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Wanted: Apps for Galaxy Smartphones

Min-Jeong Lee, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on May 20 at 8:15 am PT

As part of its efforts to strengthen its software capabilities Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday it will be hosting a global competition to lure developers to create apps for its Galaxy smartphones.

Now Fully Kickstartered, Pebble Raises $15M in Venture Capital From CRV

Liz Gannes in Mobile on May 16 at 8:00 am PT

Charles River Ventures backs the Kickstarter darling.

Larry Page Takes the Pulpit to Praise Technology, Snipe at Competitors

Mike Isaac in News on May 15 at 12:04 pm PT

The CEO drops in on his company’s annual developer conference.

Twitter’s Glass App Spotted in the Wild (And, Yes, It’s Probably Real)

Mike Isaac in Social on April 29 at 5:35 pm PT

Blink, and you’ll have missed it.

With New Platform Updates, Facebook Continues Its Mobile Developer Lovefest

Mike Isaac in Social on April 18 at 7:47 am PT

Developers, developers, developers.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the Facebook Home launch event.

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Alibaba to Promote Its Mobile OS, After Fight With Google

Juro Osawa, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on April 15 at 3:29 pm PT

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. said it would promote its own smartphone operating system through subsidies to handset makers and a one billion yuan, or roughly $160 million, funding program for app developers.

Dear Developers: Play by the Platform Rules, or Expect a Smackdown

Mike Isaac in Social on April 10 at 3:01 pm PT

The latest Twitter vs. startup saga is a good reminder for developers : Don’t break the rules.

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Twitter Refreshes Its Mobile Presence

Mike Isaac in Social on April 3 at 11:55 am PT

Twitter updated its mobile applications and website on Wednesday, pushing out a visual refresh to the company’s Android app that claims to reflect a “native” Android experience. (Essentially, that means bringing the Android app up to par with the iOS app’s functionality.) Also noteworthy: Twitter’s mobile apps and website will now support the company’s additional Cards technology, which were rolled out at a developer event on Tuesday evening.

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Twitter Beefs Up Cards Technology to Attract Mobile Developers

Mike Isaac in Social on April 3 at 7:00 am PT

As we reported it would last week, Twitter on Tuesday evening announced an expansion to its Cards technology program, aiming to encourage more mobile developers to create customized, multimedia-based tweets for the service. Twitter hopes this will attract more third-party developers to create richer tweets for the stream, while offering more ways for small businesses and app developers to promote and sell their content.