Following the recent news of Apple selling their one billionth app, Vodafone announced that they will no longer be out in the cold, and will be starting their own app store, though what they’ll sell that will appeal to the market at hand is a good question.

Vodafone, who now owns about 30% of the mobile phone market, will be allowing their customers to buy apps directly through their accounts so no input of any kind will be needed, such as credit card account info.  Not a bad idea, even if it is late to the punch.

According to reports, the online store will be launching with no less than 20,000 ‘items’, putting Google’s Android Market to shame with their paltry 50 selections at unveiling.  Sorry Google.

Currently Apple offers some 40,000 applications at their App Store, so they might be some hearty competition but we’re still unclear by what Nokia is referring to as an ‘item’.

Created to show you and “empower you with up-to-the-minute information” on where and when the Swine Flu is breaking out, this new iPhone app will show you a Swine Flu tracking map from Google so you know if you’re right in the middle of the red.

The App store will hit around 300,000 apps for the iPhone and iTouch Thursday, but the trend is slowing due to delays in approval of applications by Apple as well as complaints from developers.

According to Apple 2.0, developers are receiving delayed payments from Apple as well as delays in the apps themselves, which adds to the gradual slowing of new apps to the iTunes store.

I guess we’ll just have to wait on yet another emoticon app.

Now with just the tap of a touch screen, iPhone and iTouch users can access and search 200 travel sites for flight rates and availability. 

The app is now up for grabs at the iTunes store and is absolutely free.

Monday night Tap Tap Revenge 2 hit the iTunes App Store with a newly vamped look and a few more bells and whistles.

Tap Tap Revenge 2 offers you three gameplay modes- Challenge, Career and Kids mode where you can tap on the screen for pretty visual effects.

Like its predecessor, Revenge 2 will be free, but will now offer 150 downloadable songs.

First the company gave us Latitude, a pal-tracking service that allowed you to plot out your location from a GPS-enabled mobile on Google Maps so you could keep up with where your friends were.

Now, Google is throwing us yet another application for tracking, or as we’re starting to believe, stalking.  Gmail’s new location signature app will allow users to give their geographical details from their personal email signature.

So if you told mom you were headed for Switzerland and send her an email from Bora Bora, chances are you’re gonna be grounded after Spring Break. 

Gmail’s signature application will not be automatically installed, so check your signature preferences in order to let those exes know where to show up Valentine’s Day.

Wen set about writing Doodle Kids for the entertainment of his little sisters, only realizing afterwatds the potential for Apple’ iPhone apps. 

The new app allows a user to use their fingers to draw shapes with random colors and designs.  When the iPhone is shaken, the image is erased and you can start all over again.

Wow, guess that makes us all feel a little less smart today…