A new opportunity may be on the way for iOS developers whose apps aren’t exactly on the cutting edge with respect to graphics. Reports indicate that Amazon is trying to convince some developers to port their apps to the Kindle. Daniel Eran Dilger wrote yesterday afternoon, “Henri Hansen, the developer of Atomium, a periodic table
Just bought a new Apple iPad 2 and want to prep your old iPad 1 for resale? You might be lucky and sell it to a relative (or be really nice and give it to them, for that matter), in which case it isn’t a crisis if some of your information remains on the device,
OfferMobi, a performance marketing network for mobile ad campaigns, has launched its Beta App Discovery Network. The Beta is open for developers to register today for 50 free installs of their iPhone and iPad apps. OfferMobi is also adding Android support later this quarter. OfferMobi says its App Discovery Network is aimed at helping developers
My kids keep sneaking my iPad and playing games on it without my permission. I know, I know, it’s a parenting issue, not a technology issue, but I just feel that if in addition to talking with them about honesty, trust and honor, if I can add a password to the iPad to prevent easy access, I’d have a backup if they were still being sneaky. I’m sure I can set a password up on my iPad, but how?
iPhone developers who live in fear of smartphone owners satisfying all their gaming/review-finding/weather-checking needs elsewhere may not have all that much to worry about. Yesterday, AppsFire released data concerning iOS apps and Web apps, and it looks like native apps are popular by a huge margin. A disclaimer: since these stats came from devices registered
iPhone discovery platform FreeAppADay.com released its “FreeAppADay Store” application over the Christmas week and reached 1.5 million downloads since its debut. Since January 2009, the platform has promoted hundreds of Free and Paid applications from iPhone application developers ranging from Capcom’s Smurfs and Disney’s Tron to EA Mobile’s Scrabble and Pogo Games. “The launch of
There has lately been enough pressure from three corners of the technology world on Apple, which has coerced it to change its policy control over the development of applications for its iPhones and iPads. At one corner of the ring is the developers’ community which has been highly dissatisfied with Apple’s strict policy on developing application software; at the other two corners are external forces, namely the Federal Trade Commission conducting a US antitrust investigation on the technology firm and Competition rising from rival Google’s Android software which plays a huge role in powering several mobile devices (Smartphones) other than iPhone.
Developers who are interested in making apps for the largest number of potential users would do well to consult the latest report from Millennial Media. Millennial Media measured the smartphone OS mix according to impressions in November, and came up with some results that favor the idea of covering one’s bases. No single operating system
Apperian has introduced the Enterprise App Service Environment (EASE) that allows enterprise developers to build, secure, and mange applications for the iPhone, iPad and other mobile devices. EASE helps enterprise developers build secure mobile applications that improve company productivity, while maintaining control for IT departments. With EASE, companies can focus on the development of business-focused
iPhone, iPad, and iPod developers are in luck; the Gold Master version of iOS 4.2, along with the corresponding SDK, is now available to registered devs. This should allow everyone to get their hands on the finished product that consumers will soon see. First impressions have been pretty positive. One of the most talked-about features
