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Apple lawsuit filed by UK developers


Tuesday, December 10, 2024 by

A leading competition law expert pursuing a class action lawsuit against Apple on behalf of UK app developers has been told his case can go ahead, with the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) certifying his claim for £785m (just over one billion US dollars) on behalf of UK app developers. Today, the CAT made the collective proceedings order, confirming it...


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Sherlocked: The controversial practice of Apple copying apps


Thursday, June 20, 2024 by

In recent years, "Sherlocked" has become a buzzword associated with Apple. This term describes Apple's practice of integrating features from popular third-party apps into its own operating systems, often rendering those apps obsolete. The term originated from Apple's Sherlock search tool, which incorporated features from the third-party tool Watson. At...


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iOS 17 to allow sideloading apps on iPhone


Tuesday, April 25, 2023 by

According to Mark Gurman from Bloomberg, iOS 17 will reportedly open up the iPhone to sideloading. "Apple Inc. is preparing to allow alternative app stores on its iPhones and iPads, part of a sweeping overhaul aimed at complying with strict European Union requirements coming in 2024. Software engineering and services employees are engaged in a major push to o...


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Apple gaming studio predictions for 2022


Monday, December 20, 2021 by

If Apple were a person, it would seem they are (still) living on top of the world. Still flush with cash, flexing those privacy muscles with the final rollout of iOS 14.5 and then benching more with iOS 15, and up 29% year over year. But like a senior year quarterback with three championships already to their name, expectations are high and when they’re not m...


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The differences between web apps and native apps


Thursday, October 18, 2018 by

Even in 2018, years past the origional question, the debate rages on across the land, in office spaces and conference rooms every day - should we build a full-blown native mobile app, or is distributing over the web good enough? By now everyone knows the “mobile-first” mentality because statistics like 50% of web searches being done from a mobile dev...


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Creating connected car apps just got easier


Tuesday, March 27, 2018 by

When was the last time you sat down and wrote an app that would communicate with a car? I thought so - me either. The challenge with making automotive apps is knowing which vehicles you can target. With almost every auto manufacturer doing their own thing, and little documentation about how to make it all play nice with your code, it can be enough to make developers wav...


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The small business market should be the developers next focus


Tuesday, September 26, 2017 by

Small businesses are more often than not behind the curve when it comes to technology, but how will that change in the future as? That's the question that many enterprise are searching for the answer to.Alex Barnett recently returned to Intuit to head up their Developer Group and he could not be more inspired by the role developers are playing in small business success....


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Samsung ARTIK lets you monetize the data shared by IoT devices


Monday, July 31, 2017 by

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. just launched Samsung ARTIK Cloud Monetization for the Internet of Things (IoT), which is a  new service to monetize the data shared by IoT devices and enable an IoT data economy. For the first time since the dawn of IoT, device manufacturers and service providers can tap into an open ecosystem and create service plans that generate rev...


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Oracle releases their API Platform Cloud Service


Monday, May 15, 2017 by

Oracle is expanding their Cloud Platform’s integration offerings with the availability of their API Platform Cloud Service. Bringing together API-first design and governance capabilities from recently acquired Apiary and API management from Oracle, the new cloud service delivers end-to-end capabilities for designing, prototyping, documenting, testing, and managing the p...


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Just what is the DroneDeploy app market


Monday, November 7, 2016 by

PwC has predicted the global market for commercial drone technology to reach as much as $127 billion by 2020, and the FAA believes at least 543,000 drones will be in civilian hands by 2020. Developers will play a critical role in helping business adopt drones on every job site - whether it’s to monitor construction sites, improve farming methods, verify insurance claims...


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Big Data and Mobility: How Enterprise Resource Planning Is Being Reinvented


Wednesday, August 31, 2016 by

Although both mobile apps and big data analytics have become pivotal to business operations on a broad scale, one area of software development—enterprise resource planning (ERP)—has not historically been part of the revolution. Today, that is changing, as ERP developers recognize that their systems are perfect candidates for mobile-centric, big data analytics....


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10 Gotchas Apple Developers Should Know About in iOS 10


Monday, August 22, 2016 by

With the release of iOS 10 looming (Apple just released beta 7), developers everywhere should be evaluating their code to see if there are any gotcha's coming. Each iOS release comes with it’s own set of benefits for the end-user but there always seems to be that ‘uh-oh’ moment for developers.So I've taken a bit of time to point out a few of the "gotchas" that you shoul...


