DoubleVerify detects hidden iOS ad fraud
Wednesday, December 3, 2025 by Trey Abbe
DoubleVerify’s Fraud Lab has discovered a new fraud scheme lurking on customers’ mobile devices. It uses innocent-seeming iOS gaming apps to charge advertisers for phony ad impressions.
Operated by independent cybercriminals using a shared framework called UniSkyWalking, the scheme, which our Fraud Lab has dubbed SkyWalk, is sophisticated, coordinated and...
Arm Lumex CSS platform has launched
Thursday, October 23, 2025 by Richard Harris
Arm has introduced the Lumex Compute Subsystem (CSS) platform, a comprehensive solution designed to accelerate on-device artificial intelligence (AI) experiences in mobile and consumer devices. This platform integrates advanced CPU and GPU architectures, system interconnects, and software tools to deliver enhanced performance and energy efficiency.
Advanced CPU archi...
AI troubles teachers amid rise of automated learning tools
Friday, September 19, 2025 by Trey Abbe
Artificial intelligence tools are increasingly embedded in classrooms, creating new dynamics between students, teachers, and school policies. Automated learning systems can generate essays, solve math problems, or provide tailored tutoring. Educators are addressing how these technologies intersect with existing definitions of academic honesty and independent learning. A...
WebGPU in iOS 26
Wednesday, August 6, 2025 by Austin Harris
While much of the attention surrounding iOS 26 focused on Apple’s new “glass” UI system and enhanced lock screen, a more profound change quietly reshaped the technological landscape for developers and creatives. iOS 26 introduces full WebGPU support, a move that completes a long-standing puzzle in browser-based media and AI processing, and enables a ne...
State of Unreal 2025 recap
Friday, July 18, 2025 by Austin Harris
https://appdevelopermagazine.com/fortnite-returns-to-ios/The State of Unreal 2025 recently concluded, offering the audience a first look at the cutting-edge technologies Epic Games is developing and releasing to help developers and creators build immersive experiences.
All the big news and announcements from the State of Unreal 2025
The show began with a technical...
Mobile Gaming Market Trends Analysis Report
Wednesday, July 16, 2025 by Russ Scritchfield
The "Mobile Gaming Market Size, Share & Trends Analysis Report by Platform, Device, Game Genre, Distribution Channel, Monetization Model, Age Group, and Region with Growth Forecasts, 2025-2030" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets's offering.
Mobile Gaming Market Trends Analysis Report: The Mobile Gaming Market was valued at USD 139.38 billio...
NIKKE returns to Anime Expo 2025
Sunday, July 13, 2025 by Austin Harris
Level Infinite recently announced that GODDESS OF VICTORY: NIKKE, the acclaimed sci-fi RPG shooter, is returning to Anime Expo 2025 in Los Angeles with its largest and most immersive showcase to date. Coinciding with the event, the highly anticipated NieR:Automata Collaboration Rerun also launches across PC and mobile platforms, bringing fan-favorite characters, mi...
How video content will transform user experiences in 2025
Thursday, January 9, 2025 by Richard Harris
Andrei Trefilov, Senior Engineer at BandLab Technologies, a Singapore-based company that designs and develops intonation services, discussed how innovations in video content will change the user experience in 2025.
How video content innovations will transform user experiences in 2025. Mobile app development predictions from an iOS engineer
Each year, the arr...
Mobile operators in France unite to protect digital identities
Monday, December 16, 2024 by Brittany Hainzinger
As part of the global GSMA Open Gateway initiative, France's four leading mobile operators – Bouygues Telecom, Free, Orange and SFR – announced they will join forces to provide services designed to help app developers and enterprises tackle online fraud and protect the digital identities of mobile customers.
Mobile operators in France unite to protect digit...
Truth Social TV streaming app now available for iPhones and Apple TV
Tuesday, October 22, 2024 by Austin Harris
Trump Media & Technology Group (Nasdaq: DJT) ("TMTG" or the "Company"), operator of the social media platform Truth Social, recently announced that it has successfully launched an app for iOS mobile devices and for Apple TVs to access the Truth+ streaming platform.
Now available in the Apple App Store for iOS and the App Store on Apple TV...
NIKKE and EVANGELION collab announced by Level Infinite
Friday, August 23, 2024 by Russ Scritchfield
Level Infinite, a gaming brand dedicated to delivering high-quality experiences to a global audience, announced that GODDESS OF VICTORY: NIKKE, the mobile sci-fi RPG shooter developed by SHIFT UP, will feature a limited-time crossover event with Evangelion, the beloved anime series. This collaboration will take place for a limited time and features characters, outfits a...
