Apps

At Google’s recent developer conference, I/O 2011, the three big topics we were expecting were Android, Chrome and Google TV. The first two were dealt with in depth, however Google TV only got a passing mention. Google notified current owners than they would soon get an update to a Honeycomb-based version of the TV software, but that was about it.

Allen, Texas-based Privus Mobile, a provider of caller ID services and mobile apps for smart phones, said today that the company is behind the world’s first national rollout of mobile …

ComScore Inc. (SCOR), a company specializing in business analytics, released a study that claims that the number of mobile display advertisements have more than doubled in the past two years. …

Ad agency AirPush has announced a new approach to in-app advertising – whereby ads are pushed directly to users’ notification pane. The idea is that having installed an AirPush enabled …

AccessU, a unique conference focused on universal design and drawing expert trainers from around the world, recently celebrated its tenth year, with a special focus on mobile applications.
The conference is produced by Knowbility, Inc., an Austin-headquartered non-profit and recognized national leader for providing equal access to technology for people with disabilities.

Editor’s Note: In this piece by Carlos Urreta, guest columnist and techie from Austin, Texas, Urreta reveals loopholes to securing the cheapest cell phone deal a user is likely to …

A few months ago Microsoft Corp. announced that they were building a version of Windows to run on ARM architecture, the kind found in system-on-a-chip silicon used by smartphones, tablets and other portable devices. Around a month ago Microsoft surprised attendees at their MIX developer conference in Las Vegas by demoing an apparently fully-functional version of Windows on ARM architecture.

Finally, the demo so many people have been waiting for emerged from the BlackBerry World conference in Orlando Florida on Wednesday, as RIM showed off its BlackBerry PlayBook seamlessly playing Android apps on its new Android App Player.

Myriad Group | April 27, 2011 | Press Release Movistar launch marks first phase of Myriad-Telefónica 5-year strategic partnership to deliver social networking to over 140 million customers in 13 …

Google are historically quite prolific buyers of other companies (94 and counting, according to Wikipedia), and don’t seem to be showing any signs of slowing down. Although most of their acquisitions are small companies, they also swallow up some reasonably sized fish, most recently air fare aggregator ITA Software for a cool $700 million.

The first handset maker to launch its own channel in the bustling Android market arrived today in the form of Sony Ericsson. SE claims it is offering the channel so …

We get it – application stores are cool. With the two biggest games in town, Apple Inc.’s App Store and Google Inc.’s Android’s Market both running in to several hundred thousand apps and making developers millions of dollars, it only seems natural that others would want to irk the successful formula.

Telefonica | March 28, 2011 | Press Release Telefonica and Microsoft Bring BlueVia to .NET Framework Developers Alliance extends BlueVia’s reach, providing Microsoft’s 6 million-strong .NET Framework developer community with easy access …

This one has been rumoured for a good few months now, but today Research In Motion Ltd. made it official with their plans to give their existing app selection a huge boost, by adding support for Android apps in their upcoming tablet, the PlayBook.

Appia | March 23, 2011 | Press Release Store Offers Free and Paid Mobile Apps to Over 64 Million Subscribers Telcel, the largest mobile operator in Mexico, today announces the …

AUSTIN, Texas-Rock Health, a San Francisco-based mobile health and Health 2.0 seed incubator, launched officially at the South By Southwest Interactive Festival last week. The mission of the company is …

AUSTIN, Texas-Rock Health, a San Francisco-based mobile health and Health 2.0 seed incubator, launched officially at the South By Southwest Interactive Festival last week. The mission of the company is …

AUSTIN, Texas – The first two days of SXSW were dominated by talk of location-based applications like Foursquare and SCVNGR, especially after SCVNGR’s CEO Seth Priebatsch took the stage for his …

Of all the mobile services I’ve seen at SXSW, Airbnb – which allows you to search for and “rent” properties for any length of time via your phone – is probably the best.

Google Inc. has had something of an uphill battle on its hands with the Android Market. Although it is now comparable to Apple Inc.’s gargantuan App Store in terms of raw number of apps, it has been plagued with issues that wouldn’t crop up in Apple’s heavily-regulated outlet.

The roadmap for Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry software future has tipped up online, showing two updates to BIS this year and a new version of BlackBerry OS slated for the end of the year.

A while ago, I was able to give you my impressions of Gingerbread based on the emulator Google released. It is all very well playing around with a mobile OS on an emulator, but it was never going to be the same experience as using it day to day on my phone. So here are my impressions of using Gingerbread in anger!

A lot of people like to dismiss and poke fun at MeeGo, but developers don’t seem put off by Intel’s OS offering. While Nokia’s betrayal was certainly a kick in the teeth for the chip maker, developers seem to be showing more than a passing interest in the software, showing up to developer sessions in droves.

Business News Americas | March 2, 2011 | Patrick Nixon Chilean telco Movistar expects to launch in the next year a series of new applications around the areas of education, e-health …