Which countries represent the largest untapped market for mobile app developers? By combining data on smartphone penetration and the number of middle class adults in each country (those who could
When Apple founder Steve Jobs passed away in October, the media ran stories related to Job’s impact on the tech industry for weeks. But Jobs wasn’t the only significant computing
After reviewing it at Google’s request, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has rejected a key Oracle patent. The patent in question, No. 6,192,476 “Controlling Access to a Resource”
According to mobile app marketing firm Fiksu, November was the first month when downloads of the top 200 free apps in the App Store topped 5 million per day. In
Mobile analytics firm Flurry is reporting that mobile device owners downloaded apps 242 million times on Christmas Day. By comparison, smartphone and tablet owners average 33 million downloads on a
In 2011, many independent developers received letters from firms like Lodsys or Intellectual Ventures which demanded that mobile developers pay licensing fees on patents owned by those companies. Experts say
OpenLogic has announced that its open source CloudSwing platform as a service (PaaS) solution can now be deployed on the Rackspace Cloud. CloudSwing allows enterprises to create their own customized
Two recent surveys had shed light on pervasive security problems in applications. A CAST survey found that companies have $3.6 million of technical debt that needs to be addressed, and
With more than a dozen enterprise architecture (EA) certifications available, it’s becoming increasingly difficult for architects to decide which certification to pursue. In order to help, Microsoft’s Mike Walker has