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Index-Engines-wins-prestigious-industry-recognitions

Index Engines wins prestigious industry recognitions


Wednesday, June 11, 2025 by

Cyber Resilience company Index Engines, announced that it received two major industry honors for its flagship product, CyberSense, recognizing the company’s innovation and impact in the cybersecurity space. Index Engines received the 2025 Fortress Cybersecurity Award in the "Artificial Intelligence - Product or Service" category and was named a S...


The-Great-App-Purge-Googles-Quality-Overhaul

The Great App Purge Googles Quality Overhaul


Wednesday, June 4, 2025 by

In early 2025, the tech world was rocked by a revelation that caught even seasoned app developers off guard: Google’s Play Store had lost nearly half of its apps in the span of just over a year. What seemed at first to be a quiet pruning of low-value software turned out to be a full-blown purge, 47% of apps had vanished. A platform that once boasted the largest ca...


Veo-3-and-the-creativity-bottleneck

Veo 3 and the creativity bottleneck


Tuesday, June 3, 2025 by

Let’s say you just paid $249 for a shiny new tool, one promising to unlock next-generation video creation with the power of AI. You’ve heard the buzz. The sample videos are slick. The camera work is cinematic. The characters? Lifelike. There’s even synchronized dialogue and ambient sound. It’s called Veo 3, and it’s Google’s big swing...


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Using Porkbun for your .app or .dev domain


Monday, June 2, 2025 by

When you’re a developer, your domain name isn’t just a URL, it’s part of your product and personal branding. Whether you’re launching a new app, showcasing your portfolio, or launching your latest side project, how you present your work online matters. And more than ever, developers are turning to .app and .dev domains to make that first impressi...


iOS-app-pre-ordering-process-guide

iOS app pre-ordering process guide


Monday, June 2, 2025 by

Pre-ordering apps on the iOS App Store is a powerful tool for developers looking to build excitement and gauge interest before a product's official release. Apple provides a robust system that enables developers to make their apps available for pre-order, allowing users to view the product page, learn about the features, and place a pre-order that automatically down...


2025-Mobile-Gaming-Report

2025 Mobile Gaming Report


Friday, May 30, 2025 by

The mobile gaming industry in 2025 is characterized by dynamic growth, evolving monetization models, shifting market geographies, and increasingly sophisticated player engagement strategies. According to Appfigures’ comprehensive analysis of the top 1,000 revenue-generating mobile games across both the App Store and Google Play, the global mobile games market reac...


Apple-Ads-Search-Results-Benchmarks-Report-2025

Apple Ads Search Results Benchmarks Report 2025


Friday, May 30, 2025 by

SplitMetrics’ 2025 Apple Ads Search Results Benchmarks Report, covering performance data from January to December 2024, offers a deep analytical dive into how search results campaigns fared across categories, regions, and timeframes. SplitMetrics, a global software company and certified Apple Ads Partner, used data from its Acquire platform to compile this extensi...


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Fortnite returns to iOS


Wednesday, May 28, 2025 by

Fortnite has returned to the iOS App Store in the United States after nearly five years of absence, marking a turning point in the strained relationship between Epic Games and Apple. This reappearance is not just a routine relisting of a popular mobile game, it signifies a dramatic shift in the power struggle between large tech platforms and the developers who rely on t...


iOS-sleep-app-leaked-sensitive-user-information

iOS sleep app leaked sensitive user information


Tuesday, May 27, 2025 by

An iPhone app designed to combat insomnia, Sleep Journey: Insomnia Helper, exposed tens of thousands of users, revealing their names, alcohol habits, and other private data. Stress is hardly a cure for insomnia. Meanwhile, an iOS app meant to help users fall asleep could become a headache instead. The Cybernews research team discovered that Sleep Journey: Insomnia He...


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AI harms addressed by Anthropic


Wednesday, May 21, 2025 by

As AI capabilities rapidly advance, understanding and addressing the full spectrum of potential impacts becomes increasingly important. Today, we're sharing insights into our evolving approach to assessing and mitigating various harms that could result from our systems, ranging from catastrophic scenarios like biological threats to critical concerns like child safet...


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Gen AI revolution accelerated by IBM


Monday, May 19, 2025 by

At the company's annual THINK event, IBM (NYSE: IBM) unveiled new hybrid technologies that break down the longstanding barriers to scaling enterprise AI – enabling businesses to build and deploy AI agents with their own enterprise data. IBM estimates that over one billion apps will emerge by 2028, putting pressure on businesses to scale across increasingly ...


Apple-charged-for-illegal-app-store-fees

Apple charged for illegal app store fees


Tuesday, May 13, 2025 by

The European Commission has recently found that Apple is violating the Digital Markets Act (DMA). The DMA requires Apple to allow developers to direct customers outside of apps to make purchases and find other app distribution channels without incurring any charges. Apple has been breaking the law by imposing illegal fees, displaying scare screens, and placing restricti...


