App stores march toward shared ratings systemZDNet Asia - Josh Lowensohn - 9 May, 2011Self-regulation is nothing new, but mobile app stores have remained largely unhindered given each proprietor's shop rules. That could be changing under a new initiative that seeks ... |
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Is 'open' killing the Android?BBC News - Dave Lee - 9 May, 2011When Google decided to get into the smartphone business, it brought with it a philosophy. Its Android devices would be everything that the iPhone was not. Where Apple offered a set menu - one or two handsets at a ... |
Will a Multitude of App Stores Hurt Android?PCWorld - Armando Rodriguez - May 7, 2011Developers like the idea of multiple app stores and want them to get noticed, but the result may be confusion for the consumer. By Armando Rodriguez, PCWorld GetJar, Opera, Amazon and now Barnes & Noble-seems like these days everyone has their own ... |
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Android will soon overtake AppleStuff Middle East - 9 May, 2011Apple has become a superpower controlling 77 percent of the US$4.3 billion app market, but its size makes it lumbering and ungainly. Android has the backing of Google, who don't put as stringent checks on new apps as Apple. This meant that last month ... |
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iBuildApp Enables the Next Generation of Mobile Web AppsGadgets and Technology News (press release) - Chris Towland - 9 May, 2011iBuildApp today announced the launch of Web Apps, a mobile app service for businesses to easily make and distribute a mobile app in minutes without writing any code. iBuildApp offers a web-based do-it-yourself platform ... |
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Traversing the Labyrinthine Maze of the Mobile OSWireless Week - Maisie Ramsay - 9 May, 2011So what do developers really think of the various operating systems they build apps for? For starters, Apple's walled garden isn't all that bad; Android's flexibility can be a pain; and making apps for BlackBerry ... |
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Where Are They Now? Products Announced During Past Google I/O KeynotesSearch Engine Land - Danny Sullivan - 9 May, 2011The keynotes at Google I/O â€" Google's developer conference â€" are always filled with such promise. Google TV, Google Wave, music in the cloud! But the products themselves haven't always gone on to meet expectations. With Google I/O 2011 beginning on ... |
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5 Free Must-Have Android AppsBusiness 2 Community - 9 May, 2011The sheer number of applications available for mobile devices running the Android operating system can be overwhelming at times. With over 100000 different applications to choose from, it can be difficult to sort out the hidden gems from the rest of ... |
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OfferMobi Talks about the App StoreTop Tech Reviews - Mike Vang - 9 May, 2011OfferMobi is a company that engages in a pay for performance mobile marketing platform. Its CEO recently talked about the changes in Apple's ranking algorithms and how the changes would make the developers strive on creating higher quality apps. ... |
Android Market to pass App Store: but developers miss outPC Authority - Stewart Mitchell - 9 May, 2011Google's Android market will become the biggest app store in August when it will overtake Apple's App Store, according to research. In its Android Market Insights report, research2guidance said Google was adding apps ... |
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Google Android news and rumors for the week ending May 8PCWorld.co.nz - Brad Reed - 9 May, 2011The week in Android news includes Sprint bringing Android to the enterprise; and RIM debuting Android Player. - RIM debuts its Android simulator at BlackBerry World: In a nod to Android's massive success in encouraging third-party mobile app ... |
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iPhone Apps Developer Offers Free Course on How To Create iPhone Apps and ...Online PR News (press release) - 9 May, 2011Online PR News â€" 08-May-2011 â€"Millions of people across the globe use iPhones, shows recent market reports. Creating a perfect opportunity to develop and sell iPhone apps and games to a huge audience and make money online. ... |
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Found the best iPhone app ever? Zwapp your friends with it.The Inquisitr - 9 May, 2011Smartphone app discovery is a difficult, and often time consuming, past time that everyone with a smartphone engages in. What with the constant influx of new apps that arrive daily mixed in with the older apps as well as the .. well .. garbage apps it ... |
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Apps aplentyBusiness Line - 9 May, 2011Shopping for apps can be addictive. There are app stores for almost all mobile operating systems. It started with the one for iPhone by Apple. Then came the flood â€" Ovi by Nokia, Android Market by Google and BlackBerry App World and Windows Marketplace ... |
Killer apps: Buff up even your dumb phone with these popular add-ons [Sun ...TMC Net - 9 May, 2011(Sun Journal (Lewiston, ME) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) May 08--Lewiston's Randy Link had a plumber working at his house a couple of weeks ago when he let slip that he designs software for mobile applications. "He called me back that night and said ... |
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Apps arms race breaks out as nation goes app crazySeacoastonline.com - Ced Kurtz - May 7, 2011Apps for your phone. Apps for your tablet. Apps for your browser. Apps for your computer. When did we go so app happy? Apps, short for applications, have been around since the dawn of the personal computer. An app is simply a computer ... |
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Android apps may pass Apple's by AugustTriangle Business Journal - May 7, 2011Two different research and analysis firms are predicting that purchases and downloads of Android Market applications will surpass those of Apple Inc.'s by the end of July, according to a report by online publication TechCrunch. ... |
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Android Market to Become Biggest Mobile Development Platform By August 2011 ...TFTS (blog) - May 7, 2011Android Market is set to be the most popular platform for mobile developers. Market researchers say Android Market will overtake Apple's App Store by August 2011.... According to German research firm Research2Guidance, Android is fast becoming the ... |
An App to Stop TrackingHard OCP - May 7, 2011If you are really concerned over data collection and privacy issues on your smartphone, you might want to give WhisperMonitor a look. It's a new app for a limited number of Android phones to detect data collection and transmission and an interface to ... |
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Android Explainer Series: Apps for driving, Google TV and extending battery lifeAndroid Apps Appolicious - May 7, 2011There is no question Android is a top-tier mobile device platform â€" rivaling anything produced by Apple, RIM, and other manufacturers. With an open ecosystem that appeals to casual users and super-nerds alike, Android empowers developers to produce ... |
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Top five FREE Android appsLife of Android (blog) - Michael Brook - May 7, 2011They say you don't get something for nothing â€" we strongly disagree. Here at Life of Android we make a point of sifting through Android Market to find the best apps out there and sometimes we'll find a free gem that's a must-download, so here are our ... |
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WhisperMonitor To Stop Other Apps From Stealing Personal InformationCrazyEngineers VoiCE - May 6, 2011Smartphone security experts Whisper Systems have released a new app that will let you see how other apps are storing user specific information and will stop such apps from snooping on your data. This app, called WhisperMonitor gives the android users ... |
Chinese entrepreneurs see Apple's App Store as entryway to global marketTMC Net - 9 May, 2011BEIJING, May 07, 2011 (San Jose Mercury News - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Lu Miao speaks very little English. He's never traveled outside of Asia. He's not a software engineer. But in a few short months, he became the founder ... |
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Android Market to overtake App Store in August 2011Mobile Business Briefing - 9 May, 2011Analyst firm research2guidance said that given the current growth rate in app store numbers, Android Market will overtake Apple's App Store in August 2011, to become the biggest store in the market in available content terms. It said that in April, ... |
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