Posts in category Games
DOJ Seizes Indie Android Stores for A...
Android app makers face difficulties that iPhone developers do not. It is harder to make money from Android apps than iOS apps, for instance. One of the (several) reasons is the ease with which pirates can copy and sell Android apps outside the purview of Google Play. The United States Department of Justice took notice this week and seized t [...]
RIP Adobe Flash on Android
On August 15, Adobe will no longer offer Flash for Android through the Google Play store. Any Android device that does not already have Flash will be unable to download it any longer. It is the end of a very long, difficult road for Adobe as it cedes video on mobile browsers to HTML5.
Come tomorrow, if you do not already have Flash on your A [...]
How Microsoft Plans to Use the Busine...
In 2010, Apple blindsided Microsoft – and most everyone else – with the phenomenal success of the iPad. That success is now eating away at Windows PC sales. While Apple’s innovation took Microsoft down for the count, the software giant has regrouped and is trying to come back by shifting the battlefield from consumers to business [...]
Tablet Travelers Still Pulling Conten...
Surveys of US travelers confirm tablets are still all about about consumption of content. That has big implications for tablet makers and apps developers.
Don’t Leave Home Without Your Tablet
One recent survey of American travelers showed that for most, tablets usually come along for the trip. Nearly 70% of the 1,200 respondents to the surve [...]
How AT&T & Verizon Learned ...
If you can’t beat ‘em, charge ‘em: Not long ago, AT&T execs criticized smartphone users
Bringing Enterprise Data to Your Mobi...
Enterprises are racing to connect legacy data to increasingly critical mobile applications. The companies that get there first will gain significant competitive advantages, but the traditional means of tying together existing data and mobile apps are difficult and expensive. A new class of startups delivering what is known as back-end as a s [...]
The Frankenphone: What a BlackBerry W...
Rumors of Research In Motion possibly turning away from its BlackBerry 10 operating system and adopting Windows Phone 8 have us thinking. If RIM and Microsoft combined the might of their mobile operating systems, what would the Frankenstein-like device look like and how would it function?
There are three things to consider when thinking abou [...]
The Android Nexus 7 Tablet (and Jelly...
For years, consumers have been looking for an alternative to the iPad. The obvious place has been Android, but in reality nothing really stood up against Apple’s mighty slate. Either the price was too high, or it came with a contract from a wireless carrier, or it just wasn’t good enough. Samsung, HTC, Motorola, LG and a host of other [...]
4 iPhone & iPad Apps for Summer O...
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