From computer programmers and
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The competition allowed
smartphone app developers and entrepreneurs to tackle social and civic issues across the region through a competitive «virtual hackathon.»
LONDON (Reuters)-
Smartphone app developer Shazam has found an unlikely ally in the form of Carlos Slim, one of the world's richest men, who is investing $ 40 million to back the development of the start - up best known for helping music fans identify catchy songs.
Not exact matches
Thanks largely to the
app revolution that took the
smartphone world by storm, software
developers (and to a larger extent, IT companies) are getting involved in a number of interesting ways.
Consumers and
developers use the free security
app, built by an Israeli data analytics start - up, to look across their
smartphone and help them reduce data use and monitor security threats.
They took advantage of the fact that Sina Weibo, China's biggest commercial microblogging network, publishes an interface to encourage
developers worldwide to devise
smartphone apps that allow Chinese - speaking people anywhere to read and post Twitter - style 140 - character messages.
The personal information of millions of
smartphone users is at risk due to in -
app advertising that can leak potentially sensitive user information between ad networks and mobile
app developers, according to a new study by the School of Computer Science at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
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While the number of connected vehicles will never be as large as the
smartphone population, today's vehicle
app developers are early players in an uncluttered marketplace.
The main benefit is
apps, likely Google will add in different options for
developers to be able to port their existing
apps over or add in some kind of resolution options, so your same
app that runs on a
smartphone / tablet will run a PC.
Developers still haven't subscribed to the concept of an Android tablet, so most
apps in Google's Play Store are designed for smaller
smartphone screens.
The new Analytics Service SDK is only available for Java BlackBerry
Smartphone apps so that keeps PlayBook and WebWorks
developers out in the cold for now.
Research In Motion offers
developers a look at new enterprise application middleware the company plans to deliver in beta later in 2010 that will make it easier to create enterprise
apps for the BlackBerry
smartphone platform.
Although Google and its manufacturing partners have been encouraging third - party
developers to build mobile
apps for their
smartphones and tablets, the
App Store still holds the lead in the overall number of
apps.
This is useful to any
developer that wants to make phone, tablet or
smartphone apps for the new Tizen OS Samsung is using.
This basically requires no work on the
developers part who have an existing Android
app that is compatible on 4 - 6 inch
smartphones.
For the avid gamers, BBX supports both 2D and 3D gaming while those keen to develop
apps for the PlayBook or the new gen BlackBerry
smartphones can do so using regular C++ programing language and submit them using RIM's
developer toolkit.
When the iPhone debuted in 2007,
developers who wanted to build
apps for Apple's
smartphone had just one option — make a Web
app that users would access through the phone's built - in Safari browser.
If Google wants an Android future on anything other than
smartphones and embedded systems like Google Glass, it must convince some of those
developers to create tablet - specific
apps for its OS.
Read on for a link to to the Android
developer site, where you can read an in - depth guide to adding
smartphone support to Honeycomb
apps.
In a sign that Google is intent on wooing the
developers behind the «
apps» fueling the popularity of
smartphones and tablets, executives here stressed that Honeycomb is built as a platform for software innovation.
On the other hand RIM has yet to allow
developers to create
smartphone WebWorks
apps that start at boot so they have yet to buy into the whole WebWorks concept themselves.
«This first - generation PlayBook should be popular among BlackBerry
smartphone fans but it may struggle to sell in big volumes, due to it having no 3G connectivity to attract mobile operator subsidies, using a new operating system that is unfamiliar to many
developers and consumers, and due to relatively limited
app store support,» Mawston told eWEEK.
These days
smartphones are all about the
apps we download and in recognising this
app craze we have going on, as well as the
developers of our beloved
apps, The Carphone Warehouse are holding their first Appys: The awards for mobile
apps.
At today's BlackBerry Jam keynote sessions (a parallel conference to BlackBerry World this year), RIM announced that
developers who create a BB10
app and turn in their BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha prototype will receive a «limited edition» final BB10
smartphone in exchange, reports CrackBerry on Twitter.
While Google and Android
app developers must support dozens and even hundreds of tablets and
smartphones, Apple and iPad
app developers are supporting a very limited number of tablets all based on the same basic hardware.
Android
developers ShopSavvy have spotted what looks to be evidence of three BlackBerry
smartphones running their Android - only
app, lending weight to rumors last month that RIM is considering adding an Android - compliant virtual machine to its
smartphones.
