Making a living has never been more difficult for app developers targeting mainstream smartphone users in the U.S. Rather than trying to build the next hit game, developers should consider some… Read more »
Fresh data from ComScore indicates that while mobile app consumption continues to rise, most of us are content to use familiar apps rather than experiment regularly with new titles. Independent developers… Read more »
The new messaging app Yo is rapidly attracting attention from users despite its laughably limited functionality. Even if its gimmicky nature quickly fades, though, its early success contains lessons for developers… Read more »
Some major acquisitions jolted the mobile industry in the first quarter of 2014, underscoring some important trends. Meanwhile, turbulence plagues the mobile-gaming industry and Dish is ramping up speculation about its… Read more »
A $4 security app for Android saw more than 10,000 downloads in Google Play but actually does nothing to protect users, according to a report from Android Police. Google has since… Read more »
Google is adopting some strict new policies in an effort to clean up its flagship Android app store. The company is taking a page from Apple’s playbook as it tries to… Read more »
Android is teeming with malware-tainted apps, according to a series of recent stories in the tech media. But common sense and user education can be more powerful weapons than the security… Read more »
Roughly half a dozen new mobile operating systems will come to market over the next 6 to 12 months. Many of these look to be more sophisticated than the older ones… Read more »
Amazon took another step toward co-opting Google’s mobile operating system with a new API that enables developers to place Amazon-based ads on titles distributed through its Appstore. The move is the… Read more »
Samsung now accounts for a whopping 42.5 percent of all Android sales, according to fresh data from Gartner.The company is moving aggressively to leverage that dominance in both the consumer and… Read more »