Most captivating AI tools revealed
Wednesday, September 18, 2024 by Russ Scritchfield
eDiscovery experts Reveal assembled a list of AI-powered tools from online directories and then ranked them by average visit duration to see which users spend the longest time on. The 100 tools with the most organic traffic, as well as Reveal’s own eDiscovery tool, Ask, then provided the seed list that was used to obtain data on each tool’s average visit dur...
Android 15 releases to AOSP
Tuesday, September 17, 2024 by Richard Harris
Android has officially unveiled Android 15, the latest iteration of its mobile operating system, now available through the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). This new version will be rolling out to supported Pixel devices over the coming weeks and will also be available on select devices from manufacturers including Samsung, Honor, iQOO, Lenovo, Motorola, Nothing, OneP...
UK android app developers file class action suit against Google
Thursday, September 12, 2024 by Freeman Lightner
A leading competition law expert, Professor Barry Rodger, has filed a legal claim worth up to E1.04 billion against Google before the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal (“CAT”). Google is accused of abusing its dominant position to the detriment of a large class of thousands of UK app developers who need to use its app marketplace, ‘Play Store’ or &l...
New startup pairs Android developers to businesses
Friday, November 2, 2018 by Austin Harris
The driving force in smartphone technology is the app – everyone loves to use them, and every business wants their own.
But the average mobile app costs up to $25,000 when developed by a reputable company. That puts the full-function app out of reach for many small businesses.
Now, a new website unites vetted Android Developers with those business owners to ...
New camera SDK for Android aims to help document management
Wednesday, June 6, 2018 by Richard Harris
Getting paper documents into digital format can be tricky, so Dynamsoft has introduced a software development kit (SDK) for Android app developers to create apps with enterprise-grade document scanning capabilities by embedding a mobile capture component in their apps. They claim the SDK allows quick integration for developers, and boasts several built-in capabili...
How to earn more revenue from your Android apps
Wednesday, May 3, 2017 by Claudia Dreier-Poepperl
When you hear that Android app revenues are set to top iOS revenue in 2017 and that global app revenue is also set to reach $102 billion by 2020, you can be forgiven for thinking that everyone in the app economy is smiling to the bank. However, according to Vision Mobile, 64 per cent of Android app developers are operating under a ‘poverty threshold’ of $500 per month i...
Mopria provides Samsung Galaxy phone users the ability to easily print
Friday, November 11, 2016 by Richard Harris
The Mopria Alliance just announced that the Mopria Print Library will be a part of the Samsung Print Service. Mopria will provide Samsung Galaxy phone users the ability to easily and intuitively print content from their mobile devices to more than 88 million1 printers, regardless of printer brand. Mopria will power the Samsung Print Service to enable user...
20 percent of mobile app crashes are correlated with a network issue report finds
Monday, October 3, 2016 by Richard Harris
Apteligent just launched Custom Insights, a new feature that offers customer tools for mobile big data and data science. Apteligent used the feature internally to publish the first of many previously unknown findings in its latest industry report, “Network Crash Edition.” The report reveals interactions with cloud services cause a surprisingly high number of crashe...
InApp Print Capabilities: What it Means and Why It Matters
Friday, September 23, 2016 by Steve Kim
The realm of mobile development has come a long way, and it’s only getting better – just ask Gordon Moore.Moore, one of the founders of Intel Corporation, came up with an eponymous rule of thumb in 1965 called Moore’s Law. App developers are all familiar with this simple rule – if not by name, then by understanding; its basic tenet has driven the computer industry for 5...
Mopria Alliance Announces App Challenge for Android App Developers
Friday, July 29, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson
The Mopria Alliance is reaching out to Android app developers with a new app competition. Co-sponsored by BeMyApp, the Mopria PRINTanomics Android App Challenge offers an online challenge designed to recognize the most innovative Android apps with mobile printing capabilities. You can register or learn more about the contest at http://appsthatprint.bemyapp.comPRINT...
Site24x7 Releases Updates to Mobile Application Performance Management Platform
Wednesday, January 13, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson
Site24x7 offers a cloud monitoring service for DevOps and IT operations that provides the ability to monitor and troubleshoot applications, servers and network infrastructures, including private and public cloud instances.The company has announced the general availability of a new real user monitoring (RUM) solution and updates to its mobile application performance mana...
