California Targets Mobile Apps For Missing Privacy Policies
InformationWeek
The state's Attorney General, Kamala D. Harris, this week began notifying numerous businesses that collectively develop as many as 100 different mobile apps that they're currently breaking the California Online Privacy Protection Act -- a.k.a. CalOPPA ...
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Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris puts mobile apps on notice about privacy [Updated]
Los Angeles Times
Last February, her office brokered a deal with six of the largest companies running mobile app stores. Under the deal, Apple, Google, Amazon.com, Microsoft, Research in Motion and Hewlett-Packard each agreed to post information on how their mobile apps ...
See all stories on this topic »Windows Phone 8: Microsoft unveils new mobile phone OS
Mazuma Mobile
Much in the same way that Apple iPhone owners access the App Store and those with Android gadgets go to Google Play, those with WP8 smartphones can go to the Windows Store to browse thousands of applications such as Facebook and Angry Birds.
See all stories on this topic »Android reaches 700000 applications in Google Play Store
IntoMobile
Some of these apps are just mobile sites that have been packaged as applications. Then again, you can find the same thing on iOS as well. Still, one of Google's main issues with its applicationselection surrounds tablet-optimized applications. There ...
See all stories on this topic »Baidu income soars but mobile success will take years
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It is now the default search option on the hugely popular hao.360.cn directory, and as a result is already bearing down on Google. Given this background, one of Baidu's main challenges in growing the company lies in being able to monetise its mobile ...
See all stories on this topic »Google equals iOS's apps numbers at last
Rethink Wireless
... it now has 700,000 Android applications in its Play store, and the total number of apps for it OS is actually higher, since there are rival storefronts with some exclusive options - Amazon, Baidu and selected operators such as SKT and China Mobile ...
See all stories on this topic »Fortumo Brings Its Mobile Payments To Windows 8 — Carrier Billing FTW!
TechCrunch
It was one of the first — if not the first — to give Android developers a way to offer in-app purchasing outside of Google's own payments system, with the added bonus of carrier billing, sans credit card.... As a result, app developers for Windows 8 ...
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ItsOn Snags VC Funding for a la Carte Mobile Data Service
E-Commerce Times
The firm is offering a turnkey solution to mobile operators and mobile device OEMs looking to launch highly differentiated services leveraging SmartServices. It will manage everything from initial consumer research through the launch of the customized ...
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11 apps to keep your kids safe on Halloween
HLNtv.com
Lookout App: A free app allows you to see your child's phone location on your computer or phone. Even if the phone's GPS is off or the phone battery is dead, Lookout can still locate it on a Googlemap. You can manage your family's cellphone mobile ...
See all stories on this topic »Icenium Wins Over Developers; Hits 10000 Downloads Within First Week of ...
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Icenium enables developers to use their existing HTML5, CSS and JavaScript skills to create and deploy hybrid applications that run natively on Apple iOS and Google Android mobile platforms. “The positive response to Icenium has been overwhelming.
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United, Delta Said to be Warned by California on Privacy
Businessweek
California is the only state to require privacy policies for mobile applications as well as websites, Chris Conley, a technology lawyer at the American Civil Liberties Union in San Francisco, said in aphone interview. Consumers are becoming more aware ...
See all stories on this topic »Google Play Store Now Has as Many Apps as Apple App Store
Complex.com (blog)
Google (and Microsoft) has been notably behind Apple in the mobile app race, with Apple sprinting ahead. At an event in September, Google announced that it had reached 25 billion downloads and that the Play store was home to 675,000 apps. When Apple ...
See all stories on this topic »Facebook Still A Long Way From Providing A Margin Of Safety
Seeking Alpha
Formatting ads on mobile is much different in that they can't just be on the side of the screen like they are on desktop, so companies like Facebook and Google are finding ways to deeply integrate the ads with the user experience. This process is ...
See all stories on this topic »PowerPatent Announces Mobile Phone Version of ProvisionalBuilder ...
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Seamless integration with PowerPatent's desktop software enables additional editing and data back-up, saving users valuable space on their Android devices. The application is available free of charge at the Google Play Store. ProvisionalBuilder® Mobile ...
