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What are mobile apps?

Nowadays there seems to be an app for everything. Whether it's checking up on breaking news, chatting with friends via social networking or even booking last minute holidays there's an app out there to help you.

'App' is short for 'application' - which is another name for a computer program. Normally, when people talk about apps they are almost always referring to programs that run on mobile devices, such as smartphones or tablet computers.

There are thousands of apps available falling into many different categories.

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