Mobile Apps News & Articles

Which is better -- develop platform-specific mobile applications or mobile web applications? There are advantages and disadvantages to each approach. So what's the right one? Let's have a look.

Although it did not top the list of organizational priorities for 2011, mobile is still seen by everyone as an important channel that cannot be ignored. The question thus becomes, should you do a mobile project this year? And if yes, what should you do?

As the demand for mobile enabled content and functionality explodes around the world most of us are faced with the problem of how to best address this need. It may not be your first priority, but mobile access is likely on your list this year.

With February just around the corner, our focus will shift to a Mobile Enterprise and Mobile Engagement editorial theme. With that in mind, we want to know:

The poll will run until January 31, 2011, so have your say today.

This week, the mobile enterprise awards Mobile Retailer of the Year, RIM's CEO challenges the future of mobile apps and AT&T has the fastest 3G.

Nuxeo founder Stefane Fermigier talked all things ECM and mobile at today’s day #1 of Nuxeo World, discussing innovative content apps for mobile devices being built by Nuxeo (news, site).

This week the mobile enterprise is chock full of mobile banking and key trends for mobile marketing.

In a recent Dunkin Donuts commercial, friends are in their car enjoying the coffee, donuts and bagels, when their map flies out the window. They all shrug and agree to have a real adventure. But I couldn’t help thinking, “None of them have a phone? Who uses a paper map?” A new study by the Nielsen Company confirms my suspicions -- nearly all adults in the U.S. now have cellphones, with one in four having smartphones.

Create killer mobile sites and apps without the need for programming skills thanks to Netbiscuits' cloud-based, cross-platform development system.

This week, Google continues to provide apps that will help SMBs. In this case their new Gmail and Google Voice Integration is not yet available in Google Apps, but it really only seems a matter of time before it is -- so watch out Skype. Meanwhile, Panda shows security is still a SMB problem.

This week, the mobile enterprise advises developers about the security of their mobile applications, while RIM continues to be subjected to strict scrutiny regarding their security.

This week, the mobile enterprise explores the appeal of Apple’s iPad and the explosive global expansion of the mobile web.

This week in web publishing, e-Reader prices get lowered, the Economist examines the viability of mobile news apps and WordPress launches version 3.0.

CorasWorks (news, site) gets deep into the mobile solutions market with the release of a number of mobile apps for SharePoint.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs and Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen have been publicly debating Apple’s decision to exclude Adobe Flash as a platform that developers can use to build applications for Apple’s mobile devices (iPhone, iPod and iPad).

This decision has both frustrated and enraged many in the application development community since some argue it makes cross-device application creation and maintenance harder and more costly. Adobe now faces some hard decisions since this move could significantly damage the platform’s relevance for mobile developers.

The Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice are looking into the prospect of launching an antitrust inquiry against Apple (news, site) following the company’s ban of developers using non-Apple-sanctioned development tools, according to a story in the New York Post. Filing an inquiry doesn’t necessarily mean that charges would follow, the NYP reports.