Fortnite to finally release for Android!
Monday, July 30, 2018 by Austin Harris
Over one year from its a initial launch data, and nearly half a year from its iOS launch, Fortnite has finally announced the list of Android devices that will also soon support the popular video game. A full list of supported platforms is provided at the bottom of this article, but suffice it so say that a majority of newer Google, Huawei, Sony, Samsung, and Motorola ph...
Why you should make your gameplay fast (or game over!)
Monday, June 12, 2017 by Shlomi Gian
Countless mobile game publishers have tried to formulate the winning recipe for successful mobile games. Some of them seem universal and straightforward, while others are controversial or genre-specific. Not surprisingly, the indisputable ingredient that is both fundamental and critical to a mobile game’s success is simply performance. It affects every stage and each co...
ApexBrasil showcases Brazil's finest at SXSW
Friday, March 10, 2017 by Austin Harris
The Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex-Brasil) will showcase 68 of Brazil’s most exciting companies at the 2017 SXSW Interactive Festival. As part of its mission to bring the best of Brazil to the world’s global investors and trade fairs, Apex-Brasil will share the abundance of opportunities that exist in its vibrant ecosystem with attendees at SXSW I...
Mobile reward videos showed consistently high eCPM in 2016
Friday, February 17, 2017 by Richard Harris
ironSource has announced the launch of its Industry eCPM Index, an insights engine for tracking regional and global eCPM rates and optimizing mobile app ad campaign effectiveness over time. Ideal for mobile app developers, the ironSource Industry eCPM Index provides insight into app ecosystem advertising performance across region, time of year, geography, ad units, and ...
BHD in Vietnam signed with SpotX video inventory platform
Thursday, February 16, 2017 by Austin Harris
Vietnamese broadcast and digital video company, BHD, has signed video inventory management platform, SpotX, to power the monetization of its diverse media properties around the globe.As one of the largest media companies in Vietnam, BHD’s activities range from production, cinema exhibition, pay TV channels and VOD service. With more than 20 years experience in productio...
Mobile games market generated $40.6 billion in worldwide revenue in 2016
Thursday, February 2, 2017 by Richard Harris
First ever joint look at mobile, mobile VR and VR markets by SuperData Research and Unity Technologies shows the category equaling that of global box office sales during that time The mobile games market generated $40.6 billion in worldwide revenue in 2016 - a sum equivalent to all global box office sales during the same time period - and grew 18% over the year bef...
What app development technologies we missed in 2016 and what's coming next
Saturday, January 14, 2017 by TJ VanToll
It’s that time again to look at the year ahead and consider what trends and technologies will reign supreme in the application development world. As mobile apps become the main driver of accelerating digital transformation in businesses, more developers and vendors are focusing on the latest technology needed to excel. But with developer tools and languages evolving as ...
Top 12 software and app development stories from 2016
Saturday, December 31, 2016 by Richard Harris
We are so excited to be entering into our 4th year at App Developer Magazine, and we have you - our loyal followers to thank. Without you none of this would be possible, so thank you for riding along shotgun :)I thought it would be interesting to take a quick look back at the top stories we covered in the app development or software development industry - that got the m...
Strategy Analytics releases VR Apps Data Nov 2016
Tuesday, December 13, 2016 by Richard Harris
Strategy Analytics tracks the apps available across the dedicated VR app stores for Samsung GearVR, Oculus Rift, and the VR apps available on Steam. Data collected from the storefronts at the end of November 2016 was analyzed in the report "VR Apps Data Nov 2016: Games and Education Top App Categories in VR App Stores." Unsurprising, games is the top apps category acros...
What IBM says were the shifts in enterprise mobility throughout 2016
Saturday, December 10, 2016 by Richard Harris
As companies continue down the road of mobile enterprise application development to improve their software infrastructure, many are left wondering if it is the correct step to take. "What makes a good enterprise software?" and "How can I take advantage of the newest trend?" is on the minds of many businesses constantly.We sat down with Phil Guido, General Manager at IBM...
New Security Report 2016 shows 64 percent of millennials experienced a comprised account hack
Thursday, November 17, 2016 by Richard Harris
TeleSign has released its Consumer Account Security Report 2016, providing insight into consumer sentiments on online security and the value they place on their digital lives. Of the 1,300 U.S. consumers surveyed, nearly a third report the value of their online life at $100,000 to priceless. Further, more than half of the respondents surveyed (55 percent) place the onus...
Connect() 2016 Announcements from Microsoft
Wednesday, November 16, 2016 by Richard Harris
Microsoft’s developer event Connect() 2016 just kicked off in New York, and Microsoft shared announcements that demonstrate its vision of enabling the future of development for any developer, building any application, on any platform.Highlights of the new partnerships and updated developer tools, services and offerings from Visual Studio and SQL Server announced during,...