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Interview with Dror Frommer of Streaming Auction Creator Fiz Stream


Wednesday, July 13, 2016 by

We recently chatted with Dror Frommer, creator of the Fiz Fuz iOS app, which provides a platform for people to buy and sell products live in a video streaming session or with a recorded video. Sellers have the opportunity to chat with the buyers, respond to questions and more.ADM: What software was involved in creating Fiz Fuz? Frommer: For the real-time streaming,...


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A Recipe for a Best Selling App


Monday, May 16, 2016 by

The introduction of the smartphone and app stores sparked a revolution for developers, giving them a new platform to provide entertainment, education, tools and so much more to the masses, right at their fingertips. Millions of apps are available today and thousands of new products pop up daily. However, rapid adoption leads to market saturation - how can a consume...


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Biggest News From Facebook F8 Developer Conference is Custom Messenger Bots


Wednesday, April 13, 2016 by

During its F8 developer conference in San Francisco, Facebook announced a number of new products and services for developers. Among the biggest news is the introduction of bots for the Messenger Platform which provides developers with the ability to reach users where they are with a new send and receive API. Developers can build a custom bot in Messenger, providing...


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Microsoft Cloud App Security is Now Generally Available


Wednesday, April 13, 2016 by

The Microsoft Cloud App Security platform is now generally available offering a cloud-delivered service built for cloud apps.The platform offers two main components: (1) Discovery of cloud usage in a company using log-based traffic analysis and (2) Granular control for sanctioned apps leveraging API-based integration. With platform’s tools to help uncover Shadow IT, ass...


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Leveraging Mobile Communications for Workforce Communications


Tuesday, March 22, 2016 by

We recently visited with Jeff Corbin, CEO and Founder of APPrise Mobile to talk about the company’s theEMPLOYEEapp platform, which integrates with a company’s active employee directory or other HR information system (HRIS) to provide organizations and enterprises direct access to their employees through mobile devices.ADM: You recently stepped down as CEO of a communica...


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Building A Developer Centric Platform Is Critical for Application Industry Providers


Wednesday, January 20, 2016 by

We reached out to David Lee, VP of Platform Products at RingCentral, to talk about the why it is important for companies that offer products in the application development industry to host a robust developer platform. RingCentral launched a new developer platform last spring and Lee discusses what the company has learned in offering a “best practices” philosophy for dev...


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The Problems Facing OTT Messaging Apps


Thursday, November 19, 2015 by

tyntec, a telecom-web convergence company, has issued the results of its international OTT (over-the-top) messaging app survey and report titled, “The challenges facing OTT messaging apps.” The findings, based on responses from smartphone owners in the US and China, uncover trends in consumer messaging app usage to evaluate the probability of OTT messaging apps one day ...


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The Big News for App Developers is New Apple TV Store


Thursday, September 10, 2015 by

The prognosticators pretty much got it right on their predictions for Apples annual fall announcement which featured the new iOS 9 operating system, new iPhone 6 offerings, a redesigned Apple TV and updates to Apple Watch.Probably the biggest news for developers is the Apple TV store which provides a new opportunity to market apps. Here is a rundown of the all of the an...


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5 Things for Developers to Know About iOS 9


Tuesday, September 8, 2015 by

With the release of iOS 9 just around the corner, it’s crucial that app developers be proactive about what the release means for security, understand what will now be possible in terms of app thinning, and make the most of other improvements that will enhance user experience and/or increase user engagement. Here’s what I think are the most important things about iO...


Rapid-Application-Development:-Go-Native-or-Go-Platform

Rapid Application Development: Go Native or Go Platform


Monday, August 31, 2015 by

As our world has increasingly adopted mobile technologies, developers have struggled with ways to meet the often urgent demands of business users.When iPhone and its iOS were introduced in January 2007, astute software developers certainly took note – but it wasn’t until July 2008 that the mobile app revolution began with the introduction of the App Store in iOS 2. Thir...


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Apple Announcements at WWDC Include Introduction of iOS 9


Tuesday, June 9, 2015 by

During its keynote kicking off WWDC 2015, one of the highlight Apple announcements was iOS 9, which will be available this fall. According to Apple, in this upcoming release, iOS devices become more intelligent and proactive with search and improved Siri features. New multitasking features designed specifically for iPad provide users that ability to work with two apps s...


