Android Market tops 400 000 apps

Google's Android Market now has over 400 000 apps, and the pace of new code additions is accelerating, notes The Register.

News of this milestone was revealed by the mobile-app marketplace watchers at Distimo, in Utrecht, The Netherlands, which says the 400 000 mark - which counts only currently active apps - was crossed this past weekend.

The big boy on the block is Apple's iOS app store. According to Apple, its store contains “over 500 000” apps.

A Canadian man who forgot his passport has said he managed to cross the border into the US using a copy of the document he had scanned on to his iPad, according to the BBC.

Martin Reisch from Montreal presented the US border office with his digital device after realising, near the border, that he did not have his passport.

He said he told the official that he was heading to Vermont to deliver Christmas presents.

Verizon had a happy holiday thanks to the Apple iPhone, according to Cnet.

The company's wireless unit sold 4.2 million iPhones in the fourth quarter, CFO Fran Shammo said during an investor conference. The figure was more than double the number of iPhones sold in the previous quarter.

The figure underscores the enduring popularity of the phone and the importance of the device to each of the carriers, even if it is available now on three national carriers.

A survey carried out by a UK divorce Web site showed that 33% of behaviour petitions cited Facebook as a reason for filing for divorce, writes T3.

Facebook, as a reason for filing for divorce, is becoming more popular, with 33% of behaviour petitions in 2011 containing the name of the social network, which is an increase from 2009, when only 20% contained the same word.

UK divorce Web site Divorce-Online carried out the survey with 5 000 people in both 2011 and 2009, with Facebook relating to spouse's behaviour with the opposite sex, and spouses using the Web site to make comments about their exes after separation.