In a recent survey, OpenLogic looked at 635 top mobile applications and found that 66 included Apache- or GPL/LGP-licensed code. Of those, 70 percent failed to comply with the terms
In the past, Microsoft’s attempts at capturing a sizeable portion of the mobile phone market have been less than spectacular. Now, the company is trying to change that with a
Although most apps will be faster on the iPad 2 than on the original iPad simply because of the new device’s dual-core processor, Apple is encouraging developers to take other
Ajax.org is rolling out a new cloud-based application development tool that it’s calling “Cloud9 IDE.” The goal of the project is to make it easier for Web and mobile app
According to IHS Screen Digest, Apple’s App Store accounted for 82.7 percent of the total global application store revenue in 2010. However, a number of companies are coming up with
Recently, research firm Gartner published a report titled “Mobile Insight: Ten Consumer Mobile Applications to Watch in 2012.” It highlights trends that are currently popular in consumer apps and that
Pirated Android apps are a large and growing problem. Fortunately, developers can help prevent others from stealing their code with an obfuscation tool like ProGuard. ProGuard makes it much more
Google has officially released the software development kit (SDK) for Android 3.0, aka “Honeycomb.” Unlike the 2.x versions of Android, this release is designed to support the larger screen sizes
The insurance company Aflac has created a new app for the iPad that has greatly increased the effectiveness of its salespeople. However, the app doesn’t really do anything that couldn’t