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Adobe Acquires Aviary’s Mobile Photo Editing SDKs to Add to its Creative Cloud Platform


Wednesday, September 24, 2014 by

Adobe has added Aviary’s mobile SDKs (Software Development Kits) to its Creative Cloud mobile offerings. The acquisition of Aviary and the company’s SDKs is part of Adobe’s strategy to make its Creative Cloud a platform that developers utilize to build third-party apps, through Adobe’s new Creative SDK. Currently under development, Adobe Creative SDK is a software ...


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Jailbreaking: Valuable Shortcut or Dangerous Practice for Mobile Developers


Wednesday, August 27, 2014 by

Jailbreaking - exploiting vulnerabilities in the iOS to thwart technological protections instituted by Apple and gain root access to the iOS operating system - has been a tool for developers and testers (and savvy users) almost as long as the mobile iOS has existed (since 2007, according to publish reports). Its popularity has risen and fallen (based largely on how well...


Facebook-to-Access-Outside-Data-from-Third-Party-Websites-and-Apps-to-Target-Ads-to-Users

Facebook to Access Outside Data from Third Party Websites and Apps to Target Ads to Users


Friday, June 13, 2014 by

Facebook has announced that it will be adding data it is starting to collect from third party apps and websites to better target ads to Facebook users. This information will provide the ability to further segment ads that are shown to users and can provide information that users may not be sharing on the Facebook platform itself. Users will have the ability to opt out i...


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41 percent of US Mobile Business Users Have Used Unsanctioned Enterprise Services


Friday, May 23, 2014 by

Enterprises continue to struggle with security issues as IT departments fight what seems to be a losing battle as they struggle to protect data.On specific problem is unintentional data compromises caused by sloppy employee mobile practices. A report by Harmon.ie outlines this ‘Rogue IT’ phenomenon, which occurs when workers circumvent organizational controls by exploit...


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Aternity Launches New Mobile Application Performance Management (APM) Platform for Enterprise App Development


Wednesday, May 7, 2014 by

Aternity has released mAPM for Enterprise Apps, a new set of mobile application performance management products that provide enterprises with the capabilities that their app development, IT Ops, and line of business teams need to measure, manage, and improve workforce productivity.The mAPM capabilities allow enterprises to ensure a quality user experience for their...


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Aislelabs Used Big Data Analytics and New SDK to Power iBeacon Mobile Marketing Automation


Thursday, May 1, 2014 by

Aislelabs has released its Engage marketing automation platform that allows physical retail locations to target shoppers based on their visits to physical retail stores by connecting shopping patterns and shopping behavior on e-commerce sites with those behaviors inside the stores.Engage provides analytics quantifying the effect of in-store marketing campaigns...


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Developers Can Test Out Windows Phone 8.1 with New Windows Phone Preview


Wednesday, April 16, 2014 by

As of this week, developers can now install Windows Phone 8.1 on their dev phone through the Windows Phone Preview for Developers and try out a lot features that were announced at Build a couple of weeks ago. Along with the tooling delivered in Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 RC, developers can now get everything they need to start building and testing Window...


Facebook-Is-Testing-a-New-Way-to-Help-App-Developers-Monetize

Facebook Is Testing a New Way to Help App Developers Monetize


Wednesday, January 22, 2014 by

The world is not enough for Facebook. At least, not its current slice of the world’s ad revenue. In a post that just appeared on the Facebook developer blog, it appears that the social network giant is taking steps to analyze the potential for expanding its reach by delivering ads to third party apps.At least that’s what it sounds like to me. But I’ll let you decide for...


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Pivothead Wearable Imaging Launches Indiegogo Campaign


Monday, November 18, 2013 by

Pivothead, a leader in wearable imaging technology, launched an Indiegogo campaign to bring their next generation Pivothead SMART (Simple Modular Application-Ready Technology™) line of feature-rich eyewear to market. Pivothead SMART provides the full 1080p high definition (HD) video and 8 megapixel photo capture capability of Pivothead’s award winning first ge...


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CEO of AppGratis Speaks Out


Friday, April 12, 2013 by

Last week the AppGratis app promotion and discovery app was yanked from the Apple Apple store shortly after it's ipad debut, which came as a surprise because pre-launch negotiations with Apple had cleared the app for launch. Apparently most of this can be attributed to a rouge Apple employee that maybe "didn't get the memo". CEO of AppGratis,  Simon Dawlat has rele...