Engadget
Microsoft details Windows Phone 7 by the numbers:
The number of apps… now stands at 11,500 — a number that Microsoft is quick to point out it’s not “artificially inflating” by listing wallpapers as a category, or boosting by adding competitor’s apps to increase “tonnage.” Microsoft also notes that while the Windows Phone Developer Tools have been downloaded 1.5 million times, it’s choosing instead to focus on the number of AppHub community members as a more accurate measure of the number of developers for the platform — they now total 36,000.
Mashable
10 Essential Mobile Apps for Baseball Fans
Today is opening day, thus commencing a long and exciting season of homers, no-hitters (hopefully) and enjoyment from this all-American pastime. If you’re finalizing your fantasy team, fancy yourself a baseball historian, or just love the game, there are a bevy of mobile apps to help you get more out of the 2011 season.
CNN
Google making app that would identify people’s faces
Google acknowledges the nefarious ways someone could leverage facial-recognition technology. Many people “are rightfully scared of it,” Neven said. “In particular, women say, ‘Oh my God. Imagine this guy takes a picture of me in a bar, and then he knows my address just because somewhere on the Web there is an association of my address with my photo.’ That’s a scary thought.