Posts Tagged ‘Apps’

Tizen Plays Nice with HTML5

May 16th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Tizen | No Comments »

This week, Samsung has been showing off Tizen to a larger public on actual devices as both a reference device and what appears to be a Galaxy SII HD LTE device have been shows running the Korean/American operating system.

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Sony’s SmartWatch Hits the States

April 13th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Sony has released its SmartWatch in the US. The SmarWatch is a followup to the SonyEricsson LiveView and allows Android phones to send updates to it. In return, the SmartWatch can be used as a remote for mobile apps.

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Apple Blocks Apps that Request UID Access!?

March 26th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

According to rumours, Apple is no longer accepting apps on the App Store that require access to the UDID of an iOS device. Various developers reported the new Apple policy to Techcrunch.

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Dutch Kids Hooked on Mobile

March 23rd, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Current Affairs | No Comments »

Mijn Kind Online, a consumer watchdog organization for children in The Netherlands has sent out a report detailing the youngest mobile consumers in the Netherlands.

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Amazon Appstore Reaches 31K Apps

March 18th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Last year, Amazon kicked off their new Amazon Appstore. After building up momentum by contacting many developers, Amazon had 4.000 apps live on the day of the launch…

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Google: Android Apps not Illegal

March 6th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Current Affairs | No Comments »

Google responded to Tweakers.net about the claims from EU commissioner Viviane Reding about Android apps illegally sharing data with advertisers. Google states the claim is wrong as Android doesn’t handle data the way Viviane explains it.

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Vivian Reding: Many Android Apps are Illegal

March 5th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Current Affairs | No Comments »

EU commissioner Viviane Reding exposed to Channel 4 (UK) that many Android apps are not in line with European laws as they leak private data from Android users to advertisers.

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MWC: App Devs to pay for AT&T Data Usage

February 27th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

AT&T seems set to allow developers to pick up the databill for consumers on the operator’s network. The service will allow developers to create apps that function in a similar way as toll-free phone numbers.

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MWC: Mozilla to Open Up HTML5 Marketplace

February 27th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Web Apps | No Comments »

At the Mobile World Congress, Mozilla has planned to launch their new HTML5 app store. With the announcement of this app store, Mozilla seems fixed on signing up (mobile)web developers.

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Apps Increasingly Important to Barnes & Noble

February 25th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

You put a full colour e-reader on the market and just as you think everybody will start reading in full colour, consumers turn out to use it for what it is, a tablet. Still it is nothing for Barnes & Noble to worry about as apps turn out to be great business to them.