| iPhone & Android App Stores Lifting the Developer Middle Class ReadWriteWeb Apple and Google's mobile platforms are making billions of dollars for developers. For instance ... In fact, middle-class developers - those who publish the bulk of the 600000apps available in the Google's and Apple's app stores - are making a comeback. See all stories on this topic » |  ReadWriteWeb |
CNET
That being said, the handset comes with your usual trove of Google apps: Gmail, Plus, Latitude, Maps with Navigation, Messenger, Places, Play Books, Movies, Music, and Store, Search, Talk, and YouTube. T-Mobile also included a handful of its own apps, including the hotline (and for some reason, horoscope-giving) app, 411 & More; Access T-Mobile, which gives you info about your data plan; a gaming portal called Game Base; and More for Me, which scouts local deals based on your interests. In addition, there's ...
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| Google tackles rogue Android app problem with new rules BBC News Google is attempting to crack down on rogue mobile apps on its Android platform with stricter guidelines for developers. The measures ... "Now they've released theGoogle Nexus phone, and the Nexus tablet, Google are thinking now's the time to get serious." ... See all stories on this topic » |  BBC News |
| Sixty per cent of App Store apps have never been downloaded? HEXUS A German mobile analytics company called Adeven claims that 400000 of Apple's 650000 iOS apps never get downloaded because the only way users have to discoverapps is through top lists. The app store headline figures. Apple iOS: 650000; Android:... See all stories on this topic » |  HEXUS |
Channelnomics
In addition, organizations are becoming more granular in the way they restrict mobile app users, limiting basic device functionality or apps such as Google Play, Bluetooth and embedded cameras. As such, more than a third of companies limit some app or ...
See all stories on this topic »Android, Apple iOS Mobile Device Management: From Google?
MSPmentor
A blog post from Hong Zhang describes much of Google's mobile management strategy. Check theGoogle Apps control panel and you'll see ways for organizations to manage Android, iOS and Windows mobile devices. Dig a little deeper and you may ...
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| Mobile pay service LevelUp completes $21M round with $9M from T-Ventures VentureBeat LevelUp, considered to be a top mobile payment network second only to Starbucks, provides a QR code pay-by-phone application for consumers and a terminal system for merchants. The mobile apps are used by roughly 200000 consumers, with LevelUp ... See all stories on this topic » |  VentureBeat |
eWeek
Google made a number of changes to its rules that application developers must follow when submitting mobile apps to its Google Play app store. Many of the changes are meant to address spam and malicious behavior.
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| The hidden drain your mobile data: Apps that eat up your allowance and waste ... This is Money Of course, many mobile users are careful to minimise data drain by using WiFi whenever possible. But Carphone Warehouse research also found that some appscontinue to run in the background and eat away at users' data. For example, GoogleMaps used ... See all stories on this topic » |  This is Money |
Trefis
The company expects that in the coming years users in all markets will access the web primarily through devices like phones and tablets instead of PCs. Its mobile strategy seeks to capitalize on this trend by creating unique applications that attract new users ...
See all stories on this topic »Google changes Android policy to tackle malicious apps
ComputerWeekly.com
Google has introduced stricter rules for applications on its Android mobile operating system to reduce the number of malicious apps in the Google Play app market and improve its reputation. The revised Google Android developer policy includes new rules on ...
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TODAYonline
SAN FRANCISCO - Google has changed the rules for applications on its Android mobile operating system in a bid to cut down on malicious apps. Policy changes for apps submitted to the GooglePlay app store include new rules on app naming, a ban on ...
See all stories on this topic »Microsoft patent applications take Kinect into mobile cameras, movie-making
Engadget
A pair of patent applications, however, show that its hopes and dreams are taking a more Hollywood turn. One patent has the depth camera going portable: a "mobile environment sensor" determines its trajectory through a room and generates a depth map as ...
See all stories on this topic »Amazon Mobile app gets updated with new “Shop by Department” feature
Android Authority
Following last month's update that brought the ability to filter search results, version 2.0.1 of AmazonMobile lets you explore and browse for products that much more easily – thanks to the newly introduced “Shop by Department” category. A new search ...
