Get dynamic with php application development and save money!

Look around the web and try to find out websites that are only meant to display static information. Of course, there are very few of them. Even individual bloggers who were thin on technical prowess before are now able to get all the functionalities from blogger and wordpress to manage comments, play slideshows, feature banners etc. In short they are more dynamic they have ever been and the same must be implemented with professional websites as well. As professional websites become more like exchange points and sales centres, the demand for PHP application developers are seeing a new high. PHP application development is a major element in creating custom php web applications that powers numerous dynamic websites. Why PHP for dynamic websites- Simple,...

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Windows Phone app development to Benefit due to apple’s Monotony

The feature rich windows phone is likely to see more activity from windows app developers. Read why? Windows Phone app development is likely to see a boom in the coming times. The windows app market has 80000+ apps and adding more each day with lightning speed. The store is also getting organized day by day and giving better app suggestions to its users. Windows phone 7 developers have churned out a good deal of money with applications like shuriken ninja and top truck and are making more applications for the growing windows platform. Let us see why windows will expand in the coming years:- Nokia handsets packed with Windows phone OS are worth a compliment Combined with the award winning Nokia Lumia 900 and other nokia phones, Windows mobile 8 has proved itself as a smart buy...

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Mobile Apps Drain Battery Because of Free Ads

Recently, we talked about how there are security risks associated with some mobile apps, not because of the app itself, but because of the ad module that runs within free apps to generate revenue. Now, we find that these same modules are also the biggest battery users in an otherwise efficient app. When I switched from a Blackberry to an iPhone, two things immediately irked me: lack of a raised QWERTY keyboard; and lousy battery life. Soon, friends clued me in to the fact that GPS and 3G were the biggest drains on my battery. So I learned how to better manage my location services, and how to get on Wi-Fi whenever possible. That, and how to carry a cord with me everywhere and plug in anytime I am not walking. These two principles...

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Wikipedia’s Mobile Apps Drop Google Maps for OpenStreetMap

In the world of online mapping, it feels like things aren’t quite going in Google’s direction these days: Apple switched away from Google Maps to OpenStreetMap when it launched iPhoto for iOS. Foursquare, too, announced a similar switch just a few weeks ago and today, Wikipedia switched to OpenStreetMap in the latest versions of its iOS and Android apps. As our own Josh Constine wrote last month, Google’s plan to charge high-volume users for access to its Maps APIs could backfire and this most recent defection is yet another clear signal that we will probably see quite a few more of these moves in the near future. While OpenStreetMap’s data wasn’t quite ready for prime time not too long ago, the service has greatly improved...

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Mobile app downloads to pass 66bn by 2016

Up from 31bn in 2011. The hunger for consumer apps will reach its highest point in 2016 when downloads will pass 66 billion, more than doubling the 31 billion downloads in 2011, according to Juniper research. Meanwhile, 87 per cent of downloads will be free apps, though developers are set to profit post-download from in-app purchases and subscriptions. Smartphones will continue to occupy the majority of the app market, though almost one in four downloads will be made via tablet. Dr Windsor Holden, report author, said: "Consumers are now demanding 24/7 access to services –  retail, financial, information, entertainment – wherever they are. "As a result, brands that wish to remain competitive have turned to apps as part of a...

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Path Adds Fresh Security Features to Mobile App

Path, which drew criticism in February over privacy breaches, upgraded the security for its mobile app on Monday. The iOS and Android upgrade to 3.1.1, announced on Path’s blog, includes the hashing of user contact data so such information will be unintelligible to hackers, at least in theory. Such data, includes last names, phone numbers, email addresses, Twitter handles and Facebook IDs. Path, a social network that limits users’ networks to 50 people, initiated the new security features after a developer in February revealed that the Mac OS X version of the mobile app was sending users’ entire address book to Path’s servers without telling users. The revelation prompted Path CEO Dave Morin to issue an apology a few days later. Later...