Developers who want to support both existing
smartphones (running BlackBerry 6 and BlackBerry 7 OS) and BlackBerry PlayBook tablets can monetize
apps on both platforms today with BlackBerry WebWorks, which supports
apps built on HTML5, CSS and JavaScript.
«At DevCon today, we're giving
developers the tools they need to build richer applications and we're providing direction on how to best develop their
smartphone and tablet
apps as the BlackBerry and QNX platforms converge into our next generation BBX platform.»
That is interesting since the In
App Payment API is not available to
smartphone WebWorks
developers.
There is also the case of
app developers not quite having their act together when it comes to full compatibility on Android 5.0, especially in the case of larger tablet screens as opposed to the smaller real estate found on most
Smartphones.
That is mind blowing when you consider that there are 75 million + BlackBerry
smartphone users and an unknown number of PlayBook owners... If
developers needed another reason for putting effort into making an awesome PlayBook
app then look no further...
Google will feature more than 50
developers showing off Android
smartphone and tablet
apps at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona beginning Feb. 14.
That's due partly to the fact that traction among
developers for tablet
apps hasn't been as great as with
smartphones, Cozza said.
It seems
developers and Google itself have put the brakes on making
apps for Honeycomb and are just waiting for the next version; the
smartphone and tablet - unifying messiah OS, Ice Cream Sandwich, to kick off.
Apart from desktop - based trading platforms, InterTrader together with mobile platform
developer NetDania has come up with a mobile trading
app which InterTrader's clients can download and install onto their
smartphones.
The loophole allows for game
developers to bypass the Classification Board when selling
smartphone game
apps online.
Founded in 2011 and incubated by Outblaze Ventures, they are a cross-platform
app publisher and
developer for
smartphones and tablets.
Software
developer Gaming Realms, an affiliate of entertainment hub Total Gold, says that the growth in market of mobile gaming comes from the increased adoption of
smartphones by consumers, which accounts for 17 % of mobile usage and 50 % of
smartphone app usage.
The
developers of the
app realized that the information coming from the temperature sensors in users»
smartphones batteries, which helps to make sure the battery doesn't overheat, could be used to make weather predictions for the area they were in.
As
developers gain access to faster
smartphone hardware, games and other
apps may be optimized for this faster hardware and perform worse on older devices.
Think of it as the difference between an
app developer somehow being able to see everything you do on your
smartphone (which would raise all sorts of serious privacy concerns) versus being able to get metrics on what users tend to do in their particular
app.
At an event held at the same time last year, Google brought the Pixel and Pixel XL
smartphones, Daydream VR headset, Google Wifi, and Google Chromecast 4K Ultra, and announced plans to launch the Actions on Google platform for third - party
developers to create voice
apps for Google Assistant.
Google released its standalone Google Assistant iPhone
app on Wednesday and made it possible for both Android and iOS
smartphone users to access voice
apps made by third - party
developers.
So, it turns out an
app developer is working on a bit of software that would turn your
smartphone into a mobile warning system for incoming missile attacks.
How this'll affect the
smartphone world remains to be seen, but at least Google is forcing its
developers to make sweeping changes so as to not get left behind when people eventually only use 64 - bit
apps on their phones.
Just days after the iPhone X was announced,
developer Damian Piwowarski released an
app called
Smartphone Upgrader 2017, which when installed allows any Android smartphone to look like the iPhone X, with both its notch and its rounded corners (the app lets you make your handset look more like the Essential Phone
Smartphone Upgrader 2017, which when installed allows any Android
smartphone to look like the iPhone X, with both its notch and its rounded corners (the app lets you make your handset look more like the Essential Phone
smartphone to look like the iPhone X, with both its notch and its rounded corners (the
app lets you make your handset look more like the Essential Phone as well).
Google (s goog) is ramping up its campaign to protect the cloud from the sort of nuisance patent lawsuits that have engulfed the
smartphone and
app -
developer industries.
Despite many hoping it was not the case, Apple's new flagship
smartphone had a notch at the top of the screen featuring the all important TrueDepth sensor for Face ID, and rather than hiding it away behind a black status bar, Apple embraced it and demanded that
app developers do the same.
The Amazon Fling SDK was introduced today, and with it
developers can design their
apps to «fling» videos, images, and audio from their
smartphone to their television.