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App Developer Calls For Open Revolt Against Apple
Developer of BlueMail publishes open letter calling on fellow app developers to join fight against Apple for allegedly “stealing ideas”
Apple App Developers Questioned As Part Of DoJ Antitrust Probe
US Justice Department officials question iPhone app developers as part of antitrust investigation of Apple and other technology giants
Facebook Sued In US For Alleged Anti-Competitive Conduct
Plaintiffs seek damages and aim to force Facebook to sell WhatsApp and Instagram, and seek to end Mark Zuckerberg’s control of firm
Google Faces Play Store Challenge From Tinder – Report
Dating app is latest to challenge app store fees, with payment system that entirely avoids Google Play store
Apple App Developers Earned £16.2 Billion In 2016
Records tumbled throughout 2016 as the App Store scaled new heights and developers reaped the rewards
Samsung Will Acquire AI Specialist Viv To Take On Siri And Cortana
Viv will give Samsung an artificial intelligence platform to push to developers
Apple Reveals App Store Shakeup To Ease Developer Niggles
Overhaul for App Store rules, but will it ease developer concerns over Apple commissions and app overload?
New Snapchat App For Windows Phone Under Development
Open source Snapchat app under development for Windows Phone, despite founder’s alleged hatred of Windows
Verizon Signals IoT Intention With ThingSpace Platform
New IoT platform ThingSpace to simplify the development of IoT apps and solutions for developers and businesses
IBM Opens Up Watson With Additional APIs
Developer push continues as IBM arms Watson with new crop of APIs for language, vision, speech apps
SAP To Develop Smartphone App For Migrant Registration
As Germany closes its borders, SAP is reportedly developing an app to register migrants
Two Arrested Over Naked Selfies App
Two men behind an app that trawls through private photo albums looking for naked selfies face prison sentences
IBM Joins Ionic For Mobile Business App Development
Businesses to get simple mobile app development tool with IBM’s Ionic deal
Should Developers Be Made To create Apps For All platforms?
Sarah Weller, managing director of mobile consultancy and enterprise app developer, Mubaloo, explains why developers may be concerned with a recent statement made by BlackBerry CEO John Chen
Microsoft Lets Slip Acompli Acquisition
Oops. Has Microsoft let the cat out of the bag regarding a possible acquisition of email startup Acompli?
MWC 2014: IBM Targets App Developers With Watson Mobile Challenge
IBM challenges developers to build mobile apps that can deliver the power of Watson in the palm of your hand
Snapchat Recruits Senior Google Engineer In Development Drive
Kevin Magnusson joins Snapchat from Google’s App Engine team
Microsoft’s Project Siena Offers Windows App Creation, With No Coding
Microsoft delivers a beta of its Windows 8 app that enables business users to build apps without coding
Google Tool To Locate And Fix Smartphone App Errors
Mobile app developers now have a tool that allows them to locate code that isn’t working for mobile users
Windows Phone Developer Numbers To Double In 2014
The number of developers working on Windows Phone apps will double in 2014, says new study
Google Offers Mobile Developers New Cloud Endpoints
New Google Cloud Endpoints should ease the coding burden for mobile app developers
Google Updates Action Bar For Android Apps
Android developers now have a backward-compatible version of the Android Action Bar for their apps
Microsoft Mulls App Store Approach For Xbox One
Microsoft considers streamlining its app certification process for its upcoming Xbox One console
Shoddy Developer Security Practices Exposed By Study
The majority of developers do not implement any security development procedure when designing apps
Dropbox Expands Cross Platform Ambitions With App Dev Tools
Dropbox wants to let developers sync app data across platforms with its Datastore API
Tizen App Contest Tempts With £2.7m Cash Prize
Intel and Samsung announce an App contest for the Tizen mobile OS, with $4 million in prizes on offer
More Developer Interaction Touted For Google Maps
Developers now have the ability to better interact with Google Maps thanks to a new map layer
Google App Engine Gains ‘Significant’ Update
Google App Engine receives ‘significant changes’ in an update that includes support for Python and PHP apps
Google Opens Up Maps Engine API For Developers
Google move allows developers to add Google Maps capabilities to their own applications