Australia’s Commonwealth Consumer Affairs Advisory Council (CCAAC) is launching an investigation into whether mobile development firms are abiding by its laws. The council’s assistant treasurer David Bradbury asked consumers to
The Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF) has put out an urgent call to software developers, software engineers and others who use APIs, asking them to submit stories that explain why APIs
After a year of beta trials, Microsoft has officially released its Team Foundation Service, a hosted version of its Team Foundation Server application lifecycle management (ALM) tools. For now, only
According to Fiksu, the average costs mobile development firms paid to acquire a loyal user (one who opens an app three times) dropped by 16 percent (21 cents) in September
A new report from Juniper Networks concludes that free Android apps pose a much greater security risk than paid apps. According to Juniper, free Android apps are 401 percent more
California Attorney General Kamala Harris has sent letters to numerous companies, including United, Delta and OpenTable, warning that their mobile apps are violating state law. The California Online Privacy Protection
According to the official numbers released by each company, Google and Apple are now tied in the number of apps included in their respective app stores. On Wednesday, Google announced
In a bid to attract more developers to build apps for its smartphones, Nokia has announced a new ad exchange program. The Nokia Ad Exchange (NAX) will leverage technology from
On Monday, Microsoft officially launched Windows Phone 8. The new mobile OS is full of features for business users and consumers, and it also has a few things to offer