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| Google cracking down on dodgy Android apps CNET UK Mobile Phones. Earlier this year, Google's Play store for Android apps was described as a "chaotic cesspool" by rival mobile OS purveyor BlackBerry. Harsh words -- yet words that seem to have found their way to Mountain View becauseGoogle is tightening the screw on rogue developers in a bid to clean up the malware-harbouring streets of its Play store. As of June this year, ... The new Play developer policy gives more details of the kind of apps Google is seeking to banish from Play. For example, the policy notes: ... See all stories on this topic » |  CNET UK |
Ubergizmo
Google does seem to be more serious about its app store, at least this is what a mobile developer informed the BBC. To put it in a nutshell, Google intends to come down strong, hard and fast on rogue mobile apps that plague its Android platform, and this will ...
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| Google Wallet now allows any credit or debit card, cloud-based security TechRadar UK Although Google's Wallet update is most welcome, it does little to circumvent the biggest challenge for the NFC-based mobile wallet service: U.S. carriers. While third-place Sprint has largely embraced Google Wallet on its Android handsets, Verizon, AT&T ... See all stories on this topic » |  TechRadar UK |
MarketWatch (press release)
The latest in MetroPCS' expanding 4G LTE Android(TM) smartphone lineup - and the first Samsung Galaxy S device for MetroPCS - allows consumers to browse the web and applications, download exciting content plus stream videos and music in a flash. Available today, this powerful ... Dylemobile TV keeps consumers informed and entertained while on the go and allows them to watch local and national sports, news and entertainment broadcast programming on their mobile phones. Access to the Dyle mobile TV ...
See all stories on this topic »Facebook And Mobile Are Divergent Concepts
Private Equity Hub (press release)
What are feature phones? They're almost-smartphones in that they provide mobile web access, but they aren't fast, can't run apps, and don't like loading and processing rich content. This also poses a challenge because Facebook's main source of revenue via mobile today is delivering graphic ...Google is the strongest mobile player today, but bear in mind that Google had to create and incubate entirely new product suites (Maps, Android, and more) to be able to deliver dynamic mobilecontent effectively.
See all stories on this topic »American Express Denies Google Wallet Claim
Investorplace.com
The problem with that statement is that American Express had not officially agreed to participate in the new Google Wallet. The card company did participate in past versions of Google's mobilepayments apps like Google Checkout. American Express ...
See all stories on this topic »Android malware made easy with modular kit
InfoWorld
Android continues to prove irresistible to the hacker community, which seems intent on finding ever newer, more innovative ways to exploit security holes in the open-source mobile platform. Now a new threat ... Those profits could come from serving up ads to users through the maliciousapplications, for example, or by programming the exploited Android device to dial premium phonenumbers. This AFE doesn't ... In February Google did implement a feature, called Bouncer, designed to scan apps for malicious code.
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| A Top 10 List of Android Phones Baseline A Top 10 List of Android Phones. By Dennis McCafferty on 2012-08-03. With the unveiling of Android in 2007, Google officially launched the open-standard era formobile devices. Currently ... Fortunately, Ranker.com is happy to help you narrow the choices with a “Best Android Phones” list. Covering categories such as tech, business, entertainment and sports, ... 16 GB internal memory and 1 GHz dual-core, dual-channel RAM processor. Features: 3D gaming, with access to more than 150000 Android Market apps. See all stories on this topic » |  Baseline |
The VAR Guy
Meanwhile, Windows Phone Marketplace (another online store) continues to attract new mobile apps. But how many developer ... “For Windows Phone, there are now approximately 100000 appsin the marketplace and Windows Phone unit sales grew more than 50% sequentially. In June, we announced that ... That certainly sounds promising, but Windows phones remain extreme niche offerings while Apple iPhone and Google Android smartphone sales continue to climb dramatically. And Developers continue to ...
See all stories on this topic »Zenprise MDM Cloud Report Finds Companies Both Love and Hate Dropbox
Broadcast Newsroom
Organizations have doubled their app deployment from last quarter and several of the top appscommonly appear on both mobile app blacklists* and whitelists**. Companies were nearly twice as active in blacklisting or whitelisting apps in Q2 as they ... The most commonly whitelisted appssupport business activities, including Citrix; Adobe; Evernote; Find My iPhone/iPad; Dropbox; Skype; Keynote; Google Search; Pages; and Cisco AnyConnect. Several of these apps appear on some companies' whitelists and other ...
