May 25, 2012
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Testing Reveals Mobile Devices Aren't Ready for HTML5
By Developer.com Staff
| Article Published May 22, 2012
Smartphones and tablets will run HTML5 apps, but those apps run s-l-o-w-l-y.
Tags : tablets, apps, mobile development, smartphones, HTML 5
One App, 3,997 Different Devices
By Developer.com Staff
| Article Published May 16, 2012
OpenSignalMaps demonstrates how Android fragmentation impacts developers.
Tags : mobile development, Android development, fragmentation
Windows Phone Developer Event Slated for June
By Datamation.com Staff
| Article Published May 04, 2012
Microsoft sent "save the date" notices to selected developers.
Tags : mobile development, Windows Phone, Microsoft, developer
Survey: More Than Half of iOS Devs Not Breaking Even
By Developer.com Staff
| Article Published May 02, 2012
Most developers surveyed say their app work can't support a standalone business.
Tags : app development, mobile development, IOS
Report: Mobile Development Moving to the Web
By Developer.com Staff
| Article Published May 01, 2012
A new survey shows fewer developers are building native apps as Web frameworks grow in popularity.
Tags : Web, native, mobile development
Why Don't Android Apps Look As Good as iOS Apps?
By Developer.com Staff
| Article Published April 30, 2012
Fragmentation and poor documentation are part of the problem for Android.
Tags : apps, mobile development, Android, IOS
App Downloads Dropped 30% in March
By Developer.com Staff
| Article Published April 30, 2012
Developers are spending about the same amount of money to acquire new users.
Tags : apps, downloads, mobile development
California Plans to Publish Mobile Privacy Guidelines
By Datamation.com Staff
| Article Published April 30, 2012
The state doesn't have the power to enforce regulations, but it wants to suggest best practices.
Tags : privacy, best practices, mobile development
Microsoft Still Paying Developers to Make Apps
By Developer.com Staff
| Article Published April 09, 2012
The company has paid over $100,000 to have apps created for the Windows Phone platform.
Tags : Microsoft, apps, Windows Phone, mobile development
Amazon Tests In-App Purchases for Appstore
By Developer.com Staff
| Article Published April 04, 2012
The company will charge a 30 percent commission on in-app sales.
Tags : in-app billing, mobile development, Amazon Appstore
Yahoo Open Sources Mojito Mobile Development Framework
By Developer.com Staff
| Article Published April 02, 2012
The company says, "We want the Web to win."
Tags : open source, mobile development, Web, Yahoo, Mojito framework
Adobe Plans to Charge Royalties on High-Earning Flash Apps
By Developer.com Staff
| Article Published March 30, 2012
Developers who make more than $50K will owe the company a 9 percent fee.
Tags : Flash, Adobe, apps, mobile development
RIM to Give Devs New BlackBerry Devices
By Developer.com Staff
| Article Published March 26, 2012
BlackBerry World attendees will get alpha hardware.
Tags : BlackBerry OS, RIM, mobile development
Microsoft Compares iOS and Windows 8 Development
By Developer.com Staff
| Article Published March 21, 2012
A new case study highlights the similarities and differences between the two mobile development platforms.
Tags : iPad, Windows 8 Metro, Microsoft, IOS, mobile development
Developers Rush to Optimize Apps for Retina Display
By Developer.com Staff
| Article Published March 19, 2012
Few apps take full advantage of the new iPad's sexy display, but developers are working on it.
Tags : iPad, mobile development
AppMobi Launches Version 1.0 of jqMobi HTML5 Framework
By Developer.com Staff
| Article Published March 13, 2012
The new release promises numerous improvements over January's beta.
Tags : framework, appMobi, HTML 5, mobile development
Sencha Touch 2 Brings iOS Development to Windows PCs
By Developer.com Staff
| Article Published March 06, 2012
The updated framework also offers better Android performance.
Tags : IOS, Sencha Touch 2, mobile development, Windows
Android Also Gives Devs Access to User Photos
By Developer.com Staff
| Article Published March 02, 2012
Any Android app with permission to access the Internet can secretly copy users' photos.
Tags : mobile development, Android
Are iOS Developers Copying Users' Photos?
By Developer.com Staff
| Article Published February 29, 2012
A loophole in Apple's procedures means app developers may have access to users' private photos.  
