Several Android developers say they’ve recently received letters from Google demanding that they use Google Wallet to process payments. “They told people that if they used other payment services they
On Wednesday, Apple introduced the “new iPad,” which offers all around better performance than its predecessor. Two keys for mobile development pros are the retina display and quad-core A5X processor,
In order to compete with rivals Amazon and Apple, Google is launching a new book, music, movie and app store called “Google Play.” Play will bring together Google Music, Google
On Saturday, Apple’s App Store reached a major milestone: 25 billion app downloads. To commemorate the event, the company gave a $10,000 iTunes gift card to Chunli Fu, of Qingdao,
Following up on the news that the iPhone and Android smartphones allow app developers to access photos and personal information without users’ permission, Sen. Charles Shumer (D-N.Y.) has sent a
Google has increased the maximum file size limit on apps in the Android Market. While Google used to restrict developers to 50MB, it will now accept apps with up to
The South by Southwest (SXSW) conference is going on this week in Austin, Texas, and as in years past, many developers are introducing their new wares at the interactive arm
Anecdotally, developers at young software firms say that Microsoft’s efforts to woo them are winning them over to Azure. Recently, an Amazon representative offered Jun Kim, the young co-founder of
Mobile development tool vendor Spaceport.io has released the results of benchmark testing that compared the performance of various mobile devices when handling HTML5. The test measured how many images the