Google Finally Purging Android of Crap Apps
Since February of this year more than 60,000 Android applications have been removed from the Google Play store. Mobile app developer news for Android apps.
Facebook Topping On Ice Cream Sandwich
Yesterday Facebook announced a family of Android-based smartphone apps which is to be called Facebook Home. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced “We’re going to talk about how you can transform your Android phone into a great social phone” Facebook Home will be available on April 12 on certain phones which run the Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean versions of the Android […]
IOS Still More Popular With Business Users Than Android
According to a report by Citrix the IOS platform continues to be the preferred mobile platform in the business world. Studying business customers who uses it’s cloud-based management software Citrix found that iOS was No. 1 with 58 percent adoption in the 2012 fourth quarter. Android took second place with a 35% share followed by […]
Android up 13%, iOS down 7%, BlackBerry down 81%, Windows Phone up 52%
The mobile OS market share figures are in for Kantar Worldpanel’s last quarter, and the numbers are very interesting indeed. Kantar Worldpanel is the largest consumer research mobile phone panel in the world which conducts more than 240,000 interviews per year in the U.S to assertion what people are using. The real shocks are not the Android and iOS numbers which […]
New Playboy iPhone App Keeps It Clean
The infamous playboy magazine launches its iPhone app but keeps it classy with no nudity. Apple is well known for it’s tight rules on app submissions and doesn’t allow pornographic material. Josh Schollmeyer, Playboy‘s Director of Digital Content reflects “It forces us to use our imagination to be a little bit more creative,” he says. “I tell all my photographers […]
iPhone App Developers Preparing for iOS 7 Release
iPhone app developers expecting Apple will announce the release of iOS 7 software at this years WWDC event. Developer conference tickets predicted to sell out.
iPad Soaring High in Chinese Market
While sales of inexpensive Android mobile devices are soaring in mainline China are chipping away at the iPhone’s market share, the Apple iPad remains the dominant tablet of choice for Chinese consumers. According to a recent story, the iPad and iPad mini made up 83% of tablet sales in China while Android tablets have only […]
Will Ouya Android Games Console Lure Developers?
The Ouya games console was launched this week which experts say could disrupt the industry. The Android based console was a crowd funding success story raising over $8m in funding from 63,416 backers. The console retails for $99 and the games will be a fraction of the cost of traditional platforms such as PlayStation and Xbox. The company has already started sending […]
IOS In-App Purchases Hits Record High
Any regular user of Apple’s IOS platform is likely to bear witness to the fact that in-app purchases are becoming more common place. A new report confirms they are at a record high with over 76% of iPhone App Store revenue in the U.S. orginating from in-app purchases. Around a year ago this figure was just 53%. The […]