Corona labs goes open source and developers are nervous
Tuesday, January 8, 2019 by Richard Harris
Corona Labs, which provides a free cross-platform mobile development tool used to create 2D applications, has announced that after years of planning, the Corona game engine will finally be released as an open-source project. Corona Labs expects that by making their engine an open-source project, issues like adaptation to sudden market changes, updates, and requirements ...
Aurasma Augmented Reality Marketing Platform Updates Released by HP
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 by Richard Harris
HP Software has released a number of updates to its HP Aurasma augmented reality (AR) marketing platform. The company also has announced that it now has more than 200,000 companies creating augmented reality experiences with the platform.With HP Aurasma, companies can leverage any object, image, or place to offer app users the ability to view AR marketing and othe...
Enterprise Apps Can't Just Be Good, They Have to Be Great
Friday, November 13, 2015 by Richard Harris
One of the consequences to the App Economy is the fact that, as more and more companies pour dollars into their mobile app presence, the overall quality of apps is vastly improving. While this is no doubt a great thing for app users, for companies publishing apps, the situation could be creating a challenge that can put them at a severe disadvantage. Companies are ...
A is for Alphabet and Android M is for Marshmallow
Friday, August 21, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Following on the heals of its announcement of a corporate restructuring and new Alphabet name, Google gets back to more mundane technical pronouncements with the release of the official Android 6.0 SDK and reveal of the Marshmallow designation as the company opens up Google Play for publishing apps that target the new API level 23 in Android Marshmallow.For most develop...
The Smurfs Games App Drives Budge Studios Past 100 Million Downloads
Wednesday, May 13, 2015 by Richard Harris
Budge Studios, a Canadian based children’s app publisher, has announced that it has reached the 100 million app downloads threshold. The 100 millionth download came just after the launch of The Smurfs Games, a sports themed app. Other apps released by Budge Studios include Thomas & Friends, Barbie, and Strawberry Shortcake. Budge Studios began publishing apps i...
Apperian Opens API for Enterprise Mobile App Development
Wednesday, April 9, 2014 by Richard Harris
Apperian has announced the availability of an open API for its entire enterprise mobility platform. Apperian offers a fully extensible platform for users to integrate and extend their own solutions into their own or third-party IT infrastructures. Recently, the company launched a new mobile app policy engine for enterprises and business partners to develo...
Appcelerator Integrates MobileIron Enterprise App Security Platform
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 by Richard Harris
Appcelerator, a provider of the Appcelerator mobile enterprise platform, has announced plans for a multi-tiered integration with MobileIron, a provider of security and management for mobile apps, content and devices. The integration will offer greater functionality to Appcelerator’s platform to help enterprises streamline the delivery and management of secure mobil...
Nokia Releases Asha SDK 1.0 for Java App Developers
Friday, August 16, 2013 by Stuart Parkerson
The Nokia Asha SDK 1.0 has been released from beta and is now available for Java developers who want to launches apps for the Nokia Asha 501. Support is accessible for 47 languages and the Tantalum library, along with the latest versions of the LWUIT and HERE Maps APIs.
The new SDK emulator provides full UI interaction, user apps, messaging, and network...
Google Play Removes Low Quality Apps from App Store
Tuesday, April 9, 2013 by Richard Harris
In February Google removed over 60,000 apps from their play store that they deemed as low quality, which is a surprising number considering their total app count is 700,000, that is almost 10% of their inventory! So why did they clean house? Some say it was about time they got rid of the junk, while others are saying they were 'trimming the fat' from the overr...
Private Android Play stores open for businesses
Wednesday, December 5, 2012 by Richard Harris
Need to release an Android app internally for your business? Now you can with the extended ability of the Google Android Play store with a service named Google Play Private Channel. You will need to have a Google Apps for Business, Education or Government account domain. A Google Apps administrator must enable the Google Play Developer Console for e...