Tags : IOS, mobile development, privacy
Facebook Gets Behind HTML5 Development Standards
By Developer.com Staff
| Article Published February 27, 2012
The social network is also promoting mobile payment efforts.
Tags : Facebook, standards, mobile development, HTML 5
People Use iPhone Apps in the Day; iPad Apps at Night
By Developer.com Staff
| Article Published February 14, 2012
Daytime use sessions are shorter, while nighttime use sessions are longer.
Tags : mobile development, apps, iPad, iPhone
Sencha Goes After Flex Developers with New Program
By Developer.com Staff
| Article Published February 10, 2012
The mobile development vendor wants to convince Flex developers to create HTML5 apps.
Tags : mobile development, Sencha, Flex
Are iOS Developers Invading Users' Privacy?
By Developer.com Staff
| Article Published February 09, 2012
iPhone owners might be surprised to know how many app developers have copied their address books.
Tags : IOS, mobile development, privacy
iOS Apps Crash More Often Android Apps, Study Says
By Developer.com Staff
| Article Published February 07, 2012
A new study flies in the face of the conventional wisdom about the stability of mobile development platforms.
Tags : mobile development, Android, apps, IOS
WebGL Proponents Hope to Attract More Mobile Developers
By Datamation.com Staff
| Article Published January 24, 2012
The open source standard holds out the promise of portable, Web-based, 3D mobile apps.
Tags : mobile development
Report: Android to Become Mobile Development Platform of Choice
By Developer.com Staff
| Article Published January 24, 2012
Most devs will write apps for more than one mobile OS.
Tags : mobile development, Android
An HTLM5 Wish List
By Developer.com Staff
| Article Published January 19, 2012
Better mobile browsing debugging tops the list.
Tags : mobile development, HTML5
AppMobi Releases Open Source Mobile JQuery Framework
By Developer.com Staff
| Article Published January 17, 2012
Unlike its competitors, jQ.Mobi is HTML5-ready.
Tags : HTML 5, mobile development, jQuery
Android Developers Get a Style Guide
By Developer.com Staff
| Article Published January 16, 2012
Google launches a new website aimed at improving the design of Android apps.
Tags : Android, mobile development
Mobile Development Beginning to Influence Desktop Applications
By Developer.com Staff
| Article Published January 11, 2012
The app store model could mean big changes for the way desktop software is packaged and delivered.
Tags : mobile development, desktop, software
A Look Back at Mobile Development in 2011
By Developer.com Staff
| Article Published January 06, 2012
In many ways, the past year was a big turning point for the smartphone market.
Tags : mobile development
New ARM Tool Promises Faster-than-Java Android Performance
By Cynthia Harvey
| Article Published November 29, 2011
Development Studio 5 Community Edition, an ARM development environment for debugging and optimizing C/C++ code, is available for free.
Tags : ARM, mobile development
iOS Remains Most Popular Mobile Development Platform
By Developer.com Staff
| Article Published November 14, 2011
Windows Phone and the Kindle Fire have made big gains in developer interest.
Tags : mobile development
A Professional Programmer's Guide to Mobile Platforms
By Cynthia Harvey
| Article Published September 16, 2011

Tags : mobile app platform, mobile development
Windows 8 Development Causes a Stir with Developers
By Paul Ferrill
| Article Published July 14, 2011
Early previews of Windows 8 have caused quite the stir in the developer community. The uproar is mainly due to the emphasis on HTML5 and JavaScript as the “primary” way for building new applications for the Windows 8 platform. In this article we discuss Windows 8 and tell you what you can look forward to as a developer.
Tags : HTML5, mobile development, developers, Microsoft, Windows 8
BlackBerry Development Gets More Open, Accessible and Lucrative
By Chris King
| Article Published September 28, 2010
A series of new enhancements to the BlackBerry platform enable developers to build better mobile apps more quickly, and to earn more money from them.
Tags : mobile development, Blackberry, mobile advertising
The Google Maps API's Top 10 Under-the-Radar Enhancements
By Jason Gilmore
| Article Published March 19, 2010
Enhance your Google Maps API-driven applications using these 10 little-known yet powerful tips.
Tags : Google Maps, mobile development, JavaScript, local search, localization
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