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Apps to flourish on mobile, games
News Developers should bet on Android, games, navigation and music, to reap returns, suggest industry watchers, who say business apps can also prove viable.
Tags: Mobile applications, Business applications, Mobile platforms, Nokia Corp., Ovum, Phone, Operating System, App, mobile, Business applications
App stores unfazed by proprietary threat
News Arrival of proprietary mobile app stores such as Windows Marketplace won't topple third-party stores that can still differentiate, say MobiHand and Handango.
Tags: Mobile applications, Windows Mobile, Phone, App, MobiHand, Microsoft Corp., mobile, Mobile applications, Spokesperson, Developer
Windows Mobile gets own app marketplace
News update Windows Mobile will get an app store to be launched Wednesday, allowing users to download and purchase mobile apps over-the-air, Microsoft reveals.
Tags: Mobile applications, Windows Mobile, Software engineering/development, .NET, Google Inc., App, Microsoft Corp., software, mobile, Mobile applications
Microsoft opens app store to more phones
News Although Microsoft has just made its mobile marketplace available for Windows Mobile 6.0 and 6.1, Microsoft will have to do more if it wants to reach Apple's 100,000 apps--and counting.
Tags: Mobile applications, Windows Mobile, Apple Inc., Boulder, Phone, Operating System, App, Microsoft Corp., mobile, Mobile applications
Asian mobile apps need better usability
News Developers in region hoping to bring apps to global audience should work on developing cleaner and more intuitive user interfaces, says Nokia exec.
Tags: Mobile applications, Software engineering/development, Nokia Corp., Mobile App, Phone, App, advertisement, revenue, mobile, Mobile applications
Adobe brings Photoshop.com to iPhone
News Adobe introduces Photoshop.com Mobile for iPhone that allows users to edit their photos on iPhone.
Tags: Mobile commerce, Mobile applications, Adobe Systems Inc., Phone, App, mobile, Mobile applications, Real Estate, Tool, Adobe PhotoShop
Do-it-yourself iPhone apps
News Services that do the coding for you make it easy for nontechies to create iPhone apps. Applications to the Apple App Store are exploding.
Tags: Mobile applications, Smart phones, Google Inc., Apple Inc., Ovum, App, Tom Johnson, MEDL Mobile, mobile, Mobile applications
Augmented reality: Not that real yet
News Why iPhone apps that act as a digital guidebook aren't quite ready for prime time and is a step down from using conventional mapping and search applications.
Tags: Smart phones, GPS receiver, Phone, App, Smart Phone, McDonald's Corp., GPS, Smartphone, Washington, Apple iPhone
Google marketplace needs better marketing
News update Android mobile apps reportedly not selling as well as the iPhone's; developers blame it on Google's ineffective marketing on Android marketplace.
Tags: Development/design, Software engineering/development, Google Android, Apple Inc., App, Apple iTunes, Google Android, marketing, billing, Apple iPhone
Desktop apps on mobile remain 'niche'
News update The ability to carry desktop applications on mobile devices will remain niche, with users choosing apps written natively for their devices, say analysts.
Tags: Development/design, Open source, Citrix Systems Inc., Security, App, Virtualization, Asia-Pacific, Mobile Device, phone, Facebook
Can Android Market catch up with Apple App Store?
News commentary Increased developer hustle and bustle around Android and slew of devices based on Google's mobile operating system, signal that apps written for this platform will skyrocket.
Tags: Mobile applications, Google Android, Apple Inc., Phone, Operating System, cell-phone operating system, App, mobile, Mobile applications, Google Android
Let's kill the OS upgrade disc
News Life would be easier if we paid for ongoing OS upgrades the way we pay for other digital assets--by subscription.
Tags: Windows 7, Mac OS, Upgrade, Apple Inc., Computer, Operating System, App, Microsoft Corp., software, Windows 7
Rogue Facebook apps steal login data, spam
News Group of malicious Facebook apps stealing login credentials and sending spam to friends of affected users, according to Trend Micro researcher.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Network security, Web 2.0, Phishing, App, Web Browser, Spamming, Spam, Trend Micro Inc., IP
Apple changes mind on rejected e-book reader app
News App Store initially rejected the Eucalyptus app because it offered access to a text-only version of the Kama Sutra.
Tags: Smart phones, Mobile applications, Apple Inc., Twitter, App, E-book Reader, Eucalyptus, phone, Apple iPod, Apple iPod Touch
Facebook disables 6 rogue phishing apps, but 5 more appear
News Rogue applications keep cropping up that are sending Facebook users to a phishing site, stealing passwords, and then spamming users' friends.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Spam filtering, Phishing, App, Spamming, Trend Micro Inc., Phishing Web Site, photograph, Facebook, researcher