GPU market value to surpass 274 billion
Tuesday, June 11, 2024 by Brittany Hainzinger
The increasing utilization of graphic applications in PCs and mobile devices is substantially raising the market value of GPUs. According to Stocklytics.com, the GPU market value will surpass 274 billion by 2029, representing a 33.2 % CAGR from 2024. Currently, the GPU market is worth over $65 billion, up from $43 billion in 2023, underscoring the immense growth potenti...
In-game audio ads are coming to MENA
Monday, June 10, 2024 by Austin Harris
Odeeo has announced a game changing partnership with Evolution Media Group, MENA’s most prominent in-game advertising business with a reach of 2.5bn users, that will bring in-game audio ads to the region.
The new partnership will help MENA-based brands and publishers make waves with regionally relevant in-game audio ads. 50% of app downloads in MENA are attribu...
Mobile Games Index 2024 is out now
Wednesday, May 15, 2024 by Brittany Hainzinger
The anticipated fourth edition of the annual Mobile Games Index, powered by adjoe and Statista, is now available.
The latest report offers a clear look into the current state of the mobile gaming sector, analyzing the past 12 months of the first-party data from 95 million app interactions across 27 million users. The MGI 2024 reveals what people choose to play on the...
Mobile game store launching from Microsoft in 2024
Monday, May 13, 2024 by Richard Harris
Months on from its acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Microsoft has revealed plans to launch its own mobile game store, with content including Minecraft and Candy Crush set to be available on the platform. Per Xbox president Sarah Bond, the store will be an alternative to the Apple App Store and Google Play, with its launch allowing Microsoft to break away from the res...
Face authentication for vehicles unveiled at MWC 24 by trinamiX
Friday, February 2, 2024 by Richard Harris
Visitors to the Mobile World Congress can find out more about trinamiX’s sensing solutions for consumer electronics and automotive and experience them up close at booth E68 in hall 6 from February 26th to 29th. trinamiX GmbH is bringing its Face Authentication with liveness detection for smartphones and vehicles to Barcelona. The company will also showcase its Con...
App market predictions from Softonic for 2024
Wednesday, January 3, 2024 by Richard Harris
At Softonic, the global secure software distribution platform, we anticipate several key trends in the software and app industry in 2024. We are predicting four key trends for next year: Computers will always remain a key part of the app market, productivity apps will become more important than ever, AI will transform software development, and cybersecurity will be a cr...
AIGC marketing will increase in 2024 says Mobvista
Thursday, December 7, 2023 by Richard Harris
Embrace technological change: the great popularity of AIGC in recent years has brought great influence and change to the marketing industry. The application of AIGC can improve the efficiency, degree of personalization, and creativity enhancement of enterprise marketing. Utilizing these advanced technologies, companies can better meet customer needs and improve market c...
Top 50 AI tools according to Writerbudddy report
Monday, November 27, 2023 by Richard Harris
AI has been an omnipresent theme over the past year, pushing boundaries and redefining several industries in a short space of time. An astounding number of over 24 billion visits were generated from September 2022 to August 2023 by just the top 50 AI tools, with an average monthly growth of 236.3 million visits. Out of this massive number, ChatGPT alone accounted for 14...
Mobile gaming cross platform Pley brings games to the web
Tuesday, November 21, 2023 by Richard Harris
Pley, the cross-platform solution that makes mobile games playable on the web, announced a partnership with Tilting Point to distribute its farming simulation game Homesteads: Dream Farm. Pley’s complete solution has enabled Tilting Point and game developer Enixan to port and distribute the title on Pley’s "native web" browser platform, e...
Generate AI videos with Creative RealityTM Studio mobile app
Wednesday, November 1, 2023 by Austin Harris
D-ID has announced the launch of its popular Creative RealityTM Studio as a Mobile App. Available on Google Play and iOS, the app increases access for existing and new users to create videos of digital people from a single image with accompanying scripts in 120 languages.
The desktop version of Creative RealityTM Studio already boasts more than 150 million video...
App server market size expected to reach 52B by 2030
Wednesday, November 1, 2023 by Richard Harris
The platform called an application server is typically used for cloud-based apps for mobile devices like tablets and smartphones. While allowing the right to access and the functionality of the corporate application, the application server serves as the host for the user's business logic.
The banking, financial services, and insurance (BFSI) industry are always d...
The mobile app market is still growing to hit 571 billion by 2030
Monday, October 16, 2023 by Richard Harris
The increasing status of other mobile devices and smartphones, the rising demand for mobile apps in various industries, such as healthcare, gaming, education, and retail, the growing adoption of mobile payment and other mobile commerce solutions, the increasing use of machine learning and artificial intelligence in mobile apps. The mobile app market is also expected to ...
