Pressing the button would enable an app user to bounce the app to a friend for a quick and easy download similar to forwarding a web link via email, but faster because it requires fewer steps.

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The move follows the creation of a spoof e-mail address for Mr Blair which was set up by a web-logger who then began forwarding the hundreds of emails he received for the Prime Minister to Downing Street.

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