Topic: Mobile Software

Security in an Age of Openness

Google's mobile operating system, Android, is the most open platform yet. And that's not necessarily all a good thing. Here's why...READ»

• Fast Security for a Wired World

Sony Jumping on App Store Bandwagon With PSP Apps?

There's a strong rumor this morning that Sony's busy prepping a discrete part of the PlayStation Store for new games and apps that'll be directed at the PSP and PSP Go. Sounds like Sony's also jumping on the App Store ...READ»

IBM Serves Up Two New G1 Apps for Wimbledon

Summer wouldn’t be summer without Wimbledon, and Wimbledon wouldn’t be Wimbledon without IBM. This summer, Wimbledon’s long-time technology partner--IBM creates the systems that log each and every stroke as well as other match ...READ»

MEDL Mobile's Crowdsourced iPhone Apps: What's the Catch?

With the Apple App Store having paid an estimated $50 to $115 million in revenue to app developers--with one indie developer reportedly making $250,000 in two months--even the technologically impaired now dream of winning the iPhone ...READ»

Apple Quickly Pulls "Baby Shaker" iPhone App After Predictable Outcry

A company called Sikalosoft launched an extremely poor-taste iPhone application this week: Baby Shaker. It was a tiny, poorly-programmed game that merely played a baby's cry repeatedly until you shook the phone enough. And after a ...READ»

Motorola to Inject Life Into Android, With Developer Program

It's becoming clear--the future of the smartphone is intimately tied with app development, and that's something Motorola knows. It's trying to promote app building for the Android platform with a new MOTODEV program. The developer ...READ»

Verizon Jumps on App Store Bandwagon, Misses the Point Totally

Verizon just announced the launch its own app store for smartphones, inspired by the iTunes Store, Windows Marketplace, Ovi Store, and those for Android and Palm. But Verizon's apps will be locked exclusively to its own store. It's ...READ»

Mobile App Mania

Apple ignited the frenzy that has the tech world all shook up with mobile-app fever. How startups, big brands, and the iPhone's rivals are vying to cash in on the booming market.READ»

• 25 Must-Have iPhone Apps
• 20 Must-Have Apps for Your Smartphone That Isn't an iPhone
• The Storekeeper

Palm, Microsoft Claw Desperately for App Developers as Apple Sails Ahead

The App Stores War is getting a lot more interesting: Palm, it seems, is paying serious cash to app developers, while Microsoft has resorted to placing ads for developers in iPhone Apps. All to beat Apple.READ»

What We Want From an Apple Tablet

In a word: Apps. Apple is said to be planning a tablet, and it'll live and die by its app store even more than the iPhone.READ»

Could MacHeist Prompt Apple into an App Store for Macs?

Since its inception in 2006, MacHeist has been variously reviled, applauded and seen soaring success. The annual event, which mixes entertainment, charity, free software, and software bundling, has become a phenom in the Mac world. ...READ»

Is Palm Driving Developers Underground?

An angry rant by a prominent developer describes Palm's app store as developer hell: fees, paperwork, and a PayPal account are required. But as counter-rants have pointed out, Palm is letting unofficial app stores thrive. Is Palm ...READ»

Seven (More) Reasons to Ditch Your iPhone

It's been a nasty week for iPhone users. Apple has buckled to pressure from AT&T and denied Google's Voice application from the App Store: a nifty service that helps you consolidate phones and manage your voicemail online.READ»

Apple's App Store Blasts Past Two Billion Downloads

In April Apple announced that a billion apps had been downloaded from its iTunes App Store. Now, 14 months since the Store's launch, the folks at Cupertino have revealed that another billion apps have zipped over the ...READ»

Achilles Heel of Apple iPhone 3.0: Background Application Support

Today, Apple had the opportunity to double-lap the Google Android and BlackBerry platforms. They failed. The iPhone maker has raised the bar for its competitors, to be sure, showing off a host of smart innovations to their ...READ»

Can Nokia's Ovi App Store Compete with Apple's?

Nokia's just pulled the wrappers off of its Ovi application store at Mobile World Congress--can it really compete against the might of Apple's App Store and the iTunes eco-system? Ovi is basically following on the coattails of ...READ»

Google Voice Starts Singing for BlackBerrys And Androids

Google's been busy this last week or so, starting with the excitement of Chrome OS and now with Google Voice for smartphones getting its roll-out. The BlackBerry and Android apps dropped this morning, but iPhoners will have to ...READ»

Billionth iPhone App Sold, Other Smartphones Still Just Hoping You Download One

The iTunes App Store is the absolute king of the smartphone applications world. Not only has the billionth app just been downloaded, but a recent survey shows that smartphone users who don't own an iPhone simply don't ...READ»

Blackberry and Palm Apps Getting Better, but Not Fast Enough

Even as Apple celebrates the release of its 100,000th app--and that cash machine it calls the app store--Palm and RIM are running fast to catch up, and woo developers to their platforms. Earlier this week, Palm introduced a Web-based ...READ»

Tech Monday: First Look at the Google Mobile OS

The Google Phone isn't really a Google Phone or GPhone after all. What it will be is an open-source operating system for mobile phones. The project is called Android and it's a a software stack for mobile devices that includes an ...READ»

Speed Test: iPhone 3G S Even Faster Than Apple Claims

Apple has made claims that the iPhone OS 3.0 yields significant performance gains on the 3G model, and that the new 3G S can accomplish the same tasks up to twice as fast as its predecessors. Anecdotally, the new 3G S definitely ...READ»

Mobile SaaS

An interesting and profitable market is growing at the intersection of SaaS and mobile computing.READ»

Bloomberg Launches NYC Apps Contest

Want to know if there's construction in the Midtown Tunnel, or to track the spending of federal stimulus dollars on projects in the Five Boroughs? Check your iPhone. At least that's what Mayor Michael Bloomberg hopes you'll do. ...READ»

Apple Store Economy Worth $2.4 Billion, Dwarfing Android Market

Apps, apps everywhere, but just how big is Apple's app economy anyhow? Chances are, it's bigger than you think. According to mobile ad startup AdMob, $200 million in apps are downloaded each month, making the App Store worth about ...READ»

Nokia's Ovi App Store Stumbles Off Its Starting Block

Nokia just launched its Ovi cellphone App Store globally, but rather than the fanfare-laden success it should've been, the launch was marred by site crashes and server lock-ups. The Ovi App service launched over the weekend ...READ»