AI content generator from YAHAHA Studios steals the show at GDC
Friday, April 14, 2023 by Richard Harris
Game Developer Conference (GDC) 2023 saw YAHAHA taking over the convention from March 20th - 24th, drawing more than 2,700 participants to its in-booth speeches, over 5,000 people to its networking party, and supporting the creation of nearly 800 games during GDC. All games were created by attendees during YAHAHA's live events and supported by YAHAHA's code-free...
The beginning of a new age of innovation and creation
Monday, January 23, 2023 by Austin Harris
2023 will be the beginning of a new age of innovation and the creation of new products and services as never been seen since the founding of the Internet.
The end of the mobile app distribution monopoly, the convergence of different platforms, and the recovery of power by users and developers will unleash a perfect storm that will mark the next decade.
An earthqua...
Developers and brands must make mobile apps far more secure
Tuesday, January 17, 2023 by Austin Harris
The bad guys are still breaking digital windows and kicking down digital doors, so to speak, and will continue well into 2023 and beyond!
Consumers through experience or gut instinct will demand that their mobile app providers deliver key security features including trying to stop the increasingly prevalent "man-in-the-middle" attacks. The latest techn...
Mobile tower defense game stats
Tuesday, October 11, 2022 by Richard Harris
One of the most popular genres in mobile gaming is tower defense games. The mobile tower defense games market is especially popular on smartphones and tablets, where gamers can easily take them with them wherever they go. In addition, tower defense games are great for keeping people occupied on long road trips or flights, as they require little to no interaction from th...
$338B mobile gaming market projection
Friday, July 29, 2022 by Austin Harris
Mobile Gaming is defined as playing and enjoying interactive video games on several platforms, such as computers, mobile phones, and game consoles. The rising access to broadband connections, especially in developing countries, has made digital gaming more accessible to a larger population. Mobile gaming has overtaken console and computer gaming as the most popular...
Fastest growing crypto apps in Europe are MetaMask and KuCoin
Friday, May 20, 2022 by Austin Harris
Recent data from Cryptomonday.de indicates that KuCoin and MetaMask are the Fastest Growing Crypto apps in Europe. They had a combined 3M Installs in the first quarter of 2022.
KuCoin and MetaMask are the fastest growing crypto apps in Europe
Cryptomonday.de CEO Jonathan Merry attributes the faster growth rate of these apps to solid user growth in Russia, Turkey, ...
Automate mobile app testing with Native Mobile Grid
Wednesday, April 27, 2022 by Richard Harris
Applitools announced the general availability of Native Mobile Grid. It presents the next-generation mobile device cloud that allows mobile developers, Test Automation engineers, and QA engineers to instantly automate the testing of mobile apps across iOS and Android devices in the market.
As the latest expansion of Applitools Ultrafast Test Cloud, Native Mobil...
Tap to mobile payment predictions
Tuesday, January 18, 2022 by Brittany Hainzinger
NMI has over 20 years of experience in the fintech software space, and NMI works with software developers to enable payments into existing tech stacks. Vijay Sondhi, CEO at NMI shares his 2022 predictions about software vendors, tap to mobile payments, how to maintain customers, and much more.
ISV and Tap to mobile payment predictions for 2022
In 2022, i...
Mobile gaming report from Tapjoy
Wednesday, December 15, 2021 by Brittany Hainzinger
New market research from MobileVoice by Tapjoy shows that despite not having access to the internet until their 20s or 30s, Generation X is just as active on mobile as the younger generations. Nearly 60% replace their smartphones every 2-3 years to stay up to date with the latest technology, and 66% actually spent more time on mobile devices in the last year. Mobil...
Most used Android mobile devices throughout the world
Wednesday, December 1, 2021 by Austin Harris
Uptodown presented a report on the most used Android smartphone brands and models in the world. Around 130 million unique users per month, spread across the entire globe, use Uptodown to download apps and games on Android. 82% of this total access the web through their smartphone compared to 14% who do so on a desktop, and thanks to the data collected during the month o...
Steam Founder Rick Ellis talks developing mobile real money games
Friday, October 29, 2021 by Richard Harris
Is developing mobile games that people play for real money the next big wave in game development?
Rick Ellis, lead developer and founder of the Steam platform and marketplace, and also a developer on Half-Life 2 has pivoted to mobile and he's making real-money tournament games alongside Ross Krasner, Ryu Games founder and CEO, and they have plenty to s...
Advanced digital fingerprinting capabilities from SEON
Monday, October 25, 2021 by Austin Harris
SEON, the fraud fighters, have unveiled modern digital device fingerprinting capabilities designed to identify and counter the latest internet and mobile fraud tactics used by sophisticated fraudsters and bots.
Advanced digital fingerprinting capabilities
Fraudsters increasingly use unusual device setups to speed their efforts. Device fingerprinting can ...
