The mobile Application Developer Community

When it comes to mobile telecommunications in South Africa, we have one of the most dynamic markets in the world. According to the GSMA African Mobile Observatory report published in September 2011, South Africa has approximately 59 million mobile connections.With improvements in design, advancements in technology and new cost-effective manufacturing processes, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are releasing ever more smartphone variants that are finding their way into the wider mobile population. At the same time, mobile network operators are improving data networks that allow smartphones to do the amazing things that they can do. Perhaps most importantly, the decreasing price of mobile data is contributing to an...

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Jury Still Out on Mobile Adware

On Friday, security firm Symantec warned that a baker's dozen of applications available through the Android Marketplace hosted a "bot-like threat" that could leak information.With an estimated 1 million to 5 million installations, the threat -- dubbed Counterclank by Symantec -- would have been one of the largest outbreaks of mobile malware to date. Yet, other security firms disagreed over the details: The affected programs incorporated third-party software that was not malicious but comprised "an aggressive form of ad network,"concluded mobile security firm Lookout.The incident highlights that uncertain gray areas continue to inhabit the space between what is definitely a legitimate mobile application and what is purely malicious."I...

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IBM Buys HTML5 App Development Company WorkLight For $70M To Expand Mobile Enterprise Services

IBM just announced the purchase of WorkLight, an Israeli startup that provides a mobile app development and infrastructure software. IBM says the acquisition will help expand the enterprise mobile capabilities it offers to clients. Financial terms were not disclosed but we’ve heard that the acquisition price is around $70 million, according to Israeli publication Calcalist.WorkLight, which has raised $18 million in funding, allows organizations develop and deliver HTML5, hybrid and native applications with, and deliver these applications with mobile middleware, security features and integrated data management and analytics. Worklight dramatically reduces time to market, cost and complexity while enabling better customer and employee user experiences across more devices.Worklight’s...

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Design Mobile App Campaigns with Tech Geeks in Mind

Companies adding a mobile application component to their digital marketing efforts would do best to work on winning over the tech geeks who are most likely to download an app and tell others about it, recent research indicates. A report from the International Data Corporation (IDC) divided the types of mobile app consumers into tech evangelists, impulse buyers, experimental adopters, pragmatic purchasers, green buyers and disengaged functionalists. Michael DeHart, director of IDC's Global ConsumerScape 360 deg program, noted that tech evangelists drive "adoption of device ownership and usage by other market segments." He added that targeting the tech evangelists would create the highest marketing ROI "in terms of segment-based app development and marketing," so ad agencies should...

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Boréalis launches new mobile applications

MAGOG, QC, Jan. 24, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - Aiming to continually meet the needs of international clients in the mining, oil & gas industries who are working in difficult conditions in the field, Borealis (Boreal - Information Strategies), now offers new mobile applications (Blackberry, Android, iPhone, iPad).These mobile applications are compatible with the Borealis IMS, the social responsibility and environmental performance software that makes it possible for employees to work off-line and paperless wherever they operate around the globe."When working in the desert or in the jungle in extreme conditions, network access is frequently difficult. Our partners have experienced this problem with connectivity on a repeated basis. We developed these new applications in collaboration...

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Mobile App Developers Beginning to Favor Android Over iOS

Mobile app developers remain the lifeblood of the mobile application industry. And their preferences go a long way to determine smartphone operating system supremacy in the contemporary mobile market.That said, it could come as a significant blow to Apple that a growing number of mobile application developers are favoring the Android platform over iOS.Based on the findings of Ovum’s second annual developer survey, the independent technology analyst reveals that Android looks set to replace Apple’s iOS in terms of importance to developers within the next 12 months.However, the report adds, “despite a clear vie for ultimate supremacy between these two platforms, almost all developers support both.”The research also shows a move away from traditional cross-platform mobile application development...

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Lenovo, NAF launch mobile app development programme in US

Lenovo and US-based National Academy Foundation (NAF) have launched a programme to teach mobile application development to high school students across the United States. Five schools from NAF's network of career academies are piloting the programme as part of Lenovo's initiative to encourage student interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects. To aid the students and teachers implement the curriculum, Lenovo provided a package of technology products to each school, including Android-based ThinkPad Tablets and large format ThinkCentre HD All-in-One desktops, among other items. The other schools that will offer the application development course are part of the National Academy Foundation's Academies of Information Technology: Grover Cleveland High School in...

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Website Design and Mobile Applications Development in Texas

Houston, TX -- (SBWIRE) -- 01/23/2012 -- Looking for expert website design services in Texas? You’re not alone as there is a great demand for quality web development expertise in Texas as well as other States. Most of the companies offering this expertise are falling to dogs just because they are not well equipped with the sufficient and quality variety of experts. As we talk about the web design services in Houston, some nearby areas like Austin, Dallas, San Antonio, Fort Worth etc are also gaining popular for professional website design in Texas.Web Development in Houston, TexasWebsite For Business is constantly providing web development in Houston and the nearby areas such as San Antonio, Dallas, Austin, Fort Worth and El Paso. Our Customers is the proven evidence of our excellent expertise...

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Cloud Platform Stress Tests Mobile Apps

SOASTA has updated its CloudTest Platform to do automated mobile application testing. Developers can put touch- and gesture-based interactions on iOS and Android devices through their paces. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 ...

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2012 Is Android's Year For Developers, Says Ovum

After conducting their second annual developers' survey, London-based IT consultancy firm Ovum found Android is fast set to eclipse iOS "in terms of importance to developers," according to a recent press release.iOS and Android are currently the top two platforms for mobile developers, with "growing interest" in Windows Phone and, amazingly, BlackBerry OS (despite the company's recent turmoil).The survey, entitled "Developer Insights 2011: Trends in Mobile Application Development," was conducted to determine how recent changes in the mobile device market have also changed which platforms and technologies developers choose when building mobile apps.Some of the insights revealed in the survey square with common-sense views of the smartphone market. Interest continues to build in Windows...

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