Google pulls fraudulent apps

Google has removed 22 applications from its Android Market after they were discovered to contain fraudulent software, reveals the BBC.

Apps posing as popular third-party software, such as Angry Birds, tricked users into sending premium text messages.

Unlike some other app services, Android Market apps are not vetted prior to being added to the store.

A new tweets per second record has been set by a Japanese movie “Castle in the Sky”, according to Memeburn.

Twitter released a statement confirming the new record via its communications account, Twittercomms. “On Dec 9, the television screening in Japan of Hayao Miyazaki's 'Castle in the Sky' led to 25 088 Tweets per second - a new Twitter record,” said the mircoblogging platform.

The movie was released in 1986 and was written and directed by prominent Japanese director, Hayao Miyazaki.

The European Commission said yesterday proposals put forward by IBM to resolve European Union (EU) antitrust concerns in the mainframe computer maintenance market are satisfactory and it will end its investigation, writes The Wall Street Journal.

IBM has committed to ensuring spare parts and technical information are readily available to independent mainframe maintainers, at reasonable prices and on equitable terms, the commission, which has antitrust powers in the EU, said in a statement.

These commitments will be now made legally binding on the company, it said. The commission opened an investigation in July last year into concerns that IBM may be abusing its dominant market position in the area of mainframe computers.

The daily deals market may well be overcrowded, but that's not stopping online payment giant PayPal from revealing its intention to get involved, reports Digital Trends.

The eBay-owned company plans to use information from its 103 million members to offer deals tailored to their buying habits straight to their mobile phone, when for example, they're passing a particular store.

It believes that offering a location-based service like this will give it an advantage over other daily deals companies.