Matt Murphy, who oversees the Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’ $200 million iFund investment unit, told conference attendees that the most successful mobile apps keep things simple at launch. “You
Microsoft has announced plans to give access to the Windows Marketplace to a limited number of developers beginning next week. “First movers” who have Windows Phone 7 apps ready need
At the GigaOm Mobilize conference, a panel of investors predicted that the interest in app development would continue for the foreseeable future. Venture capitalists are intrigued by the new landscape
Responding to criticism from app developers, Google has announced that it will expand the number of countries with access to paid apps on the Android Market. In the past, only
AT&T `Speed Dating’ With App Firms to Gain Edge Over VerizonThe company launches a mobile application development project costing “tens of millions of dollars.” AT&T has announced that is will
To find out what developers think of the app stores, market research firm Open First surveyed the small group of developers whose apps are listed at the top of their
Monday at JavaOne, Oracle’s Thomas Kurian set out “?to make sure every developer is crystal clear on where we see the Java platform evolving.” For now, Oracle’s Java plan involves
In recent days, Apple has approved several apps that compete with Apple products. First Opera and Google Voice and now the VLC Media Player for the iPad became available through
Mobile analytics firm Zokem has released a new report analyzing 10,000 smartphone users and 6.5 million smartphone app use sessions. They found that native apps now account for half of