Mobile App Ecosystem is Killing the Web
iOS & Android mobile platforms have eaten the web for breakfast & disrupted countless industries. Mobile app development is quickly overtaking the web.
Will iPhone 5S have Multiple Screen Sizes? Developers Hope NOT
The upcoming iPhone 5S will have a choice of screen size according to Topeka analyst Brian White. After a meeting with a tech-supply chain company White believes Apple will unveil the iPhone 5S in at least 2 or possibly 3 different screen sizes. “We believe Apple is coming around to the fact that one size per iPhone […]
Facebook Topping On Ice Cream Sandwich
Yesterday Facebook announced a family of Android-based smartphone apps which is to be called Facebook Home. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced “We’re going to talk about how you can transform your Android phone into a great social phone” Facebook Home will be available on April 12 on certain phones which run the Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean versions of the Android […]
SFO Serves Cease-And-Desist Ride Sharing Companies
InstantCab, a San Francisco iPhone app development firm which uses cab drivers and vetted individuals to provide taxi services announced that it had received a partial cease-and-desist letter from SFO. It also appears that other new transportation startups have also received the same notice last month. It was reported that SideCar confirmed that it received a cease-and-desist letter in […]
Microsoft Lures Mac Developers With Quickstart Kit
As mobile app developers we become aware this morning that Microsoft is tempting Mac developers to start working on Windows with it’s Windows QuickStart Kit which includes a copy of Windows 8 Pro and Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac on a USB storage device. Microsoft’s group program manager for Internet Explorer Sandeep Singhal, states in today’s announcement “the most common way you […]
Find My iPad App Leads Police to Thief’s Lair
Using “Find My iPhone” app police tracked stolen iPad. Officers executed a search warrant to recover stolen goods. iPad app enables users to track lost devices.
Its Official – Phablets Are Lame
The mobile app analytics company Flurry, released an article breaking down the state of the mobile app development market. According to the report, mid-sized smartphones like the iPhone and Samsung Galaxy are dominating the developer market while Phablet devices are lagging far behind. Phablets are mobile devices that are smaller than a tablet and […]
Android up 13%, iOS down 7%, BlackBerry down 81%, Windows Phone up 52%
The mobile OS market share figures are in for Kantar Worldpanel’s last quarter, and the numbers are very interesting indeed. Kantar Worldpanel is the largest consumer research mobile phone panel in the world which conducts more than 240,000 interviews per year in the U.S to assertion what people are using. The real shocks are not the Android and iOS numbers which […]
New Playboy iPhone App Keeps It Clean
The infamous playboy magazine launches its iPhone app but keeps it classy with no nudity. Apple is well known for it’s tight rules on app submissions and doesn’t allow pornographic material. Josh Schollmeyer, Playboy‘s Director of Digital Content reflects “It forces us to use our imagination to be a little bit more creative,” he says. “I tell all my photographers […]
IOS In-App Purchases Hits Record High
Any regular user of Apple’s IOS platform is likely to bear witness to the fact that in-app purchases are becoming more common place. A new report confirms they are at a record high with over 76% of iPhone App Store revenue in the U.S. orginating from in-app purchases. Around a year ago this figure was just 53%. The […]