Mobile-Casual-Benchmarks-Report-2025

Mobile Casual Benchmarks Report 2025


Monday, May 5, 2025 by

Appodeal Publishing, part of Appodeal Ad Mediation Solution for Mobile Apps and Games that helps developers and studios launch and scale their games, released its latest report, which takes a deep dive into the casual mobile games category, sharing a wealth of data on the best and worst performing casual game genres and subgenres. The report found that, while the best-p...


Nutrient-expands-their-cloud-based-services

Nutrient expands their cloud based services


Monday, April 28, 2025 by

Nutrient has announced a significant expansion of its cloud-based services, as well as a series of updates to its SDK products, aimed at enhancing the developer experience by allowing developers to build, scale, and innovate with less friction. These new tools are designed to help developers streamline day-to-day workflows, leverage more deployment options, and deliver ...


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Universities fighting cybercrime with students


Thursday, April 24, 2025 by

Universities, one of the most popular targets for cybercriminals, are employing a new tool in the fight against cybercrime, their own students.  Over the past few years, universities and colleges around the U.S. have been increasingly hiring students and training them to become analysts in their security operations centers, known as SOCs. Students work alongside...


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Boost app quality with new Play Console Insights


Wednesday, April 23, 2025 by

At Google Play, the team partners with developers to help their app or game business reach its full potential, providing powerful tools and insights every step of the way. In Google Play Console, developers will find the features needed to test, publish, improve, and grow their apps. Google is excited to share several enhancements to give developers even more actionable...


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Kong AI Gateway latest version released


Tuesday, April 8, 2025 by

Kong Inc. announced the launch of the latest version of Kong AI Gateway, which introduces new features to provide the AI security and governance guardrails needed to make GenAI and Agentic AI production-ready. New updates include automated Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines aimed at preventing Large Language Model (LLM) hallucinations and a Personally Identi...


Nvidia-could-lead-the-market-in-2025

Nvidia could lead the market in 2025


Monday, April 7, 2025 by

Nvidia's meteoric rise in the semiconductor market is shaking up the industry, fueled by skyrocketing demand for AI chips. As Nvidia cements its position with cutting-edge GPUs and dominance in AI technology, longtime giants Samsung and Intel are struggling to keep pace. According to data presented by Stocklytics.com, Nvidia's market share has tripled over the p...


Security-trade-offs-and-Xs-vulnerabilities

Security trade-offs and Xs vulnerabilities


Friday, March 21, 2025 by

The latest cyberattack on X raises an important question: Was this an external attack or a result of internal instability? While hacktivist group Dark Storm has claimed responsibility for the distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, it is just as crucial to examine X’s own security posture, particularly in light of the drastic staffing cuts that followed Elon ...


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GDC reveals recipients of lifetime achievement and pioneer awards


Tuesday, March 11, 2025 by

Organizers of the 25th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards (GDCA) have revealed the recipients of two of the awards show’s most prestigious accolades, the honorees of the Lifetime Achievement and Pioneer Awards.  This year, the Lifetime Achievement Award will be shared with the iconic video game writer and director Sam Lake, who’s known for his role...


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Couchbase Edge Server launched for edge AI apps


Tuesday, March 11, 2025 by

Couchbase, Inc. launched Couchbase Edge Server, an offline-first, lightweight database server and sync solution designed to provide low latency data access, consolidation, storage and processing for applications in resource-constrained edge environments. Edge applications that rely solely on cloud databases can be slowed down due to connectivity challenges, bu...


Apple-and-Samsung-smartphone-rivalry-unveiled-in-new-data

Apple and Samsung smartphone rivalry unveiled in new data


Saturday, March 8, 2025 by

No tech rivalry comes close to the battle between Apple and Samsung. The competition between the two giants is unique because Apple builds everything in-house, creating a closed, seamless ecosystem, while Samsung offers a wide range of devices powered by Android. Their intense competition, brand loyalty, and constant innovation set them apart from other tech battles. Ye...


AI-will-change-your-future

AI will change your future


Tuesday, January 21, 2025 by

Artificial intelligence is here to stay, along with all its controversies, questions and ambiguity. It is rising in the workplace and changing the way we work. Many researchers have looked at potential downsides, but few have looked at the upsides.   We interviewed three Missouri University of Science and Technology faculty members with expertise in different ac...


Cybersecurity-supply-chain-risk-management-predictions-for-2025

Cybersecurity supply chain risk management predictions for 2025


Thursday, January 16, 2025 by

DTS CEO and President Edward Tuorinsky shares his cybersecurity prediction for shaping the 2025 business landscape. Cybersecurity in 2025 is like that party game where you whisper a phrase to the person next to you. One mistake is passed along to others, with funny outcomes. The stakes are higher, and the results are less amusing when data breaches or hacks travel al...


