Apple Acquires TestFlight, Drops Android Developer Support
Apple, Inc. recently acquired Burstly, the booming tech company behind products like TestFlight and SkyRocket. TestFlight is a popular mobile app beta-testing platform, while SkyRocket is a leading in-app advertising management tool. While terms of the deal were not immediately disclosed, tech industry insiders immediately began speculating that there was more behind the move than […]
Driving Forces Behind Facebook’s WhatsApp Acquisition
Facebook recently acquired WhatsApp for a whopping $19 billion. Anytime a company pays out a big chunk of change to a relative newcomer, the whole tech industry sit up and pays attention. After all, millions of entrepreneurs and iPhone app developers around the world dream about that kind of payday. A close look at […]
The “Internet of Things” Revolutionizing the World
Tech industry pundits are predicting that 2014 will be the year that the long-heralded “Internet of Things” really takes hold. Recent advances in computer hardware have made all kinds of fascinating applications possible, moving us toward a hyper-connected world in which technology and the “real world” interact in exciting new ways. Insiders predict that this […]
Android Continues Gains, iOS Slipping in Global Marketshare
According to IDC, a consumer research firm, a total of 793.6 million Android smartphones shipped last year. With global smartphone shipments ending up just north of 1 billion for the 2013 calendar year, IDC credits Android with a 78.6 percent market share. Apple’s iOS placed a distant but steady second, with a 15.6 percent market […]
iOS Dominates Business while Android Gains Market Share Globally
According to the most recent Good Mobility Index, a quarterly report published in Good Technology, Apple’s iOS smartphone operating system is dominating the business world. At the same time, Google’s Android operating system continues to gain ground globally. The report is based on information compiled by Good, a prominent enterprise mobile security company. In creating […]
Google Announces the Arrival of Prescription-Lens Google Glasses
One of the major limitations of the Google Glass — a limitation Google promised to eliminate when they first introduced the wearable technology — is that it wasn’t compatible with prescription eyeglasses. Google recently made good on their promise, introducing frames for Google Glasses that work with prescription lenses. Google is set to launch several […]
Global Internet Connection Speeds Rise Sharply in 2013
The 2013 numbers are in, and there’s good news and bad news. The good news: the Internet continues to get faster and faster. The bad news: the U.S. is lagging behind world leaders in Internet technology development. Globally, Internet connection speeds rose by 29 percent, with the average connection clocking in at 3.6 megabytes per […]
NSA Spying Through Popular Mobile Apps Like “Angry Birds”
According to a report co-authored by The New York Times and the U.K. newspaper The Guardian, the National Security Agency and its British equivalent are using game apps like Angry Birds to collect users’ personal information. Details of the program, obtained from classified British intelligence files, indicate that Angry Birds and other “leaky apps” are […]
Smartphones to Double as Room Keys at Starwood Hotels
If you’re planning a visit to select Starwood Hotels and Resorts in the near future, you could get a firsthand glimpse at a new type of smartphone technology. The company has partnered with a Swedish lock-maker to launch a pilot program which allows guests to use their smartphones as room keys. The program also allows […]
Software Developers Anticipate Challenges Monetizing Apps
Making real money from a mobile app is already challenging, but industry insiders predict that it is going to get even harder in the years ahead. Current trends indicate that by 2017, 94.5 percent of all mobile downloads will be available to end users free of charge. Analysts also anticipate that as little as 0.01 […]