The latest numbers from market research firm Futuresource Consulting demonstrate just how important mobile app stores are to driving the mobile content market. In 2009, smartphone owners downloaded some 3.6 billion apps from app stores, and that's expected to nearly double this year to 6.6 billion. But by 2013, app stores will be pushing out 16.2 billion mobile programs worth $15 billion.

The new 360 Live is more functional and packs more features than previous attempts at remote Xbox Live control over your iPhone, but it comes with a cost $1.99. However, a year-old Microsoft policy might reduce that to $0.00.

Six months after being submitted for approval, IUGO Mobile Entertainment's A.D.D. - a package of mini-games ranging from silly to straight-up tasteless, finally has been cleared for sale on Apple's iTunes App Store.

It’s been just over a year since Android was released, and we’re finally seeing the floodgates open. There are currently no fewer than 12 Android phones available and still more coming soon. While this may make Android fans out there giddy with excitement, it’s not so thrilling for app developers.

The Flickr API is nothing new, but the photo sharing site is now bringing it more front and center. Flickr has unveiled their new “App Garden” that provides a better interface for finding useful photo apps. The new page is more compact than the old API interface. Each app gets a thumbnail preview that links to an individual page. Here, users can tag, discuss, and favorite an app.

We've heard the woes of app developers waiting for payments, but at least there were payments.

There have been mentions of odd limits on how many apps you can install on your Palm Pre. Now there are whispers that Palm is ignoring this issue entirely. What gives, Palm? Don't want to profit from app sales?

Don't listen to the pasty dude with the Arsenal shirt who lives downstairs—FIFA 10 isn't the only good thing to land in the App Store this week. Not even close.

App concepts don't get much simpler than this, or much cooler: Cyclopedia takes Wikipedia's tens of thousands of geotagged entries, and overlays them onto a live, compass-oriented view of your surroundings.

The I am T-Pain iPhone app just got the song you were waiting for: On a Boat.