Mobile Apps News & Articles

For the on-the-go employee, analytics is becoming a popular app to have on their mobile device. This week we see two new Google analytics focused mobile apps from Analytics3D and Metia.

Content sharing and storage giant Box has announced a service called $rev to help enterprise app developers make money on the apps they build, something that is apparently difficult to do in the App Store.

With more apps than ever before for people to choose from, how can developers make their apps stand out in the crowd?  

Platform architecture of Verivo's new Akula mobile app development platform

Creating and managing mobile apps is a major factor in the bring-your-own-device revolution that has swept over businesses. This week, enterprise mobility company Verivo Software offers to simplify enterprise mobile app building, securing, deploying and updating, with the release of a new platform it calls Akula.

From the One Platform Foundation's website

Android developers have had more flexibility in choosing the stores through which they could deliver their apps than developers for the platform of a certain fruit-named company. While Google Play is the biggest Android outlet, it’s not the only one. Now, Opera, Yandex and others are backing a new initiative to make it easier for Android developers to submit their wares across a range of Android stores. 

Icenium 1.5 features integration with Kendo UI DataViz for creating charts, dashboards

Telerik has updated its cross-platform Icenium development platform. The new incarnation, version 1.5, is designed to simplify mobile app development by adding cloud-based services, eliminating the need for supporting infrastructure. 

Mobile app provider Thumb Labs has announced it's been acquired by Adobe, a move that the company hints is connected to its continued relationship with the Behance application.

To deliver effective customer experience in this multi-channel, data-capturing world, the top two technologies are analytics tools and web content management. Those are among the findings in a new report from Forrester on customer experience technology.

The creators of Drupal Commerce, Commerce Guys, have released Commerce Mobile, an iOS app that's designed to improve the online shopping experience through an in-app connection with Drupal commerce websites.

You may have noticed an interesting trend recently. As the popularity of visually engaging sites such as Pinterest and Instagram rise, and many mobile apps with user-generated content continue to launch, users are choosing to share on these sites rather than creating blogs. Even brands are turning to Pinterest and Instragram to show off their "behind-the-scenes" experience and to reach a new audience. What does this mean for the future of traditional blogging, as we know it?

Most web content management platforms support mobile: whether that's responsive design, mobile websites or mobile apps. Sitefinity 6.0 supports all three. Let's take a look.

The latest release from Igloo shows the company is thinking about the mobile worker. The Rockland update brings responsive design to mobile devices, and looks like it could solve some of the problems for those that regularly move between desktops and mobile.

At the end of last week, Google announced its figures for Q1 that showed Google up 16% on the year. Google cited increasing willingness by enterprises to use mobile advertising and Google tools as one of the reasons for the lift. This week it offers upgrades to those marketing tools with enhanced campaign improvements for Google+ and mobile apps.

With the Facebook developer conference happening right now in New York City, it's no surprise we're seeing new developer capabilities. Here are three new updates that everyone will love.

In light of the ongoing change-over from Hotmail to Outlook.com, news from Microsoft that it has upgrade its Outlook.com app for Android.