HTC’s First smartphone, a device which comes with Facebook’s Home user interface pre-installed, will not be launched in the UK, following reports that it saw a lukewarm reception in the US following its debut last month. According to Mobile News, …
Google is reported to be in talks to buy Waze, with speculation that this may spark a “bidding war” with Facebook, which was previously linked with the Israeli navigation app company. According to Bloomberg, Waze is “fielding expressions of interest …
The market for in-vehicle apps will be worth “just short of $1.2 billion” by 2017, making it “the new frontier for app developers over the next five years”, according to a report from Juniper Research. The company said that advancements …
Audio recognition app company Shazam launched “a complete redesign” of its app for iPad users, which includes an “auto-tagging” feature that automatically identifies media playing, including music, television programmes and advertisements without user intervention. It also introduces a new discovery …
Canadian operator Telus partnered with Apperian to launch a mobile app management service, “designed to help Canadian enterprises protect and manage their corporate mobile apps and data when employees use their own wireless devices at work”. The company said that …
Smartphone users in the US, China and the UK spend more than half of their device time using mobile apps, with messaging in a distant second place, according to research from Arbitron Mobile. US users spend 54 per cent of …
AT&T, in partnership with Modo Labs, launched its Mobile Application Development portfolio, designed to help organisations “quickly launch and easily manage mobile applications using open source technology”. The US operator said it has “amplified” its suite of products and services …
Amazon announced the expected expansion of its Amazon Appstore to “nearly 200 countries”, having previously invited developers to submit apps targeting users in the new markets. In a statement, it said that this is “the latest in a series of …
Casual games company Big Fish said that its cloud gaming app – Big Fish Instant Games – is now available on “all four screens” (PC, tablet, smartphone and TV), delivering games “via interactive streaming video”. The company said that an …
Of the top 50 free and top 50 paid apps in Apple’s App Store and Google Play in the US, just 34 per cent feature in either the Windows Phone store or BlackBerry World – despite “substantial efforts” from Microsoft …
