Mobile Software Development
Mobile Software Development
Mobile Development Stories
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Android Makes Developers’ Lives Easier Just last year some developers were doing software quality assurance testing on 400 Android devices for each app they created, but this year it’s down to a quarter of that. The streamlining is mostly due to Samsung’s hardware cornering the market, but Android's software platform has also improved. |
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Should You Be Developing Mobile Apps or Better Mobile Websites?There's a debate going on about the sustainability of mobile applications alongside the demands of users—and their myriad devices that grow every year. Could we see app development soon slow down while a surge of developers utilizes HTML5 to simply create a more mobile web experience? | 
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Stepping into an Everything Connected WorldWhile social media has connected the world in one sense, an automated and digitally connected world is becoming more popular. Rajini Padmanaban looks at the software engineering, implementation, security, and performance issues associated with stepping into a connected world. | 
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Desktop Apps Start to Emulate Their Mobile CounterpartsMobile app development may get the lion's share of news coverage, but desktop developers are doing their best to prove their products' relevancy. One magazine is trying something new—building a desktop app that's designed to resemble its mobile counterpart. How will readers respond? |
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CoderDojo—Teaching Kids How to CodeJames Whelton, a teen Irish developer, created CoderDojo—a movement to support and teach coding to children from nine to fifteen years of age. CoderDojo quickly spread its reach from Ireland to Los Angeles. Brendan Quinn looks at the appeal of this youth programming movement. | 
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Chat Apps Overtake SMS Messaging for the First Time WorldwideSome popular chat apps have surpassed traditional SMS in the number of text messages received worldwide. Last year, for the first time more messages were sent with apps—such as WhatsApp and Viber, iMessage and BBM—than with regular texting. But will this be a disaster for mobile carriers? |
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How the Mobile Industry Is Similiar to Yesterday's PC EraSteve Vaughn writes about the similarities between today's mobile industry and yesterday's era of personal computing. Industry professionals should view the mobile market as immature and make strategic plans according to how the PC industry changed in the 1990s. | 
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Apple Announces 45 Billion Apps Downloaded, $9 Billion to DevelopersApple announced in its Q2 earnings call to investors this week that app downloads have passed the 45 billion milestone, only four months after hitting the 40 billion mark in January. To date, the company has paid out to developers more than $9 billion—half of that in the last year alone. |
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