"mobile apps" entries
ePayments Week: Who will own your mobile wallet?
The who, what and how of mobile wallets. Also, Pew survey finds 1 in 4 use location services.
Three major questions about mobile wallets emerged from a recent payments conference. Also, a Pew survey finds around a quarter of Americans use the location-smart capabilities of their mobile phones.
Is your Android app getting enough sleep?
Frank Maker on Android power consumption and app etiquette.
Researcher Frank Maker discusses Android power consumption best practices and the risks of hogging mobile resources.
MagAppZine's goal: From PDF to app in about 15 minutes
MagAppZine looks to make mobile app creation easier for publishers.
The next TOC Sneak Peek webcast will feature Paul Canetti, founder of MagAppZine, a platform that allows publishers to create custom apps. Here, Canetti talks about starting the company and the benefits he sees for publishers.
ePayments Week: The economics of in-app purchases
Gamers prefer consumables, cheap Android phones catch on in Kenya, and the anatomy of good apps.
Flurry says gamers are more likely to buy goods they use than ones that last. Also, Safaricom sells buckets of $80 Android phones in Kenya, and some thoughts on what makes a good app.
FCC contest stimulates development of apps to help keep ISPs honest
The winners of the FCC's Open Internet challenge provide consumers with new tools to monitor ISPs.
The FCC Open Internet Challenge stimulated the creation of a new mobile application that enables consumers to analyze the performance of their mobile broadband network. Combined with the other two winners of the challenge, consumers now have better tools to measure their Internet service.
There are bigger issues surrounding the .gov review
The efforts behind .gov reform go beyond domain management.
The U.S. federal government's web reform effort isn't just about reducing the number of websites and saving associated design or maintenance costs. It's about improving citizens' access to information and services.
Open government data to fuel Kenya’s app economy
The launch of Open Kenya suggests government as a platform is growing.
The government of Kenya has launched Open Kenya, an open data platform, and it's looking to the country's dynamic development community to make useful applications for its citizens.
Open government data to fuel Kenya's app economy
The launch of Open Kenya suggests government as a platform is growing.
The government of Kenya has launched Open Kenya, an open data platform, and it's looking to the country's dynamic development community to make useful applications for its citizens.
ePayments Week: AliPay gets physical
Barcodes in china, acoustic fingerprinting, and mCommerce is on the rise.
China's top online payment service launches a barcode payment system. Also, an app looks for acoustic fingerprints and mCommerce is predicted to hit $670 billion by 2015.
The iPhone, the Angry Bird and the Pink Elephant
Will Post-PC battles lead to a war of attrition for developers?
Lost amidst the tremendous success of mobile platforms is that they seem designed to create surplus. This makes it incredibly hard for developers to achieve the breakout success seen in past computing waves.