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| The Case Of The Enveloping Platform PYMNTS.com The rationale was that, after all, Google has deep pockets, a strong brand and a desire to develop and monetize another killer application beyond search. But, me and my ...The real issue is that the hundreds of thousands of developers who had done such a great job of developing applications for the PC/desktop Facebook environment lost their ability to reach the mobile audience. The iOS ... The not so happy ending is that it gets all wild-eyed by visions of things like creating its own mobile phone and amobile iOS. See all stories on this topic » |  PYMNTS.com |
Digitaltrends.com
It's a small mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) that piggybacks off of Sprint's network. Today, Ting's phone selection just ... The only catch to Ting is that you have to pay full price for yourphone, so you'll likely spend about $200-$350 more upfront than you'd spend at a major carrier. In time, the savings end up paying for ... to Ting (my favorite little carrier) · Verizon must allow Android tethering apps, can't charge fee, FCC rules · Google does the right thing and delays the Nexus Q, pre-orders will be sent out for free ...
See all stories on this topic »Malware spoofs official Olympics apps
GMA News
Another fake app market appeared to specifically target Samsung phone users, it added. The fake app spoofs the "London 2012 – Official Mobile Game," a smartphone app for Android, iOS, and ... It advised users to download the games at the official sites of the Official London 2012 Mobile Apps; London 2012 Mobile Game on Google Play; London 2012 for iOS on iTunes; and Official Video Game Page of the Olympics. — TJD, GMA News. The 2012 Olympics Special Coverage. We welcome healthy discussions and ...
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CNET
It lets you search by keyword (just like the site does), as well as by bar code or photo (both unique to the mobile app). The built-in bar code reader does its job perfectly, so long as you have ample light to fill your camera lens and you don't hold your phone too ...
See all stories on this topic »Banking sector's mobile conversion
Technology Spectator
NAB's rollout of a mobile application for Windows phones this week shows just how far banks have come in the drive to serve all mobile customers. NAB says it received “over 50“comments via social media from customers asking for a Windows Phone offering ...
See all stories on this topic »Google Finally Revamps Google Play App Submission Process
TechnoBuffalo
Google Play is slowly gaining on Apple's App Store. In fact, it now has more than 600000applications available for download. However, the most noticeable difference between the twomobile marketplaces is how applications are submitted and accepted.
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| Apps Make Leap From Phones to Toys Wall Street Journal Apps Make Leap From Phones to Toys. Article; Stock Quotes; Comments. more in Tech | Find ... The vast majority of the 650000 apps in Apple's App Store and the 600000 others in Google Inc.'s Play store will never get that kind of attention. But the phenomenon is starting to move beyond ... The game was developed by Natalia Luckyanova and her husband, Keith Shepherd, 30-somethings who quit corporate jobs four years ago to found Imangi Studios, a mobile game company. In "Temple Run," Indiana Jones-like ... See all stories on this topic » |  Wall Street Journal |
Computerworld (blog)
If the Speaktoit Assistant can open apps for me, why can't Google Now? Improved ... Offering an API for third-party app integration could help turn Google Now from a useful but limited application into my mobile device's personal information hub. Have other ...
See all stories on this topic »SA banks join the "app" world... What's/who's next?
Bizcommunity.com
According to results unveiled on the Google global survey on smartphones and mobile marketing, the following was highlighted with regards to South Africa: "the typical smartphone user is 18-34 years old, educated and working full time". ... The youth market is highly app savvy, and has realised the benefits of using mobile apps in comparison to accessing standard websites through theirphones, this is the on-the-go generation that is loyal to mobile usage, and insight into their mobilehabits will certainly assist ...
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| Samsung, Android Still Dominates Apple, iOS in Q2 US Phone Market Social Barrel In the recent comScore MobiLens report about key trends in the US mobile phoneindustry, there are now over 110 million Americans who own smartphones and most of those are using the Android mobile operating system backed by Google. US, phonemarket, smartphone market, market ... The number of users who also said they downloaded apps for their devices grew 1.4 percentage points to 51.4 percent compared to 50 percent in the January-March quarter. More and more people are also using their mobile ... See all stories on this topic » |  Social Barrel |
| Mobile Websites: The Olympic Gold of Business Marketing Business 2 Community Invest in a mobile website for your business. According to Google, more people will use their mobile phones to get online than PCs by 2013. But, before you consider going the cheapest route you can find, know that the quality of your mobile site does matter. See all stories on this topic » |  Business 2 Community |