More powerful devices, better data-sync capabilities, and peer-to-peer device communications are dramatically impacting what users expect from their apps and which technologies developers will need to utilize to meet those expectations. Read more »
iPad publisher Open Air sells 10 to 30 times as many books through Apple’s App Store as it does through the iBookstore. Here, Open Air CEO Jon Feldman shares some lessons… Read more »
Quora will finally release a much-requested Android app for the popular crowdsourced question and answer site on Wednesday, increasing its options on mobile, where the site sees more than 25 percent… Read more »
Apple stole the spotlight in the third quarter with a fascinating series of both positive and negative headlines. Its iPhone 5 was met with record sales that were nonetheless stymied by… Read more »
Google seems to have taken to heart Apple’s emphasis on design. The Nexus Q is a smooth black orb that looks like a small bowling ball with cables coming off it… Read more »
Android’s long-term prospects are increasingly threatened by fragmentation problems and developers’ struggles to monetize the platform. So Google should take a page from Apple and build an entirely new ecosystem it… Read more »
The biggest story in mobile last year came to an abrupt (if predictable) conclusion in December when AT&T threw in the towel on its effort to acquire T-Mobile USA for $39… Read more »
The hot rumor du jour is that Amazon is in advanced talks with H-P about acquiring the assets of Palm, including WebOS. Coming on the heels of Amzon’s unveiling of its… Read more »
Amazon’s new Kindle Fire is no iPad-killer. And clearly it wasn’t meant to be. Rather than trying to copy the iPad, with its multipurpose functionality and enterprise-friendly software — a strategy… Read more »
The number of connected devices is steadily on the rise, but it’s not smartphones or computers that will lead us to the 50 billion connected devices expected by the year 2020… Read more »