2016 State of Citizen Development Report
Monday, October 31, 2016 by Richard Harris
QuickBase Inc., a low-code application development platform provider, has released its second annual study on citizen development, building on the results of 2015's inaugural research to show how the movement has evolved over time. The report revealed citizen developers are moving beyond singular uses to embrace low-code solutions as multi-purpose platforms, using them ...
5 app monetization strategies to remember in 2016
Monday, October 31, 2016 by Dickey Singh
Thanks to advances in artificial intelligence, deep learning and user interfaces, our mobile devices are more accessible and user-friendly than ever before. People are downloading more apps and spending more time in those apps. There are now over four million apps in the Apple and Google app stores – Apple received 75,000-80,000 app submissions per month in last few mon...
PuppetConf 2016 announcements
Monday, October 24, 2016 by Richard Harris
At the PuppetConf 2016 this year, Puppet announced several new capabilities, tools, integrations and plugins. These updates enable fast, reliable software change and are crucial to building the foundation for DevOps by making it easier than ever to gain situational awareness and orchestrate software change confidently, no matter what the software runs on.Highlights from...
The State of Digital Transformation Report 2016
Friday, October 14, 2016 by Austin Harris
Ping Identity has announced the availability of “The State of Digital Transformation Report 2016,” which highlights that digital transformation is a top priority and source of anxiety for enterprises, but the majority of IT decision makers have not completed technology deployments to address the initiatives that are critical to making the shift. Security and identity ac...
New research shows that using advanced security drives new business growth
Wednesday, October 12, 2016 by Austin Harris
A global study from CA Technologies revealed that organizations are measuring the success of IT security beyond just breaches and compliance; they now are including business performance indicators that contribute directly to revenue growth. The study, The Security Imperative: Driving Business Growth in the App Economy, polled 1,770 senior business and IT executives, inc...
Programmatic and Mobile: Whats to come in 2017
Thursday, October 6, 2016 by Richard Harris
Programmatic and mobile is an ever growing hot topic, Tim Koschella (CEO and Co - Founder of AppLift), has been at the helm of this industry since it began and has seen the state of the mobile industry rapidly transform into rich opportunities for today’s marketers. Tim believes that with more than 2 billion smartphones and nearly $400 billion in-mobile-triggered transa...
JFrog talks about Artifactory and Bintray for DevOps and developers
Wednesday, October 5, 2016 by Richard Harris
JFrog provides infrastructure for software build, management and delivery in open-source, on-premise and SaaS cloud solutions. Their technology helps enterprises accelerate software development cycles by changing the way developers and DevOps teams manage their binary artifacts. We sat down with Shlomi Ben Haim, CEO of JFrog, to find out more about the company, and to g...
Sales of laptops from the Summer of 2016 reached $2.2 billion, Apple still king
Tuesday, October 4, 2016 by Austin Harris
According to new research from 1010data, online sales of laptops from the summer of 2016 reached $2.2 billion and grew 12 percent year over year. 1010data uncovered how consumer purchases impacted the biggest players in the laptop space online from June – August 2016. And it turns out that Apple is winning as a brand and as a retailer. This comes from 1010dat...
Dreamforce 2016 is here and we've got 7 hacks for surviving it
Monday, October 3, 2016 by Peter Terhune
Dreamforce: Simultaneously exhilarating and exhausting. As you and thousands of your peers gather for this year’s conference, there are several things to keep in mind for your whirlwind experience in the heart of San Francisco. For both first timers and seasoned veterans of the show, here are seven tips to make your Dreamforce adventure the best possible.1. Know Your Es...
Apple developer patents, hacks, and iOS 10 oh my! October issue lands
Saturday, October 1, 2016 by Richard Harris
It’s hard to believe - but fall is upon us and 2017 is right around the corner. October always ushers in the feeling of campfires, fall-festivals, and what the flip and I going to do with my apps for the holiday season coming up!
Not to worry everyone - our October issue is here, and it’s over 90 pages of industry news, tips, and articles ...
VR Developer Nanodegree Program From Udacity Launches
Friday, September 30, 2016 by Richard Harris
Udacity just announced a new VR Developer Nanodegree program where content creators in this space enjoy an unmatched amount of freedom to build out new ideas and applications. As a student in their new program, you will learn to design and engineer compelling immersive experiences, and discover how hardware and software combine to make these experiences possible. T...
W3C Web and Virtual Reality Workshop October 2016
Tuesday, September 27, 2016 by Richard Harris
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) invites Web developers working in Virtual Reality to attend a Workshop on 19-20 October in San Jose, California. W3C Workshops bring together Web experts to explore use cases and requirements for potential Web standards work. Anticipated topics to be covered at the W3C Web and Virtual Reality Workshop may include: ...
