit this week. In the same app-discovery space as Explor and Chomp, Apptidude is an iPhone app that shows you the iPhone apps that your friends have most likely downloaded, all based on their posts and Likes on Facebook.

Quietly launching in the App Store this week, the app recommendation app is… → Read More