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The Fancy Is Beating Fab And Pinterest Where It Counts—In Mobile
San Francisco Chronicle
But mobile is where The Fancy's having success. On the Google Play store for Android apps, it has between 1 million and 5 million installations. (Google only publishes a vague range.) Pinterest's Android app is in the same range, and Google shows The ...
See all stories on this topic »California Attorney General Puts Mobile App Developers on Notice
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California is at the vanguard of states requiring privacy policies for mobile applications, acknowledging the growing shift in consumer use of mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. Apple, Amazon, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Research in ...
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The best new iOS, Android apps of Oct. 2012
Fiercemobilecontent
Understandably absent from Flurry's list are the oddball niche categories on the periphery of themobile ecosystem--for example, did you know that Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) App Store andGoogle (NASDAQ:GOOG) Play together offer 107 pro-smoking ...
See all stories on this topic »Google Play Store Reaches 675000 Apps
IGN
Google Play Store Reaches 675,000 Apps. Google Play is almost as big as the App Store now: is this the end of Apple's mobile software supremacy? by Jon Fox. October 30, 2012. At last week's iPad mini event, Apple announced that software developers ...
See all stories on this topic »Microsoft Bids for Developers' Aid in App Battle
Fox Business
Microsoft is counting on developers to help it wrest attention away from Apple Inc. (AAPL) andGoogle Inc. (GOOG) that dominate mobile and tablet computing. The Windows 8 operating system Microsoft introduced last week is aimed at making the Redmond ...
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Microsoft unveils Windows Phone 8, uses 'Live Tiles' to combat apps
Daily News & Analysis
Microsoft has unveiled Windows Phone 8, the new version of its smart-phone operating system, representing the software giant's latest move to challenge market leaders Google and Apple. The new smart-phone software has a Start screen in the ... Major ...
See all stories on this topic »California Attorney General cracks down on mobile app makers
Bizjournals.com
California Attorney General Kamala Harris is cracking down on mobile app makers in effort to comply with California privacy law. As many as 100 companies that produce mobile apps are getting letters this week formally informing them that they violate ...
See all stories on this topic »Stitcher Launches Web Bundle, Hits 8 Million App Downloads
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
The web app is a completely redesigned web based version of Stitcher built on HTML5 and optimized for the Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari Internet browsers. The web app syncs with the native mobile apps, and will pull in ...
See all stories on this topic »Lookout's Signal Flare Finds Your Lost Phone Even When It's Dying
All Things Digital
Today, Lookout, makers of the Lookout Mobile Security app for smartphones, released a new feature for iPhone users that will help locate a phone even when the battery is dead. Dubbed Signal Flare, the tool automatically ... Both versions of the app can ...
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InformationWeek
The state's Attorney General, Kamala D. Harris, this week began notifying numerous businesses that collectively develop as many as 100 different mobile apps that they're currently breaking the California Online Privacy Protection Act -- a.k.a. CalOPPA ...
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| Advertisers learning to tailor mobile pitch to customers who are on the go Minneapolis Star Tribune That icon was a so-called click-to-call ad, and the hotel paid Google for it when you called. As more of us have access to the Internet and apps through our cellphones and tablets, advertisers are looking for new ways to reach us there. Some mobile ads ... See all stories on this topic » |  Minneapolis Star Tribune |
Los Angeles Times
Last February, her office brokered a deal with six of the largest companies running mobile app stores. Under the deal, Apple, Google, Amazon.com, Microsoft, Research in Motion and Hewlett-Packard each agreed to post information on how their mobile apps ...
See all stories on this topic »Windows Phone 8: Microsoft unveils new mobile phone OS
Mazuma Mobile
Much in the same way that Apple iPhone owners access the App Store and those with Android gadgets go to Google Play, those with WP8 smartphones can go to the Windows Store to browse thousands of applications such as Facebook and Angry Birds.
See all stories on this topic »Android reaches 700000 applications in Google Play Store
IntoMobile
Some of these apps are just mobile sites that have been packaged as applications. Then again, you can find the same thing on iOS as well. Still, one of Google's main issues with its applicationselection surrounds tablet-optimized applications. There ...
See all stories on this topic »Baidu income soars but mobile success will take years
Register
It is now the default search option on the hugely popular hao.360.cn directory, and as a result is already bearing down on Google. Given this background, one of Baidu's main challenges in growing the company lies in being able to monetise its mobile ...
