Mobile Applications

FCC Stages Open Internet Apps Challenge

January 6, 2011 7:15 am | by Monica Alleven | News | Comments

The FCC is hoping to encourage developers to create apps that foster and protect Internet openness with its Open Internet Challenge.

Amazon Tools Apps for Windows, Android Tablets

January 4, 2011 7:30 am | by Andrew Berg | News | Comments

Amazon today announced that Kindle apps will be tailored specifically for Android- and Windows-based tablets...

eBay Buys App Maker Critical Path

December 16, 2010 7:15 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | Comments

Internet auction giant eBay has acquired Critical Path Software, the app development company that helped it launch key applications for the iPhone...

Salvation Army Goes Mobile this Holiday Season

December 15, 2010 7:57 am | by Andrew Berg | News | Comments

The Salvation Army Santas will be ringing their little bells on your mobile this holiday season, with a new mobile giving app from Didimo.

App Lets You Snap Photo to See Game Content Detail

December 15, 2010 7:00 am | by The Associated Press | News | Comments

Video games come with ratings similar to movies, but plenty of parents buy games rated M for Mature for their kids under 17.

Bubble Motion Pursues Voice-Based Twitter Model

December 13, 2010 7:08 am | by Monica Alleven | News | Comments

Bubble Motion is going Bollywood. Well, sort of. The company, which started out in the voice SMS space with Bubble Talk, is now building up its base of users in Asia...

3 Trillion Pigs Down, Angry Birds Keeps Thriving

December 10, 2010 7:10 am | by Jake Coyle, AP Entertainment Writer | News | Comments

Some 12 million copies of the 99-cent version of Angry Birds have been downloaded, with another 30 million downloads of its free app...

Review: New Shopping App Good for Malls, Airports

December 10, 2010 7:07 am | by Karen Schwartz, Associated Press | Articles | Comments

If Santa's checking Facebook, a new app released just in time for Christmas might help you get the perfect gift...

Bluetooth Maker Jawbone Announces Thoughts

December 9, 2010 6:59 am | by Andrew Berg | News | Comments

Bluetooth maker Jawbone has launched its first app for the iPhone on the iTunes App Store.

Survey: Interest in Mobile Loyalty Clubs on Rise

December 7, 2010 7:13 am | by Andrew Berg | News | Comments

Mobile advertising firm Hipcricket today sheds some light on what cell phone users do and don't want on their mobile when it comes to advertising.

Android Market Asks Developers to Rate Apps

November 29, 2010 7:22 am | by Andrew Berg | News | Comments

Google's Android Market said it will begin offering content ratings similar to those used by Hollywood for films.

Japan iPhone Craze Attracts Global App Developers

November 29, 2010 7:10 am | by Yuri Kageyama, AP Business Writer | News | Comments

The iPhone's popularity in Japan is cracking open an industry long thought inaccessible to outsiders.

Pirated Editions of Murakami Novels Found on Apple's App Store

November 29, 2010 7:08 am | by The Associated Press | News | Comments

Pirated Japanese editions of popular novels by Haruki Murakami were discovered for sale on Apple's App Store on Monday, shortly after unauthorized Chinese translations were found available online.

Browser Vs. App: Which Is Better?

November 24, 2010 11:24 am | by Andrew Berg | Articles | Comments

Do consumers really prefer mobile browsers to apps? Two recent surveys, one from Adobe’s Omniture division and one commissioned by Orange in the U.K., found that end-users prefer mobile browsers to apps, at least in a few areas, most of them research based activities (e.g. shopping, finding a map, general search).

Tech Insights-Streaming Video: The (Network) Killer App

November 24, 2010 8:34 am | by Elliott Drucker | Articles | Comments

Back when wireless operators were first deploying third-generation networks and before the advent of smartphones, there was an ongoing quest to find the "killer app." This was to be the signature data application for nascent 3G networks that would excite traditional voice users sufficiently...

Appitalism Capitalizes on Apps

November 23, 2010 7:29 am | by Monica Alleven | News | Comments

A new company arrived on the scene about six weeks ago, and it's raring to go for the Black Friday holiday.

Papaya Tech Fosters Android Gaming

November 19, 2010 7:12 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | Comments

Beijing, China-based PapayaMobile is a major supporter of Android-based social gaming.

SiteSpect Helps Vegas.com Optimize Mobile Website

November 16, 2010 7:35 am | by Andrew Berg | News | Comments

Apps are great, but companies looking for maximum reach are increasingly concerned with optimizing their mobile websites. Vegas.com has been doing just that over the past year....

iPhone App Lets Parents Monitor Teen Facebook Use

November 15, 2010 7:19 am | by Andrew Berg | News | Comments

Parents can now monitor their teens' Facebook activity using an iPhone application called GoGoStat Parental Guidance...

Airstrip Follows mHealth Trend with New App

November 12, 2010 7:40 am | by Andrew Berg | News | Comments

AirStrip Technologies launched Airstrip Patient Monitoring on Apple's iTunes App Store, following a major industry trend that leverages smartphones and tablet devices as useful tools for medical professionals.

Windows Phone 7 Hits RadioShack, 1 cent at Amazon

November 12, 2010 7:16 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | Comments

Penny deals on two Windows Phone 7 devices appeared on Amazon.com and the devices made their debut at RadioShack amid a report that Microsoft sold just 40,000 of the devices at launch.

Study: App Usability Trumps Brand Name

November 10, 2010 7:13 am | by Monica Alleven | News | Comments

Just because you have a great brand doesn't mean you have a great app. Just ask those who participated in a recent study by Harris Interactive.

Apperian Launches EASE for Enterprise Apps

November 3, 2010 8:20 am | by Andrew Berg | News | Comments

Apperian today rolled out the Enterprise App Service Environment (EASE), a platform that will help enterprise developers to build, secure and manage applications...

Network Crashing? Poor Battery Life? Mobile Apps Might Be the Problem

November 2, 2010 3:27 pm | by Michael Luna, SEVEN | Articles | Comments

The proliferation of data usage has led to significant problems with call completion and Internet access in urban areas like San Francisco and New York. One New Yorker was told that up to 30 percent of iPhone calls are dropped on average.