MOBILEOfferMobi, 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
By Mike Sachoff
February 24, 2011
MOBILEInstagram seems to have become a household name at this point (at least in some circles), and it looks like developers will now be able to more easily benefit from its fame. This week, the company invited developers to sign up for access to its API. A little background info in case Instagram isn’t yet
By Doug Caverly
February 10, 2011
MOBILEDozens or hundreds of developers may have had moments of panic late yesterday when a rumor began to spread that apps designed for AT&T’s iPhone might not work on Verizon’s version. Fortunately, now that more people have been able to think the situation over, that doesn’t appear to be the case. James Kendrick claimed yesterday,
By Doug Caverly
February 08, 2011
MOBILEDevelopers who specialize in apps for the iPhone appear to be in luck. As some of the excitement about a new carrier and the personal hotspot feature dies down, everyone’s started to realize that the Verizon-iPhone announcement also means a whole new group of people will soon get the opportunity to begin using iPhone apps.
By Doug Caverly
January 12, 2011
MOBILEiPhone 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
By Mike Sachoff
January 04, 2011
MOBILEThere 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.
By Brajeshwar Oinam
December 17, 2010
MOBILEI’ve been reading along on your series about the Find My iPhone [iTunes link] application and its slick remote security features [ed: start with How to use Find My iPhone on an iPad, then read How to Remote Lock your Apple iPhone] but for reasons I don’t really understand, when I signed in to my
By Dave Taylor
December 15, 2010
MOBILEDevelopers who are interested in going in a different direction from all the usual wallpaper apps and games have a new opportunity to do so. Alibris and Mashery have launched an API developer portal for the sake of letting devs build apps to access the Monsoon Commerce Solutions network. If that sounds a little random,
By Doug Caverly
December 14, 2010
MOBILEAccording to Apple, I can now use the “Find my iPhone” feature to make sure that I never lose my new iPad. Nice, but for the life of me, I can’t figure out how to turn it on, even with the latest iOS iPad firmware updates. What’s the secret, Dave?
By Dave Taylor
December 02, 2010
MOBILEApperian 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
By Mike Sachoff
November 08, 2010