Mobile Application
255 Stories
Mobile app controls won't deter malware
News Application development controls are no "silver bullet" to keeping mobile malware, say industry watchers, but certification--voluntary or otherwise--ought to exist.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Mobile applications, Mobile platforms, Malware, Security, Conference, Cell Phone, San Francisco, mobile application, Mobile platforms
Seeking memorable mobile apps
Insight perspective Mobile applications are numerous but often lacking in quality. One analyst looks at what's needed to improve them.
Tags: Mobile applications, Mobile platforms, Apple Inc., Developer, Cisco Catalyst, Sales, Sun Microsystems Inc., social networking, network, handset company
Google admits breaking App Store rules
News Google Mobile uses undocumented techniques supposedly off-limits to iPhone developers to make verbal search tool work with an iPhone sensor.
Tags: Software engineering/development, Mobile applications, Mobile platforms, Apple Inc., Mobile, Google Inc., SDK, API, software, News.com
Research: Twitter has yet to grow into valuation
News Company is worth significantly less than US$1 billion, one company surmises. That's in part because the effectiveness of its possible business plan is still up in the air.
Tags: Web 2.0, Internet advertising, Twitter Inc., revenue strategy, advertisement, revenue, Web 2.0, T. Rowe Price Group Inc., API, research company
Nokia N900 operating system gets official Qt port
News Nokia has released a port of its Qt graphical toolkit to Maemo 5, so developers writing applications for the Linux OS can move them to multiple platforms.
Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Mobile applications, Nokia Corp., Symbian Inc., Operating System, Trolltech, mobile, Mobile applications, Qt
GetJar: The unknown app store leader
News Everyone knows that Apple has the largest mobile application store in the world, but who is second? A small company called GetJar.
Tags: Mobile applications, Personal applications, Business applications, Facebook, Apple iPhone, Phone, Personal applications, Mobile applications, GetJar, Web Site
Mobile just one leg of Microsoft's three-screen strategy
News Most of what Microsoft discusses at CTIA 2009 is old news, but the company reiterates its plans to stay relevant in mobile computing.
Tags: Windows Mobile, Business applications, Digital media, Microsoft Corp., Mobile, Wireless, Wireless Network, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Windows Mobile
E-mail to lead APAC biz mobile apps
News Mobile e-mail will remain leading application among Asia-Pacific companies, accounting for 61 percent share of enterprise mobility software market, notes new report.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Applications and tools, Communications, Mobile, e-governance, insurance industry, Asia-Pacific, Small And Medium Business, e-mail, research company
Mobile apps players form S'pore group
News Mobile Alliance of Singapore, comprising over 30 players from mobile software industry, aims to establish country as development hub for mobile applications.
Tags: CommunicAsia 2009, Mobile platforms/communications, Mobile applications, Mobile platforms, Mobile, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, software company, Microsoft Internet Explorer, mobile application
Pacnet goes to Vietnam via new partner
News update Telecommunications service provider Pacnet inks alliance with FPT Telecom, gaining entry points to Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.
Tags: Networking technology, Mobile, Asia, Vietnam, Telecommunications, cable system, Singapore, Broadband, Pacific Internet, Pacnet
Ballmer: Mobile's success hangs on openness
News Companies in the mobile industry will need to be "open" to succeed, said Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer at the Mobile World Congress.
Tags: Open source, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, Mobile, mobile industry, AT&T Corp., Microsoft Windows, mobile application, Apple iPhone, industry
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.
Corporate brands look to young developers
News To provide services that are relevant to market conditions, some companies are looking beyond their in-house IT units to get fresh new ideas.
Tags: Mobile applications, Business applications, Mobile, Asia, Yahoo! Inc., Singapore, Developer, operating system, bank, mobile application
Yahoo intros new iPhone and BlackBerry apps
News Internet company is focusing more on developing specific applications for devices, such as the iPhone, as it shifts its mobile strategy.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Mobile applications, RIM BlackBerry, Web Browser, Apple iPod, Flickr, Apple iPod Touch, mobile application, Apple iPhone, strategy
Accenture launches mobile-service framework
News Enterprise mobile services and cloud connectivity are on the menu for Accenture customers.
Tags: Business applications, Cellular phones, Smart phones, PDA phones, Mobile/Wireless, Mobile, Asia-Pacific, Wireless, Accenture Ltd., Service Delivery Platform
