Adobe Updates Mobile Development Framework
Friday, March 13, 2015 by Richard Harris
Adobe has announced enhancements to its Adobe Mobile Services that now includes an integrated mobile app framework. Mobile Services is offered through the Adobe Marketing Cloud as a product to encompass the mobile app lifecycle from app development and user acquisition to app analytics and user engagement. The mobile app framework in Adobe Mobile Services brings to...
How Next Generation Technology is Going to Drive Future Mobile Enterprise Initiatives
Thursday, January 1, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
If there is one truth out there for the mobile enterprise, it is that there is no one real truth out there. The rate of growth and transformation associated with the smart technology ecosystem is simply growing too fast for companies to keep up with. The advice a specific approach to preparing for changes that will happen tomorrow differs profoundly based on who yo...
Google and Android Are Not the Same... and That’s a Good Thing
Monday, July 28, 2014 by Terry Hughes
Android and Google may seem synonymous with each other, but they are actually quite different. The Android Open Source Project (AOSP) is an open-source software stack for any device, from smartphones to tablets to wearables, created by Google. Google Mobile Services (GMS), on the other hand, are different. GMS are a range of Google-branded services that Google want...
Google Play Services 5.0 Release: What’s Inside
Thursday, July 10, 2014 by Richard Harris
Now that Google Play services 5.0 has rolled out to devices we’ll take a peek at what it means for app developers. This release introduces Android wearable services APIs, Dynamic Security Provider and App Indexing and provides updates to the Google Play game services, Cast, Drive, Wallet, Analytics, and Mobile Ads.Android Wearable ServicesGoogle Play services 5.0 introd...
What’s in the New Google Play Services 5.0 Announced at Google IO
Thursday, June 26, 2014 by Richard Harris
At Google I/O a new version of Google Play services was revealed that brings new capabilities and the latest optimizations to devices across the Android ecosystem. Here is what Google says about the New Google Play Services 5.0:Services for Android wearables: Apps can more easily communicate and sync with code running on Android wearables through an automatically s...
New Study Shows Targeting Push Notifications Increases Response Rates Up to 300 percent
Tuesday, May 27, 2014 by Richard Harris
Urban Airship has released the findings from its latest Good Push Index (GPI) data study examining response rates of highly targeted push notifications compared to messages broadcast to most of an app’s audience. The study, which includes analysis of more than 1,000 apps and 3.8 billion push notifications, shows that highly targeted messages drive 293 per...
71 percent of App Users Don’t Want to be Tracked by iBeacon or Receive In Store Push Modifications
Monday, May 19, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Retale, a shopping based platform that aggregates weekly circulars from over 60 retailers, has released a report showing that 71% of mobile app users indicate they don’t like the idea of being tracked into a store via their smartphones and 56% say they are not interested in receiving push notifications while shopping.The survey asked more than 3,000 iOS and Android user...
Google Play Services 4.4 Offers New Features in Maps, Location, Games Services, Mobile Ads, and Wallet API
Thursday, May 8, 2014 by Richard Harris
The latest release of Google Play Services includes a number of updates, including an enhancement to Maps with the introduction of Street View, as well as new features in Location, Games Services, Mobile Ads, and Wallet API.What’s new in of Google Play services release 4.4:Google Maps Android APIDevelopers can now embed Street View imagery into an activity, enabling use...
Chrome Dev Channel Release Brings News On Changes in Google Services
Wednesday, July 10, 2013 by Richard Harris
Mike Tsao, Chrome Apps Tech Lead, has released the latest Chrome Dev channel release on Google's Cromium Blog. I n the blog he discusses changes in access to Google services such as Google Analytics, Google APIs and Google Wallet, and better OS integration using services such as Bluetooth and native app communication. Among items discussed were Identity API, In App Paym...
A New Google Wallet Merchant Center For Developers Is Coming
Friday, April 19, 2013 by Richard Harris
Google has just announced the release of a brand spanking new version of Google Wallet to developers coming in the next few weeks. It looks to contain many updates that include better earnings reports, new analytics (which include refunds), an improved UI, better subscription management, and an overall better look.It also sounds like during the transition from Google Ch...