See all stories on this topic »Google equals iOS's apps numbers at last
Rethink Wireless
... it now has 700,000 Android applications in its Play store, and the total number of apps for it OS is actually higher, since there are rival storefronts with some exclusive options - Amazon, Baidu and selected operators such as SKT and China Mobile ...
See all stories on this topic »Fortumo Brings Its Mobile Payments To Windows 8 — Carrier Billing FTW!
TechCrunch
It was one of the first — if not the first — to give Android developers a way to offer in-app purchasing outside of Google's own payments system, with the added bonus of carrier billing, sans credit card.... As a result, app developers for Windows 8 ...
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| Google Matches Apple Mobile App Count RedOrbit Just one day after announcing a new Nexus smartphone and larger Nexus 10 tablet,Google has said their app ecosystem in the Google Play store has now matched Apple's at 700,000 apps. While it appears as if Google has confirmed this news to sites like ... See all stories on this topic » |  RedOrbit |
E-Commerce Times
The firm is offering a turnkey solution to mobile operators and mobile device OEMs looking to launch highly differentiated services leveraging SmartServices. It will manage everything from initial consumer research through the launch of the customized ...
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| Pandora refreshes Android and iOS apps, Windows Phone version in development ITProPortal For the first time since Pandora launched in 2000, the streaming radio service is launching an entirely new mobile application. Dubbed Pandora 4.0, Apple and ..."Offering Pandora on Windows Phone gives them yet another option and we think they will be ... See all stories on this topic » |  ITProPortal |
HLNtv.com
Lookout App: A free app allows you to see your child's phone location on your computer or phone. Even if the phone's GPS is off or the phone battery is dead, Lookout can still locate it on a Googlemap. You can manage your family's cellphone mobile ...
See all stories on this topic »Icenium Wins Over Developers; Hits 10000 Downloads Within First Week of ...
Equities.com
Icenium enables developers to use their existing HTML5, CSS and JavaScript skills to create and deploy hybrid applications that run natively on Apple iOS and Google Android mobile platforms. “The positive response to Icenium has been overwhelming.
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| Nexus 10: Hands-On With Google and Samsung's iPad Challenger Wired Nothing I've seen so far — photos, websites, video, apps — look anything short of great. The edges ... But at this point, releasing an LTE-free Nexus 4 allows Google to deliver an unlocked phone that will work in most mobile markets around the world ... See all stories on this topic » |  Wired |
Businessweek
California is the only state to require privacy policies for mobile applications as well as websites, Chris Conley, a technology lawyer at the American Civil Liberties Union in San Francisco, said in aphone interview. Consumers are becoming more aware ...
See all stories on this topic »Google Play Store Now Has as Many Apps as Apple App Store
Complex.com (blog)
Google (and Microsoft) has been notably behind Apple in the mobile app race, with Apple sprinting ahead. At an event in September, Google announced that it had reached 25 billion downloads and that the Play store was home to 675,000 apps. When Apple ...
See all stories on this topic »Facebook Still A Long Way From Providing A Margin Of Safety
Seeking Alpha
Formatting ads on mobile is much different in that they can't just be on the side of the screen like they are on desktop, so companies like Facebook and Google are finding ways to deeply integrate the ads with the user experience. This process is ...
See all stories on this topic »PowerPatent Announces Mobile Phone Version of ProvisionalBuilder ...
PR Web (press release)
Seamless integration with PowerPatent's desktop software enables additional editing and data back-up, saving users valuable space on their Android devices. The application is available free of charge at the Google Play Store. ProvisionalBuilder® Mobile ...
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| Mobile Device Management Advice from Gartner eSecurity Planet Tablets like the iPad are already popular and will likely see further adoption as Google, Apple and Microsoft, among others, roll out new tablet sizes and types. While Gartner says most companies currently support only limited ... For more good advice ... See all stories on this topic » |  eSecurity Planet |
San Francisco Chronicle
But mobile is where The Fancy's having success. On the Google Play store for Android apps, it has between 1 million and 5 million installations. (Google only publishes a vague range.) Pinterest's Android app is in the same range, and Google shows The ...
See all stories on this topic »California Attorney General Puts Mobile App Developers on Notice
Threatpost (blog)
California is at the vanguard of states requiring privacy policies for mobile applications, acknowledging the growing shift in consumer use of mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. Apple, Amazon, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Research in ...
