Mobile Applications
USA.gov Asks for App Suggestions
August 18, 2011 8:03 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsThe USA.gov website is asking the common citizen for suggestions on what types of apps the government should develop.
Citi, Best Buy Say Thank You with Loyalty App
August 18, 2011 8:02 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsCiti and Best Buy today announced the new Citi ThankYou Rewards app...
Q & A Firm Gets Series A Funding
August 11, 2011 1:49 pm | by Monica Alleven | News | CommentsMobile question-and-answer company Opinionaided on Thursday announced a $4.3 million Series A round of funding led by SoftBank Capital and BlueRun Ventures.
Verizon Opens Doors on Apps Innovation Center – West
August 10, 2011 1:29 pm | by Monica Alleven | News | CommentsVerizon Wireless President and CEO Dan Mead on Wednesday declared Verizon's Application Innovation Center in San Francisco officially open for business...
In-App Billing Proves Profitable for Developers
July 28, 2011 1:45 pm | by Andrew Berg | Articles | CommentsIn-app purchases are poised to change forever the way mobile application developers sculpt their business plans. The days of paying up front for an app are coming to an end.
Apple Enforces In-App Purchase Rules
July 26, 2011 8:26 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsThe relatively immature eBook market endured some sharp growing pains yesterday...
Report: App Revenue to Hit $29 B in 2015
July 26, 2011 8:17 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsThe latest research from In-Stat forecasts rapid growth of the applications market...
Keeping QoS in the Picture
July 23, 2011 6:42 pm | by Monica Alleven | Articles | CommentsIf you’re the one building the network, where do you turn to get a read on the quality of service (QoS) your network is delivering, or will deliver if it’s still in a testing stage?
Seybold’s Take - Smartphones for Everything?
July 23, 2011 6:18 pm | by Andrew Seybold | Articles | CommentsThe technology folks are working overtime. They have discovered how handy smartphones are and all of their capabilities...
Google+ App Goes Live in iTunes App Store
July 20, 2011 8:08 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsIt's been only three weeks since the launch of Google+ and already iPhone users with a social bent are smiling.
FDA To Regulate Some Medical Apps
July 19, 2011 8:23 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsThe FDA today announced it is seeking input on its proposed oversight approach for certain mobile applications specific to medicine or health care...
CNN Goes Live Streaming 24-7 to iPhone, iPad
July 18, 2011 8:12 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsCNN today announced live-streaming of CNN and HLN's complete 24-hour television networks both online and on the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
App Developers and the Data Cap Dilemma
July 17, 2011 8:52 pm | by Maisie Ramsay | Articles | CommentsAT&T's all-you-can-eat plans are long extinct, T-Mobile USA has capped usage, Verizon Wireless just killed off its unlimited service and Virgin Mobile will begin throttling heavy users beginning in October.
Mini Review: Dragon Go Good, But Needs Integration
July 14, 2011 8:38 am | by Andrew Berg | Articles | CommentsNuance has rolled out the next of its Dragon-branded apps, with Dragon Go, a new voice-activated search app for the iPhone.
Handmark Creates Subsidiary for Social, Mobile
July 13, 2011 8:58 am | by Monica Alleven | News | CommentsHandmark is spinning off its social apps business and mobile ad services group to form a wholly owned subsidiary...
Apple Raises GetJar's Hackles with C & D Notice
July 11, 2011 7:58 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsApple last week sent a cease and desist notice to GetJar, asking that the third-party applications store immediately quit using the term "app store" in any manner at all.
Apple App Store Boasts 15B App Downloads
July 7, 2011 8:24 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsApple today announced that over 15 billion applications have been downloaded from its App Store...
Court Denies Apple's Bid for Injunction Against Amazon in App Store Suit
July 7, 2011 8:22 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsA federal district judge has denied Apple's attempt to get a preliminary injunction against Amazon's use of the phrase "app store"...
The Apps That Eat Your Wireless Data
July 5, 2011 8:03 am | by Peter Svensson, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsIf you have a cell phone with a monthly limit on how much data you can use, here are some tips on what types of phone use will gobble up your precious megabytes.
RIM Addresses Anonymous Criticism
July 1, 2011 8:05 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsA "high-level" employee at Research In Motion (RIM) today published an anonymous open letter that criticizes the BlackBerry maker...
Apple Removes Anti-Israel App from App Store
June 23, 2011 8:13 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsApple says it has removed an application called "ThirdIntifada" from its App Store...
Report: Asia Presents Unique Challenge for App Store
June 22, 2011 8:09 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsApple's App Store is seeing increasing popularity in Asia, although consumer preferences in the East appear to differ from other parts of the world...
T-Mo Jumps on Daily Deal Bandwagon
June 15, 2011 8:27 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsT-Mobile USA today announced a new application that will bring coupons to its customers, as well as Android users in general...
App Store Is Not A Kleenex
June 14, 2011 1:43 pm | Blogs | CommentsOr why it’s silly to try to trademark the term “app store.”
Nuance Updates PC Software, Launches New iOS App
June 13, 2011 8:04 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsNuance Communications today unveiled a couple of new enhancements to its Dragon speech-recognition products...