AGI-coding-predictions-for-2025

AGI coding predictions for 2025


Tuesday, January 7, 2025 by

In 2024, there was much excitement about AI code assistance, and also a realization that it poses major risks. Suddenly non-experts could act like expert developers and ask AI to generate a Python script, for example. Without understanding the nuances they simply didn’t know what they didn't know. Often these users failed to ask the right questions, and the AI...


Bridging-the-AI-gap---Turning-hype-into-reality

Bridging the AI gap - Turning hype into reality


Monday, January 6, 2025 by

As AI and analytics continue to drive innovation across industries, SciPlay’s SVP of Data & Analytics, Shmuel Ben-Meleh, shares key trends he believes will shape the industry’s approach to data in 2025. Shmuel’s insights offer a unique look into the future of data accessibility, real-time personalization, and the emerging tools that are redefining ...


NetLib-Security-predictions-2025

NetLib Security predictions 2025


Thursday, January 2, 2025 by

The leading prediction for 2025 will sound familiar: Generative AI directly affects your privacy rights. In many ways, this is a twist on the typical cybersecurity problem. Rather than a hacker or a bad actor breaking in to steal your data, we are being asked to hand our keys to the companies we often trust the most: Microsoft, Apple, Dropbox, and Google! NetLib Secu...


Record-breaking-year-for-fintech-2024

Record breaking year for fintech 2024


Tuesday, December 31, 2024 by

A new analysis of finance, fintech and crypto apps on the Google Play Store by app growth solutions company SplitMetrics, has found that UK neobanks have surpassed UK legacy banks in terms of app downloads for the very first time ahead of the festive season.  As it stands, UK neobanks have an estimated 71.78m Android users, 200k ahead of UK legacy banks with 71....


Software-security-in-2025---Four-encouraging-trends

Software security in 2025 - Four encouraging trends


Thursday, December 26, 2024 by

The good news is that over the last few years software development organizations have embraced their role in ensuring the security of their applications in the face of ever-increasing threats to their organizations. The bad news is that they are struggling with how to protect code without overburdening developers, slowing down releases, and generally hindering innovatio...


AI-solutions-for-US-government

AI solutions for US government


Monday, December 23, 2024 by

Seekr and Carahsoft Technology Corp. have announced a partnership. Under the agreement, Carahsoft will serve as Seekr’s Master Government Aggregator, making the company’s reliable and transparent AI platform available to the Public Sector through Carahsoft’s reseller partners and NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP) V, Information Tech...


App-development-predictions-for-2025-from-Kochava

App development predictions for 2025 from Kochava


Friday, December 20, 2024 by

As we approach 2025, app development is rapidly evolving. Technological advancements, changes in user expectations, and emerging global trends are redefining what it means to build, deploy, and use mobile and web applications. 2025 app development predictions from Amro Hassan at Kochava With groundbreaking advancements in artificial intelligence, connectivity, and...


Hill-Climb-Racing-most-downloaded-racing-game

Hill Climb Racing most downloaded racing game


Friday, December 20, 2024 by

Hill Climb Racing is a global phenomenon known for its cartoony style, simple gameplay, and smooth, fun physics. Since the original was launched in 2012, Fingersoft has constantly been developing the game, its sequel, and, subsequently, the franchise. Recently, Fingersoft announced an exclusive IP collaboration with Konami Digital Entertainment in the form of an in-game...


UK-app-developers-file-class-action-lawsuit-against-Apple

UK app developers file class action lawsuit against Apple


Thursday, December 19, 2024 by

A class action lawsuit has been launched in the UK against Apple, alleging that the tech giant has abused its dominant position in iOS app distribution to charge excessive commission fees. The case, Ennis v Apple, is being brought to the UK Competition Appeals Tribunal and seeks up to $970 million USD in damages on behalf of UK-based app developers. What you need to kn...


Why-your-ChatGPT-app-will-need-a-no-code-rescue

Why your ChatGPT app will need a no-code rescue


Wednesday, December 18, 2024 by

Josh Haas explains how generative AI falls short in app development, leaving founders to face challenges like iteration, security, and usability. He highlights how pairing AI with no-code platforms enables faster, scalable, and secure app creation. Why your ChatGPT app will need a no-code rescue Every day, we see YouTube videos of people using AI to turn plain English...


In-app-purchases-surged-on-Black-Friday-2024

In app purchases surged on Black Friday 2024


Wednesday, December 11, 2024 by

AppsFlyer has unveiled its Black Friday 2024 key insights, highlighting exceptional growth in consumer activity across shopping and e-commerce apps in the United States. The data reveals that Black Friday 2024 in-app purchases surged by 14% year-over-year (YoY) compared to Black Friday 2023. Purchases on Black Friday outpaced the average Friday in November 2024 by an im...