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Windows Phone Passes 80,000 Mobile Applications

In the week before AT&T brings the Nokia Lumia 900 and HTC Titan 2 to the American public, and with them the next concerted push by Microsoft to get Windows Phone into the smartphone space, the plucky young mobile operating system passed another statistical market, with more than 80,000 application submissions to the Windows Marketplace (reports All About Windows Phone). "Both the 80,000 apps and 20,000 publishers milestones, together with their respective growth rates, suggest the Windows Phone Marketplace is enjoying sustained and accelerating growth. It is now comfortably the third biggest mobile app ecosystem, behind Android (450,000+) and iOS (550,000+), but some way ahead of Blackberry (70,000) and Symbian (70,000)." As...

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Facebook Just Made It A Lot Easier To Make Awesome Mobile Apps

Facebook just did a really good thing for mobile app developers. It has open sourced its new mobile web testing software, Ringmark.  Anyone can use it for free and contribute their own tests to it. The goal of these tests is to help mobile apps run better in mobile browsers using the Web's next generation browser tech, HTML5. Today, creators of mobile apps have to create a version for each device -- iPhone, Android (by version), and so on. While this is fine for Apple, Google, Amazon and their app stores, it's a time sink for the people writing the apps. HTML5 promises to give mobile apps another option. Apps will run in a mobile browser, not directly on the device. But because mobile browsers are not all the same, and because...

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IPL 2012: Mobile apps to feed your T20 addiction

With temperatures rising and IPL just about to begin, we give you a few apps that could help you stay updated with the latest scores while on-the-move. IPL Dugout The app uses orange and white as 2 basic colour schemes. The user interface is pretty simple. The menu which gives you a range of options like Teams, Points, Fixtures, Results to name a few are laid out in two columns. The Home screen flashes the Live score and supposedly also has an in-built ticker for scores and IPL news. The Points table is very simple. It enlists all the teams along with their wins,losses, matches played etc. The Teams option helps you see the list of teams playing this year along with the owner of each team. You can also tap on each team to get...

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Path Improves Security in Mobile App

  Path, the mobile social network, announced on Monday that it had added a privacy feature to its mobile application. The update comes two months after it was discovered that some app makers, including Path, were copying people’s address book data without permission. In some instances the data was stored unencrypted on company servers. “We take privacy and security seriously, and we believe your data deserves to be well protected,” the company said in a short blog post. It went on to say that Path version 2.1.1, which is in the iTunes App Store, enhances security by adding a protective layer called hashing to data sent to Path’s servers. Hashing turns text into an unintelligible string of letters and numbers...

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Self-service platform lets SMBs advertise within mobile apps

With AdLeads from Pontiflex, small businesses pay only for actual signups, not for accidental clicks that often happen while people are using their mobile device. If your small business has been flirting with the idea of sending mobile advertisements to iPhone, iPad and Android devices, you might want to check out a new service called AdLeads. The platform was created by Pontiflex, mobile app development and service company in Brooklyn, N.Y. The technology allows SMBs to run mobile advertisements within free mobile applications. That in itself might not be all that unusual; what is a twist, however, is the fact that your company only has to pay for an AdLeads lead when someone actually signs up and shares his or her contact information....

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Escape From The Walled Garden: How HTML5 Trumps Native Mobile Apps

  While there is some worthwhile discussion around “should you have a mobile app, website or both,” there’s a strong case for building app-like mobile website experiences with HTML5. Not only can you achieve much of the functionality you can with native apps, there’s less friction (users do not need to download an app). And when it comes to monetizing your app, HTML5 enables you to reclaim profitability and control over the customer relationship that is lost in the “walled garden” of the app store.You may have heard that Apple takes a 30% bite of all subscription-based content apps sold through its App Store (yes, that’s recurring revenue). This is tough to swallow for many content publishers, especially as more people convert...

