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Asymco analyst Horace Dediu has used the download and sales figures provided by Apple to calculate some interesting numbers. Because iPhone and iPad users have downloaded nearly 25 billion apps
A new Symantec survey of 6,275 enterprises in 43 countries reveals that enterprise application development increasingly means mobile development. Among those surveyed, 71 percent said that they were at least
While the Amazon Appstore is less than a year old, many developers are finding that listing their apps with Amazon has been very lucrative. According to a new report from
Responding to pressure from lawmakers, Apple says that it will now require iPhone and iPad apps to obtain explicit permission from users before accessing their address books. The announcement comes
Mobile back-end service provider StackMob is becoming a full end-to-end mobile solution provider by adding HTML5 hosting to its menu of services. “We had to start with backend first because
Could a more agile government help knock down the U.S.’s $15 trillion national debt? Many people think so, and government CIOs are leading the charge. FBI CIO Chad Fulgham has
Apple is reportedly working on revised versions of iTunes and its App Store that could launch later this year. Those in the know say the new stores will offer “a
Numerous bloggers have recently offered the opinion that Java is dead or dying. But its corporate sponsors argue that Java won’t disappear any time soon. Here are ten reasons why
For young Americans, smartphones are no longer luxury items. Nielsen has released new data that breaks down smartphone ownership by age and income bracket. Not surprisingly, those who are younger
Distributed computing enables large-scale dataset processing in a grid environment. An interconnected network of individual computers forms the core. Each computer has its own processor and memory, which are used
A recurrent topic in meeting rooms and discussion groups is “Can enterprise architecture work in an Agile Software Development environment?” The question is so often asked that even those architects
CloudBees has announced that customers can now run the company’s Java-based platform as a service (PaaS) in their own data centers, in Amazon’s public cloud, on a hosting provider’s servers,
An Italian startup called Apps Builder has launched a subscription service that will transform Web apps into native iOS, Android and Windows Phone apps. So far, the company has converted
The year 2011 appears to have been very good for EngineYard. The platform as a service (PaaS) vendor reports that its revenues doubled to hit $28 million for the year,
In a lengthy blog post, Microsoft’s Steven Sinofsky has revealed more details about the company’s plans for running Windows 8 on devices that use ARM processors. First, apps created for
Although it still has not yet issued an API, Google+ appears to be making cautious overtures towards third party developers. The social network has set up a Google+ developer page
Analyst firm RedMonk has published its February 2012 language rankings, and it finds that both Java and CoffeeScript have increased their popularity since its last report in September 2011. CoffeeScript
Appcelerator, the vendor behind the Titanium application development platform, has announced that it will purchase Cocoafish, which offers cross-platform backend services for mobile apps. Beginning next quarter, Appcelerator will re-brand
According to online job board Dice.com, IT workers with Linux skills saw their pay jump 5 percent last year with a median salary of $84,000 and bonuses of $5,000. Of
NoSQL vendor Couchbase has released the results of a new survey which found that nearly half of enterprises have plans to adopt NoSQL this year. Among companies with more than
Most developers have heard of Microsoft’s Kinect device that promises to allow people to control their PCs by moving their hands and bodies, but other companies are also investigating gesture-control
In an effort to recruit more developers for its struggling platform, RIM is offering free PlayBooks to Android developers who create apps for the tablet. In order to qualify for
The January 2012 report from StatCounter found that 8.5 percent of Internet access came from cellphones during the month. That was almost twice as high as 2011’s 4.3 percent, which
According to mobile ad firm Fiksu, iPhone owners downloaded the top 200 free App Store apps an average of 6.04 million times per day in December. That marked a 7
Unbeknownst to Android developers, Google has been using a technology called “Bouncer” to screen all Android apps for several months. The tools scans app code after it has been submitted
For some time, Brandon Watson headed up Microsoft’s interactions with Windows Phone developers, but February 6 will be his last day. Watson has confirmed that he has accepted a position
Market research firm Gartner says that the platform as a service (PaaS) market will soon affect most enterprises and vendors. “With large and growing vendor investment in PaaS, the market
Yesterday, Apple issued a harsh warning to its mobile development community: “Once you build a great app, you want everyone to know about it. However, when you promote your app,
According to a new TechNet report titled “Where the Jobs Are,” the “app economy” has created 466,000 jobs in the U.S. in the last five years. In addition to mobile
If rumors based on a leaked Microsoft video are true, developers could soon find it easier to write applications that work on both Windows Phone and Windows. In a video
