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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 >>
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 >>
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 Read more >>
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 >>
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 >>
Publishers must cater to casual gamers to stay relevant in increasingly crowded market
Lon Otremba
As tablets, smartphones and netbooks proliferate, casual games are now becoming the portal for millions to connect to their social networks via the mobile Web without Read more >>
Meet the new FierceDeveloper
To keep up with the fast-changing developer marketplace, FierceDeveloper has a new look. We've created a new newsletter design that features in-depth articles on all the latest technologies and Read more >>
Nokia: Apps in Windows Phone Marketplace top 80,000 and growing
Marco Argenti
with Nokia's Senior Vice President of Developer Experience and Marketplace Marco Agrenti Nokia is fighting to gain a share of the U.S. smartphone market, and the April Read more >>
Speech technologies offer innovative way to enhance and differentiate apps
Speech recognition technologies have advanced much in the past couple years, crossing some important business and technical milestones that now make it possible for mobile developers to add these Read more >>
Evans Data: Developers are moving away from native platforms for app development
Mobile developers in North America are steadily increasing their use of Web technologies and steadily decreasing their use of native platforms when working on mobile apps. In fact, new research from Read more >>
Sensor-based apps offer lots of potential but are hindered by fragmentation
Sensors are ubiquitous in mobile devices and they should inspire a world of innovative applications based on their special abilities to detect motion, touch, light and environmental conditions. But Read more >>
Enterprise to mobile developers: We need business apps
The business world is finally embracing mobile applications. Companies realize that their employees want mobile business applications that are intuitive, friendly and as engaging as the consumer Read more >>
