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Amazon opens enrollment for Kindle developer beta program
Amazon.com announced open enrollment for its Kindle developer beta program, promising enrollees access to the tools necessary to create "active content" for the online retailer's Kindle ebook... Read more >>
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AppFund promises financial support for iPad development
CNET and E! Online co-founder Kevin Wendle announced a partnership with MusicNation and Original Signal co-founder Daniel Klaus to form AppFund, a new firm designed to help entrepreneurs create and... Read more >>
AT&T launches Open Call--Apps for All contest
AT&T announced it is now accepting submissions for its Open Call--Apps for All developer contest, taking place at the CTIA Wireless 2010 convention in Las Vegas March 23 and 24. Updating the... Read more >>
Targeting smartphone apps for mass-market users
Who is the typical smartphone user? I envision a stressed-out businessperson or dangling-headphone hipster. My stereotypical smartphone user is an affluent, tech-savvy individual who harnesses the... Read more >>
App Planet orbits 2010 Mobile World Congress
The GSM Association announced the launch of its inaugural App Planet event in conjunction with the 2010 Mobile World Congress, which begins Feb. 15 in Barcelona. A series of platform-specific... Read more >>
Palm kicks off Hot Apps developer competition
Palm announced the launch of its Hot Apps Program, promising $1 million in total cash bonuses to developers whose webOS-based mobile applications create the most consumer interest. Palm will award... Read more >>
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- Linux chief: 'We have to do better' to rival Apple
- 'Pocket God' tops 2 million App Store downloads
- Microsoft posts--then removes--Windows Mobile 6.5 SDK
- Developers question Windows Marketplace payment delays
- IDC forecasts Android shipments will near 70 million by 2013
- Microsoft to discontinue Mobile2Market program
- iPhone OS 4.0 rumored to debut in tandem with Apple tablet
- Verizon Wireless opens binary submissions for V Cast Apps
Also Noted
> AT&T finally adds 3G support for SlingPlayer Mobile app.
> One quarter of game developers now creating mobile titles.
> Apple introduces browser-based App Store access.
> Samsung updates TouchWiz UI for bada smartphone.
> Apple asks developer to cut Android brand from iPhone app description.
And finally... Hair extensions trigger baldness.
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Developers front and center at Mobile World Congress 2010
The GSM Association mounts its annual Mobile World Congress next week in Barcelona, and the developer ecosystem is at the forefront like never before. This year's event heralds the introduction of... Read more >>
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People Operating Technology checks pulse of mobile gaming
Developer Workshop is a series of profiles exploring the current state of the mobile marketplace from the point of view of the software developers mapping out its future. This week FierceDeveloper profiles Booyah, whose location-based social gaming application, My Town, already boasts more than 500,000 users playing the game an average of more than 30 minutes a day, reaching number seven on the App Store's top free apps list. Read more >>
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