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Mobile game developers struggle to replicate Zynga's success
Mobile game developers are competing in one of the most difficult of all mobile application markets. Although the mobile game market is full of promise, it does not offer financial success to the READ MORE >>
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Android 4.0 development standards help designers embrace the platform
Alicia Waters
With the unveiling of Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) at the beginning of the year, Android also revealed its first suggested app design guidelines, departing from its Read more >>
APIs are an innovation engine for developers
APIs, or application programmable interfaces, are an important tool for mobile developers because they can help them create more useful applications, enhance their products and shorten the Read more >>
JiWire: 37% of consumers are using mobile wallets
Consumers are becoming more comfortable with mobile wallets. According to Mobile Audience Insights Report from JiWire, a location-based mobile advertising company that surveys consumers who access Read more >>
It's time to treat the mobile device as the "prime" screen
Common sense holds that a first-rate mobile application will give the consumer an optimum user experience. That experience is influenced not only by a product's technical features but also by the Read more >>
The best new apps of April 2012
Mobile apps will remain a universal obsession only as long as they continue to captivate, surprise and entertain consumers. Fortunately, the app ecosystem shows no signs of slowing up: Innovative and Read more >>
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- Publishers must cater to casual gamers to stay relevant in increasingly crowded market
- Nokia: Apps in Windows Phone Marketplace top 80,000 and growing
- Speech technologies offer innovative way to enhance and differentiate apps
- Evans Data: Developers are moving away from native platforms for app development
- Sensor-based apps offer lots of potential but are hindered by fragmentation
- Enterprise to mobile developers: We need business apps
- Out of the Park swings for the fences with baseball sim game for iOS
- Making money in mobile apps isn't easy: Majority of app developers are moonlighters
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> Zynga acquires mobile gaming startup Wild Needle Article
> Facebook launches App Center to drive mobile discovery Article
> NTT DoCoMo bids $290M for mobile content firm Buongiorno Article
> U.S. smartphone owners now average 41 applications per device, up 28 percent from the 2011 average of 32 apps, according to new data from Nielsen. Article
> Mobile social gaming powerhouse Zynga is committed to acquiring new talent and startups, a key company executive said, indicating Zynga will continue its buying streak. Article
And finally... Special K Chocolatey Delight Has More Calories Than Cocoa Puffs. Article
Editor's Corner
Facebook wants and needs developers
Last week's announcement by Facebook that it is launching an App Center for distributing social apps is good news for developers. The center not only opens up the vast, untapped Facebook market Read more >>
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iOS and Android users have different taste in apps
The popularity of a smartphone app is heavily dependent on the operating system. A new study from comScore identified the top apps accessed by iOS and Android customers and found that the two audiences have very dissimilar usage characteristics.... Read more>>
Latest Commentary
- Peggy Albright: Facebook wants and needs developers
- Peggy Albright: It's time to treat the mobile device as the "prime" screen
- Jason Nelson: Meet the new FierceDeveloper
- Peggy Albright: Speech technologies offer innovative way to enhance and differentiate apps
- Peggy Albright: Enterprise to mobile developers: We need business apps
- Peggy Albright: OpenStreetMap may offer a cheaper alternative to Google Maps
- Peggy Albright: Will Apple's iPad Retina Display inspire or frustrate you?
Press Releases
- Anue Systems Wins Best IT Product for Telecommunications
- Strategy Analytics: Chinese Smartphone Owners Demand High Levels of Local Customization
- Vox Mobile Announces Completion of $7.5 Million in Financing Led by Edison Ventures
- New Poll: Hispanic Teens Are Aware Of The Dangers Of Texting While Driving, Yet 54 Percent Are Guilty Of This Risky Behavior
- Factory Installed Automotive Navigation Solutions to Surpass PND Shipments by 2015, Says ABI Research
- SeaChange and Tellabs to Demonstrate Multi-Screen TV Ad Targeting Based on Web Browser Activity