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Google Drive leak shows 5GB of storage and mobile apps

There were rumblings just a few days ago that Google was finally on the verge of launching their new cloud storage service, Google Drive. Sources speaking to GigaOM said that the service would launch in early April, come with 1GB of free storage, and have a similar UI to the current Google Docs interface. A new screenshot has emerged that shows Google will be offering even more than that. Talk Android managed to get their hands on a leaked screenshot of the sign up page for Google Drive. When users sign up for the service, they’ll be received 5GB of free storage instead of the previously rumored 1GB. That’s more than competitor Dropbox offers, currently serving up 2GB at signup. Files won’t just be restricted to the desktop, with...

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Box releases mobile app menu for iOS devices

Enterprise cloud storage provider Box.com, announced today a new tool that provides a menu of the most popular mobile apps that work with its cloud-based file sharing service. The tool, called Box OneCloud, is an application menu that initially only includes iOS apps because they are the most popular programs for enterprise use, according to Chris Yeh, vice president of Platform at Box. A user clicks on an application link in the menu and is directed to the iTunes app store, where the app can be downloaded. The Box OneCloud gallery provides a suite of more than 30 iOS-enabled productivity applications that allow users to securely access, edit and share content from their mobile devices. “All application integrations are accessible...

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Microsoft and Nokia to invest 18 million Euro in mobile app development

Microsoft and Nokia have agreed to invest up to €18 million in app development for the Windows Phone platform. The duo launched the AppCampus program at Aalto University in Finland, which will run for the next three years, encouraging students to develop apps for both Windows Phone, Symbian and Series 40, though the primary focus will likely be on Microsoft's operating system. “AppCampus offers an unprecedented opportunity for entrepreneurs to put their ideas into practice and create world-class mobile products,” said Klaus Holse, president of Microsoft Western Europe. “We want to turn a new leaf in the mobile industry and foster Finland’s role as a center of excellence for mobile technology....

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Mobile app developers, don't forget about privacy and security

User experience is important when developing any mobile app but in an enterprise context, what about security? For example, if you are developing an app that stores personal information there are regulations that ask where this information resides. Depending on the industry, mobile app developers may be completely accountable if any security issues happen on an app that they develop. To ensure that you are in full compliance to any privacy, security or regulatory questions, it is recommended that apps be developed in-house or through a partner. So do mobile app developers need to consider regulatory, security or privacy concerns in advance of mobile app development projects? "Yes, I think that developers of mobile...

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Windows mobile application development likely to bloom in the coming years

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Mobile apps and mobile websites will steer your business in future

Mobile App Developme Mobile apps and mobile websites are going to be the most important vehicle to drive your businesses growth. Read more to find out. By 2015 more than 1 billion of mobile devices will go live globally. The internet usage is increasingly shifting everyday to the mobile devices and thus it is important for organizations to utilize the Smartphone medium to flourish and promote their businesses. An application for your target buyers is a good way to get started. Organization and even small business owners are increasingly making use of applications to be in touch and generate business in real time. Be it a multiplex or a renowned coffee shop, they all have an iPhone or android app for their customers to get or book services...

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HP releases tools for mobile app development

Analyst says HP has taken 'a good first step' into the Mobile App Development and deployment market with its Application Transformation Solutions HP announced on Tuesday the release of several tools aimed at simplifying the enterprise mobile application development and deployment processes. RELATED: Enterprise application store: There's one in your future HP announced Application Transformation Solutions, a suite of services and software that provide social media-influenced collaboration tools for development teams, intelligence and management tools for the development lifecycle, a platform through which mobile apps can be distributed to customers, and a mobile app testing service offered through a partnership with Perfecto...

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Twitter's 'promoted tweets' now showing up in mobile apps

Next time you log into Twitter, whether on a Web browser or smartphone and tablet app, you may see an advertisement from a company you don't follow on the popular social networking site. On Tuesday, the San Francisco company announced that it had made changes that will allow it to publish "promoted tweets" from advertising companies across its apps and website. Twitter also said, in a blog post, that it will offer advertisers the option of targeting promoted tweets by filtering them to show up only on the iPhone and iPad, on Android devices or on other mobile gadgets. Previously, promoted tweets would show up only to Twitter users who followed the company paying for the advertising tweet. "Since we began testing three weeks ago, reactions...

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