See all stories on this topic »
| Style, Surprises Liven Up Latest Windows Phone Wall Street Journal As if there isn't enough going on at Microsoft right now with its new version of Windows and the first Microsoft-made computer, this week the company announced WindowsPhone 8—an overhauled version of its mobile operating system. Windows Phone, which ... See all stories on this topic » |  Wall Street Journal |
Fiercemobilecontent
Understandably absent from Flurry's list are the oddball niche categories on the periphery of themobile ecosystem--for example, did you know that Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) App Store andGoogle (NASDAQ:GOOG) Play together offer 107 pro-smoking ...
See all stories on this topic »Google Play Store Reaches 675000 Apps
IGN
Google Play Store Reaches 675,000 Apps. Google Play is almost as big as the App Store now: is this the end of Apple's mobile software supremacy? by Jon Fox. October 30, 2012. At last week's iPad mini event, Apple announced that software developers ...
See all stories on this topic »Microsoft Bids for Developers' Aid in App Battle
Fox Business
Microsoft is counting on developers to help it wrest attention away from Apple Inc. (AAPL) andGoogle Inc. (GOOG) that dominate mobile and tablet computing. The Windows 8 operating system Microsoft introduced last week is aimed at making the Redmond ...
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| Celkon A900 Smart Phone Released: Android Mobile at Rs.9499 AEG India Battery provided on this mobile will be of the capacity 2,000 mAh. Google Play Store is supported in built. So the users can download wide range of apps and games from the Play Store in order to make the fullest use of their smart phone. Google Maps is... See all stories on this topic » |  AEG India |
| Google Announces New Nexus Phone and Tablets TIME Google and Asus simply doubled the storage on the Nexus 7, to 16 GB for the $199 version and 32 GB for the $249 version, and added a 3G option for $299 with 32 GB of storage. (It'll work with AT&T and T-Mobile in the U.S.) The much needed storage boost ... See all stories on this topic » |  TIME |
| Intex launches 1 Ghz Android phone for Rs 3790 The Mobile Indian India based mobile phone maker, Intex Technologies has announced the launch of a new Android phone, called Aqua 3.2. The 3.2 inch ... All the other desiredapplications can be easily downloaded from Google play available on the phone. To access data ... See all stories on this topic » |  The Mobile Indian |
Daily News & Analysis
Microsoft has unveiled Windows Phone 8, the new version of its smart-phone operating system, representing the software giant's latest move to challenge market leaders Google and Apple. The new smart-phone software has a Start screen in the ... Major ...
See all stories on this topic »California Attorney General cracks down on mobile app makers
Bizjournals.com
California Attorney General Kamala Harris is cracking down on mobile app makers in effort to comply with California privacy law. As many as 100 companies that produce mobile apps are getting letters this week formally informing them that they violate ...
See all stories on this topic »Stitcher Launches Web Bundle, Hits 8 Million App Downloads
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
The web app is a completely redesigned web based version of Stitcher built on HTML5 and optimized for the Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari Internet browsers. The web app syncs with the native mobile apps, and will pull in ...
See all stories on this topic »Lookout's Signal Flare Finds Your Lost Phone Even When It's Dying
All Things Digital
Today, Lookout, makers of the Lookout Mobile Security app for smartphones, released a new feature for iPhone users that will help locate a phone even when the battery is dead. Dubbed Signal Flare, the tool automatically ... Both versions of the app can ...
See all stories on this topic »
| Samsung Galaxy Note II – The Phablet Revolution? [Review] Gstyle magazine ... Sprint and T-Mobile). Is this phone worth the $299.99+ price tag (T-Mobile is $369.99)? Or is the Note overdoing it in size and features? ... When long pressing the home button you can see the recently used apps like usual. It also gives you the ... See all stories on this topic » |  Gstyle magazine |
| Amex's Joanna Lambert on the Tiny but Mighty Mobile Payment Trend Knowledge Wharton Today As the number of mobile payment applications in the U.S. proliferates, it has gotten easier and easier to pay for goods and services using a smartphone. And as big companies like Google and Isis battle to control the digital wallet market, the future ... See all stories on this topic » |  Knowledge Wharton Today |