Android App Developers Can Improve Accessibility with New Testing Criteria
Monday, July 20, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
We recently reported that the App Quality Alliance (AQuA) was creating a set of accessibility tests designed to help Android app publishers make applications more accessible and easy to use for those with disabilities in certain categories including vision, hearing, speech, dexterity and cognition.The organization has now announced that the final version of the testing ...
Google Releases Android M Developer Preview
Tuesday, June 9, 2015 by Richard Harris
Google has released the Android M developer preview, offering a clear timeline for testing and feedback plus more updates to the preview build. For the M release, Google reports they have focused on improving the core user experience of and making big changes to the fundamentals of the platform.The M Developer Preview includes an updated SDK with tools, system images fo...
New Google App Invites Helps Developers Drive App Installs with Deep Linking
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Google has released App Invites in beta, which provides mobile app developers the ability to use deep linking from a users’ device and Google-wide contacts as a source to drive referrals and app installs. The new offering is available for iOS and Android app developers. The Google team offers these suggestions for utilizing the beta toolkit:- Use app invites for ex...
Google's New YouTube Show For Developers
Tuesday, December 16, 2014 by Richard Harris
Google just introduced its new YouTube series for mobile app developers. Its new Route 85 series is just for developers who are looking to learn about developing using iOS. There are even a Dev.Bytes shows featuring the Google Cast introduction to the SDK. Dev.Bytes series on YouTube also feature shows such as Developing an Android Wear Watch Face, Android Wea...
App Developers Can Now Test Intel based Android Devices for Free on Testdroid
Saturday, September 13, 2014 by Richard Harris
Testdroid and Intel have announced the availability of free testing on Intel-based Android devices through the Testdroid Cloud service. The Testdroid Cloud enables mobile app and game developers to use its device inventory for developing, testing, and verifying the correct functionality and behavior of apps on hundreds of real devices, by different OEMs, ...
Asia is a Gold Mine for Android App Developers and Here's Why
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 by Paolo Rizzardini
The Asian consumer and the smartphoneThe Asian market has a strong affection for smartphones, tablets and all manner of other internet-enabled devices, more so than any other region in the world. In a recent survey (Milward Brown AdReaction: “ the daily distribution of Screen-Minutes across countries” published in KPCB report) that analyzed the time consumers spend...
NXP Provides Android App Developers New SKD for MIFARE, ICODE and NTAG Mobile Products
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 by Richard Harris
NXP Semiconductors has announced the release of MIFARE Software Development Kit for MIFARE, ICODE and NTAG products. The MIFARE SDK is designed to provide access to all hardware features on Java level.The MIFARE SDK provides the ability to build interoperable and scalable applications for smart phones. The SDK is initially available as a free version with an advanc...
Diamond Fortress Technologies Provides Biometric Identity SDK for Android App Developers
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 by Richard Harris
Diamond Fortress Technologies is now offering Android developers ICE Unlock, a platform that unlocks an Android device via the user’s fingerprint. A touchless biometric solution, ICE Unlock utilizes the device’s camera and complex mathematics to create a high quality map of a fingerprint and to verify identity. ICE Unlock works with existing hardware on more t...
Android App Developers Need to Check Their Apps for Heartbleed Vulnerability
Thursday, April 24, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
A report from FireEye, a company that provides a virtual machine-based software security platform protecting companies against cyber attacks, has found that 150 million downloads of Android apps contain OpenSSL libraries vulnerable to Heartbleed.Heartbleed allows attackers to steal sensitive information from vulnerable websites by sending crafted SSL heartbeat mess...
Infobip Announces New Partnerships and Opportunities for Preloaded Apps Using Carrier Billing
Tuesday, April 15, 2014 by Richard Harris
Infobip, an international mobile messaging and payments provider, has announced that its direct mobile billing services will be integrated with RollTechs mobile app and gaming platform for Android smartphones and tablets. Through partnerships with over 70 OEMs, Ay+ enables developers to preload their apps, games and other content on Android-powered smartp...
