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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
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
Smaller APAC telcos innovate to compete
News Tier two and three mobile operators in Asia-Pacific bank on innovative services to grow, says market player, who adds Singapore telcos can do more.
Tags: Customer support, Convergys Corp., Hutchison, Operator, BSS, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, Indonesia, billing, average revenue per user
Hype over mobile app downloads to slow
News Global market growth will hit 153 percent between 2008 and 2011 but drop to 33 percent before 2014, with Asia accounting for 19 percent, new study finds.
Tags: Development/design, Mobile platforms/communications, Mobile commerce, Apple Inc., Mobile App, Ovum, bank, mobile, Asia, Asia-Pacific
Nokia exec talks Ovi platform
News Niklas Savander, Nokia's top services guy, shares his thoughts on everything from lessons learned from Apple to why the Ovi store still isn't available on AT&T's network.
Tags: Smart phones, Mobile applications, Nokia Corp., Apple Inc., Phone, cell phone company, Ovi Storefront, Ovi Store, Mobile Client, Market Category
Apple to reinvent Apple TV...for the rest of us
News Apple is trying to persuade programmers to make their TV shows available as part of a subscription via iTunes.
Tags: Video, TVs, Apple Inc., Satellite, TV, Apple iTunes, Apple TV, billing, Apple iPhone, PC
Google launches App Engine dashboard
News The new dashboard marks the latest move by a cloud provider to improve transparency in the event of an outage.
Tags: Search, Content management, Customer support, Google Inc., CPU, bandwidth usage, Dashboard, billing, ZDNet, blog
Google App Engine permits heavy use, for a fee
News The cloud-computing foundation is growing more mature: those wanting to use it to house Web applications can pay to get more capacity.
Tags: Search, CPU, Google Inc., Web Service, Amazon Web Services, Server, Amazon.com Inc., e-mail, network, billing
US carriers not keen on Nokia's Ovi Store
News Nokia's mobile-application store customers in the United States will not be able to pay for application downloads on their monthly carrier bills, an option in eight other countries.
Tags: Apple Inc., Mobile, Research In Motion Ltd., Google Inc., Carrier, Europe, payment, billing, U.S., Nokia Corp.
Nokia's Ovi Store launch marred by server issues
News The handset maker's answer to the iPhone App Store and the Android Marketplace has opened for business, suffering server overload in the process.
Tags: Applications and tools, Smart phones, Security, Mobile, F-Secure Corp., Web Browser, Server, performance, billing, Nokia Corp.
Gartner finds lukewarm response to SaaS
News Research firm's findings contradict general impression that software-as-a-service could help alleviate costs in economic downturn.
Tags: Market research, Product development and design, Sales strategy, Sales/revenue, Investments, Business applications, Innovation, Standards, Survey, Gartner Inc.
How smartphones, netbooks will change the future of money
News Mobile banking and m-payments are on the increase and look set to become substantial markets, say U.K.-based industry watchers.
Tags: Mobile commerce, PayPal, Mobile, Smart Phone, Mobile Internet, Mobile Banking, payment, electronic payment, billing, credit card
The once and future app store
News Third-party applications are the future of the smartphone business, but there are varying--and valid--theories on how those applications should reach the world.
Tags: Smart phones, Mobile applications, Business applications, Mobile platforms, Apple Inc., Mobile, Carrier, Symbian Inc., phone, AT&T Corp.
Outsourcing: Less money-saving, more time-saving
News Saving money through better business processes--not just cost-cutting--is a high priority for enterprises in the current climate, says Wipro executive.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Wipro Technologies, Outsourcing, IT Budget, Outsourcing Company, ERP, Business Process, systems integration, billing
Demand for converged services to rocket
News Converged services are rising in demand with changing consumer lifestyle, where single-service telco offerings are becoming thing of the past, says analyst.
Tags: VoIP/IP telephony, Consumer Technology, Next-generation technology/networks, TV, IP, Singapore, Broadband, Service, pay-TV, Frost & Sullivan