App Marketers Will Lose up to $100 Million in 2016 Because of Fraud
Friday, September 23, 2016 by Richard Harris
AppsFlyer has released new data forecasting that app marketers will lose up to $100 million in 2016 due to mobile app install and engagement advertising fraud - as well as revealing the countries that have the highest rates of this type of ad fraud. The study’s findings are based on the company’s new anti-fraud technology, called DeviceRank, which also just la...
Xojo 2016 Release 3 Ships With Loads of New Features for Making Apps
Wednesday, September 14, 2016 by Richard Harris
Austin based Xojo, Inc. has announced Xojo 2016 Release 3. With built-in support for graphics, database servers, internet protocols and more, anyone can build just about anything they can imagine with Xojo. The latest release adds compiler optimization options and refactoring features for the IDE and Code Editor, along with more than 90 total improvements and 11 new fea...
A Preview of What's Coming From InterDrone 2016 This Week
Tuesday, September 6, 2016 by Richard Harris
The InterDrone 2015 conference is the largest dedicated commercial drone show in North America firing of this week in Las Vegas (along side the CTIA Super Mobility conference). This year the show projects 150 exhibitors and sponsors, 4,000+ attendees from 60+ countries, 250+ media/association partners, and slew of classes and panels. Here is a preview of some of th...
Our 40th Issue Published Today: App Developer Magazine September 2016
Thursday, September 1, 2016 by Richard Harris
With the release of our September 2016 issue of App Developer Magazine we just hit 40 total published magazines, and the end of the Summer season of app development.Thanks to all of the countless readers, contributors, and sponsors for helping us look so good, and believing in our mission! I think this is one of our best issues yet!With over 4500 pub...
Security of Things 2016 Conference to Focus on IoT Security, Privacy, and Authentication
Wednesday, August 24, 2016 by Richard Harris
Coming to Chicago this October, the Smart Card Alliance Security of Things 2016 conference is bringing security, privacy and authentication to the forefront of the Internet of Things (IoT) with speakers from both the IoT and security communities. Speakers will discuss the impact embedded security technology is expected to have on connected cars, wearables, smart ho...
LISA 2016 Conference Will Provide 6 Days of System Administrator Training
Friday, August 19, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson
If you’re a system administrator, you’ll want to make plans now to go to Boston in early December to take in the LISA 2016 conference (Large Installation System Administration Conference). The event is hosted by USENIX, an association that brings together technical information and events for engineers, system administrators, scientists, and technicians to explore the mo...
Summer 2016 Elastic Integration Platform From SnapLogic Launches
Thursday, August 18, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson
SnapLogic has announced the release of its Summer 2016 Elastic Integration Platform which brings new additions to SnapLogic’s library of more than 400 intelligent connectors called Snaps, and enhances the core platform with improved performance and new data governance features for hybrid deployments.The Summer 2016 release introduces several enhancements to SnapLogic’s ...
Amazon Appstore Developer Summit 2016 Coming to London in October
Wednesday, August 17, 2016 by Richard Harris
The Amazon Appstore Developer Summit 2016, is a free event targeting Android developers and will be held in London on 4 Oct 2016.The summit is designed to provide developers with unique insights into the Appstore eco-system, emerging user interfaces that are driving new user behaviors, and disruptive new business models that are opening up opportunities for customers an...
Enterprise Mobile Threat Update for Q3 2016 Arrives
Thursday, August 11, 2016 by Richard Harris
Appthority has released it Enterprise Mobile Threat Update for Q3 2016, which provides insight into the mobile threat landscape over the last quarter.Appthority’s Enterprise Mobile Threat Team monitors and researches the latest mobile risks that are direct threats to the enterprise. The data is compiled into the quarterly Enterprise Mobile Threat Update, aimed at provid...
Connect Apps, Data, and Devices Anywhere With the New Azure Logic App Service
Tuesday, August 9, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson
Microsoft has released into general availability Azure Logic Apps, Microsoft’s Integration Platform-as-a-Service (iPaaS) that provides hybrid application connectivity to connect traditional on-premises systems and cloud-native applications. Logic Apps makes it possible to complete projects faster and iterate more efficiently by offering a set of out-of-the-box conn...
Internet of Things World 2016 to Be Held in Dublin November 21 22
Monday, August 8, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson
Internet of Things World 2016 will offer attendees the ability to immerse themselves in everything IoT. The event will be held on November 20 – 22 in Dublin, Ireland. Highlights of the conference include:- 10 dedicated content tracks with over 110 IoT Case Studies relating to consumer and industrial IoT markets.- Analyst Briefings hosted each morning, providing a p...