New X Rite ColorTRUE Aware SDK to Help iOS and Android App Developers Deliver Accurate Color
Thursday, April 10, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
X-Rite, Incorporated, a color management, measurement and communication technology company, has announced the release of the ColorTRUE Aware SDK for iOS and Android. The ColorTRUE Aware SDK provides mobile app developers the ability to deliver accurate color to their app utilizing the profile created with the X-Rite ColorTRUE app, as well as the included image tran...
Google Imposes New Restrictions On App Ad Networks And Anything Else Sneaky
Monday, March 31, 2014 by Richard Harris
As ad networks go interstitial's and banners have always been the staple for displaying creative content. Then about two years ago other methods started to surface such as push alerts, dialogue alerts, floating ads, and other such methods which all strive to catch the consumers attention and hopefully end in an engagement. Last year push alerts were completely erad...
Digia to Offer Training Sessions for the Qt Framework for Android and iOS App Development
Friday, February 14, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Digia has announced a series of Qt Mobile Roadshows that will run in the US, UK and Germany during February and March. The full-day events will feature technical training and developer presentations focused on how the Qt cross-platform application and user interface (UI) development framework can be used to enhance, simplify and accelerate development for the leadi...
Offercast Mobile Launches Next Generation Mobile Ad Network
Friday, February 7, 2014 by Richard Harris
First 100 to
Sign Up Eligible for “Grand Slam” Promotion to Keep 100 percent of Earned RevenuesOffercast™ Mobile, a next-generation mobile ad network, today has launched its beta testing program for Android™ app developers. Offercast™ Mobile provides multiple solutions for monetization on the
Android mobile operating system and
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Google Helps App Developers With New Gaming Tools
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 by Richard Harris
Google has responded to the push for more and easier gaming development tools with the several new assitions including open sourcing of a 2D physics library and new features to the Google Play game services offering, such as a plug-in for Unity.
The open-source release of LiquidFun offers a new C++ 2D physics library that makes it easier for developers to add rea...
Samsung Increases In App Purchase Revenues for Android App Developers
Wednesday, November 6, 2013 by Stuart Parkerson
For the next six months Samsung is bumping up the revenue share Android app developers receive from in-app purchases on the Samsung Apps ecosystem. The program runs now through April 30, 2014.
Developers who use Samsung’s In-App Purchase 2.0 are eligible for an 80% share - up from the standard 70%. The increase only applies to payments made in-app and not for paid ap...
New App Developer Android Affiliate Program from ironSource
Thursday, October 31, 2013 by Stuart Parkerson
ironSource has announced the general availability of its Android application developer affiliate program for its mobileCore distribution and monetization platform.
The program provides Android developers with a tiered system of bonuses beginning with $50USD for the first ten thousand impressions, and reaching $1,000USD at ten million impressions. Bonuses are upda...
Lanica Game Platform: Why App Developers Should Pay Attention
Tuesday, September 17, 2013 by Stuart Parkerson
Lanica has announced the release of its Lanica Game Platform for iOS and Android app developers to the indie development community. While the meat of the platform is Platino, a 2D and 2.5D cross-platform JavaScript game engine, the company also sets a full plate with its Cosmo cloud back-end services and Animo toolset which includes a sprites animation editor and much m...
Intel Releases C++ Compiler v13.0 for Android App Developers
Tuesday, September 3, 2013 by Richard Harris
Intel’s latest release of its C++ Compiler is being promoted as a way to soup up performance for Android apps running on Intel processers. App developers can use this release of the compiler on a Linux-based development system and then install the developed application on an Android device or publish it to the Google Play store.
While the compiler produces code that r...
The App Development Plumbing
Monday, March 18, 2013 by Richard Harris
Here is the story of a one man Android app developer and his journey through developing a Poker game for Android. This is a "story from the trenches" if I've ever heard one.His name is Simon Tomlinson and he studied physics at Manchester University, UK, and went on to gain a PhD in electrical engineering, tells his story using plumbing as an analogy which...
Metaps App Surpass 30 Million Downloads
Wednesday, November 28, 2012 by Richard Harris
- Network expands in Korea -TOKYO — Metaps Inc. (hereafter "Metaps") developer of 'metaps' - a monetization platform for Android announces that participating Android apps have achieved over 30 million downloads. This is a result of strong increases in the amount of downloads of partner's apps in the Asian market, particularly in Korea.metaps is a developer platform...
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