203 posts and columns on developers

Courting Precious Developers, Facebook Announces an App Center

in Social on May 9 at 1:54 pm PT

In a potential boon to its platform, Facebook unveils plans for a centralized app store.
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Microsoft Slips Mobile Developer Conference Between Apple and Google Events

in Mobile on May 3 at 10:12 am PT

Redmond has invited some developers to a conference June 20 and 21 in San Francisco, just after Apple’s WWDC event and a week before Google’s I/O conference.
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News Byte

Facebook Expands Timeline App Vocabulary With “Action Links”

in Social on May 2 at 4:53 pm PT

Facebook on Wednesday introduced a new set of Timeline actions that will allow users to carry out app-specific behaviors from within the Facebook News Feed, Ticker or Timeline. So, saving a favorite Foursquare place, “fave”-ing a Fab.com product or making other changes with the so-called “action links” will reflect on the apps outside of the Facebook environment. The move is one in a string of efforts to more fully integrate third-party apps into the Facebook ecosystem.

Is Dropbox Pulling a Honey Badger on the App Store?

in Mobile on May 2 at 3:26 pm PT

Apple catches Dropbox’s hand in the App Store cookie jar, smacks them down.
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Video Ads + App Ads = Vungle, a Freshly Minted Start-Up With a Big Pile of Cash

in Media on May 2 at 8:00 am PT

A start-up that didn’t exist last fall now has a $2 million seed round.
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Amazon Matches Apple’s Revenue Split for In-App Payments

in Commerce on April 10 at 6:00 am PT

Starting today, Amazon is letting developers in its Appstore sell digital content and subscriptions within their apps, and has confirmed that it will take a standard 30 percent cut of revenue.
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Voices

Microsoft Banks on Mobile Apps

in Mobile on April 6 at 7:00 am PT

Microsoft Corp., struggling to dent the dominance of Apple Inc. and Google Inc. in the smartphone market, is stepping up efforts to court app makers like Hemi Weingarten.

My Kid Is an Honor Student at Windows Phone AppCampus

in News on March 26 at 11:57 am PT

Microsoft and Nokia dump $24 million into a new Windows Phone app development program.
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RIM Says Some Developers to Get Prototype Next-Generation BlackBerrys in May

in Mobile on March 23 at 12:15 pm PT

RIM also says that it will have a beta version of the software tools needed to write apps for the devices.
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Congress Questions iOS Developers on Privacy, Data Collection

in News on March 22 at 2:47 pm PT

Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, Path, Tapbots …
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RIM Offering Free PlayBook Tablets to Woo Android Developers

in Mobile, February 2, 2012 at 5:20 pm PT

Ex-PopCap Developer Looking for New Ways to Monetize Mobile Games

in Commerce, January 25, 2012 at 9:00 am PT

Disney’s Playdom Publishes Third-Party Social Game Title Triple Town

in Commerce, January 13, 2012 at 7:30 am PT

eBay Is the Most Recent Bay Area Transplant to Seek Access to Seattle’s Talent Pool

in Commerce, January 12, 2012 at 6:00 am PT

Sony Ericsson Asks Game Maker The9 to Manage Its App Store in China

in Commerce, January 11, 2012 at 1:58 pm PT

App Developers Skirt Apple’s Limits With Work-Arounds

in Voices, December 30, 2011 at 3:27 pm PT

An Honest-to-Goodness App Store You Can Walk Into

in Commerce, December 13, 2011 at 4:00 am PT

Facebook Loses “The Godfather” Exclusive to Google’s Game Network

in Commerce, December 7, 2011 at 7:38 am PT

Visa Names Its New PayPal-Like Digital Wallet Service “V.me”

in Commerce, November 15, 2011 at 6:30 pm PT

Developers’ Interest Growing in Windows Phone, Waning in BlackBerry

in Mobile, November 14, 2011 at 5:00 am PT

Having Shifted to Windows Phone, Nokia Wants Developers to Do the Same

in Mobile, November 1, 2011 at 4:00 am PT

Not That Many People Play Facebook Games After All

in Commerce, October 18, 2011 at 11:17 am PT

eBay Set to Outline Its Future, and It Looks Nothing Like Amazon

in Commerce, October 11, 2011 at 10:59 pm PT

Get Ready, Facebook Apps Will Ask for Your Permission Only Once

in Social, September 22, 2011 at 11:15 am PT

Mr. Ballmer’s Wild Ride! Microsoft Execs Will Address Wall Street Suits Today.

in News, September 14, 2011 at 7:17 am PT