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Microsoft launches cert program for Exchange mobile access

Posted April 13, 2011 - 11:18 am

Microsoft will certify mobile applications using ActiveSync's enterprise management features
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Android market tips: Boost your Google App Store experience

Posted April 12, 2011 - 7:33 pm

If you own an Android smartphone or tablet device, a seemingly unending selection of mobile applications is at your fingertips thanks to Google's Android Market.
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Adobe launches Flex and Flash Builder software for cross-platform mobile apps

Posted April 11, 2011 - 12:19 am

Adobe today announced software to develop, test and deploy mobile applications on devices running Android, BlackBerry and Apple's iOS.
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LinkedIn app arrives on Android Market

Posted April 8, 2011 - 4:23 am

The professional networking site LinkedIn has finally announced the availability of an application for Android-based smartphones.
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Coming soon: Your enterprise app store

Posted April 7, 2011 - 2:43 pm

Don't expect to find Angry Birds in your enterprise app store; what you will find is the apps you need to do your job. In fact, only your particular job and nothing else -- at least in the beginning.
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Selenium test suite to add mobile apps

Posted April 5, 2011 - 8:46 pm

Version 2.0 of the application testing suite will support iPhone and Android apps, with BlackBerry and Windows Phone 7 capabilities to follow
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Do Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 numbers show OS is a success?

Posted March 31, 2011 - 6:17 pm

One year after the Windows Phone 7 developer tools were released, Microsoft cites numbers to show the popularity of the OS with developers. But the numbers are selective and hint at a more complex picture than boosters try to paint.
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Windows Phone 7 apps now total 11,500 'without padding'

Posted March 31, 2011 - 6:12 pm

Microsoft bragged Thursday about growth in its Windows Phone 7 developer community one year after its birth, but immediately got blasted for not disclosing developer revenues.
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9 awesome mobile must-haves

Posted March 29, 2011 - 9:41 pm

Secure phones: Smartphones are notoriously vulnerable to data-security and privacy breaches. Lookout Mobile Security locks down your Android, BlackBerry, or Windows Mobile phone to keep malware and other threats from invading.
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How to download and install an app on an iPhone or iPad

Posted March 29, 2011 - 8:55 pm

If you've got your hands on an iPhone, an iPad or an iPod Touch, then one of the first features you'll want to make use of is to download apps from the iTunes app store.
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CTIA 2011: Endomondo fitness app combines GPS, music and social support [video]

Posted March 25, 2011 - 9:59 am

The Endomondo fitness app for smartphones combines the ability to track a runner's speed, location, heart rate with other features like listening to a music playlist and challenging friends to race. Internet connectivity lets others cheer you on.
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Android Market spiked with malware-laced apps

Posted March 3, 2011 - 11:14 am

More than 50 applications containing malware have been discovered in Google's application market for its Android mobile OS, a sign that hackers are hard at work trying to compromise mobile devices.
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5 new ways to build apps for iPhone, Android, and Web browsers

Posted March 2, 2011 - 3:02 pm

Five start-ups unveiled services for building mobile applications and Web services this week at DEMO Spring 2011, bringing application development capabilities to the masses - or, at least, to people who lack traditional programming and mobile development skills.
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Escape the iOS SDK: Building iPhone (and Android) apps via Flash

Posted February 21, 2011 - 8:47 am

Developers can in fact use Flash and the similar Corona SDK to create apps for the Apple App Store, as well as for Android.
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'Monkey Jump' app wrapped with malware

Posted February 14, 2011 - 10:33 pm

Popular mobile games such as Monkey Jump are being illegally copied and repackaged with code designed to steal personal information or perform other malicious functions, according to a study due to be released soon from Lookout Mobile Security.
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iDate: Romance in the age of apps

Posted February 11, 2011 - 11:12 pm

iPhones aren't just date-destroying distractions. Oh no, with these apps, you'll go from date to mate in just a few clicks.
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Mobile developers challenged to boost privacy

Posted February 4, 2011 - 10:18 pm

ACLU leads the development competition, which seeks to address security on smartphones.
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Google shifts focus from Web to mobile apps

Posted January 31, 2011 - 12:04 pm

Google is aggressively expanding its mobile app development efforts. According to a Wall Street Journal report, one of the first orders of business following the shakeup in executive leadership is to seek out app development talent. Google recognizes the value of mobile platforms and is working to stay one step ahead to claim its piece of the mobile market pie.
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Google tries to close mobile apps gap with Apple

Posted January 31, 2011 - 11:23 am

Online search giant Google is in the process of assembling an in-house braintrust to crank out applications for the exploding mobile device market.
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Escape the App Store: 4 ways to create smartphone Web apps

Posted January 31, 2011 - 10:06 am

Proprietary, incompatible coding systems and app store controls can make mobile app dev too hard -- so try these HTML-oriented alternatives.
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Research roundup: Mobile apps here to stay, Android piques developer interest

Posted January 26, 2011 - 1:49 pm

A roundup of surveys and studies on the mobile world released this week by top research firms.
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Finally a great use for an iPad. And for a cat.

Posted January 26, 2011 - 12:36 pm

As I've gotten older matured I've gotten less tolerant, rather than more, of preremptory, smug superiority, especially from those who feel perfectly justified walking into a room and just stare expectantly until you figure out what set of complex behaviors you're supposed to perform.
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MVC development gets a new life in mobile apps

Posted January 20, 2011 - 1:15 pm

Usually, technologists are quick to move on to the latest innovations and relegate older computing methods to the history books. But Model-View-Controller, or MVC, is a software development method that has withstood the test of time because, quite simply, it still works. Popular in Web application development, MVC is now finding a new life in mobile app development.
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Khronos upgrades standard audio and multimedia APIs

Posted January 19, 2011 - 9:30 am

Consortium seeks to provide standard software development technologies for mobile and embedded devices.
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File your tax return from your smartphone

Posted January 18, 2011 - 11:46 am

Want to file your federal and state income taxes from your smartphone? There's an app for that.
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