SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The mobile video game Kingdoms at War is popular with owners of Apple Inc's iPhone and Google Inc's Android smartphones alike. But for the game's maker, there is a very important difference - it earns more tha... [Full Article]
Google (GOOG) in May of this year announced a new 'try before you buy' period that Android developers could utilize for subscription content in Play Store apps. Although the option was announced nearly five months ago, it wasn't until recently that d... [Full Article]
It takes a lot to come across as less hip and cutting-edge than REO Speedwagon, but executives from Research In Motion (RIMM) may have pulled it off. In an effort to boost the morale of its developer base this week, RIM released a music video dedicat... [Full Article]
Compared to Android app developers, iOS developers have always had it easy since they could always count on Apple (AAPL) using a 3.5-inch screen and a 3:2 aspect ratio for its smartphones. But Apple threw developers a change-up this week with the iPh... [Full Article]
The biggest takeaway from Twitter's new API announcement is they're trying to phase out third-party clients eventually, but for now they're just setting a glass ceiling to stop them from growing. (Source: The Atlantic Wire)... [Full Article]
A new free service has been announced for developers of custom Android ROMs. The service, called OTA Update Center, is relatively simple and allows developers to easily push over-the-air updates to their users. Rather than requiring developers to hos... [Full Article]
Is HTML5 really overhyped? Not so fast, says a recent report from market research firm ABI Research. The firm on Wednesday released a new report that analyzes trends in mobile app downloads. While ABI sees native app downloads per smartphone user on ... [Full Article]
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc has focused single-mindedly on consumers for much of its existence. Now it has a new obsession: developers. The world's largest Internet retailer is ratcheting up its courtship of apps software developers... [Full Article]
Research In Motion has shown us some pretty awesome things so far with BlackBerry 10. Areas of the mobile OS look fresh and exciting, and for the first time in a long time, RIM looks to be innovating in a few key areas rather than just playing catch-... [Full Article]