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Developers shocked to learn that 40% of all BlackBerry apps are from same firm 27 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
Not many developers can claim they've created close to 50,000 apps, but after a recent scandal involving troubled smartphone provider BlackBerry, many of them probably wouldn't want to.
Distimo: Apple's App Store anniversary promotions didn't change app rankings 26 Aug 2013 | 10:54 pm
Apple's five-year App Store anniversary gift to consumers didn't necessary pay off in terms of downloads, according to a recent report from Distimo. The analytics firm introduced a new monthly report ...
Is it time for app developers to declare 'game over'? 26 Aug 2013 | 10:54 pm
It's not like Peter Relan doesn't like mobile games; in fact, it would be ridiculous to think he doesn't like mobile games. He just sees the big money happening somewhere else.
How Voxer is pushing push-to-talk apps into the future 23 Aug 2013 | 08:29 pm
FierceDeveloper contributor Jason Ankeny spoke to Voxer CTO Matt Ranney about the firm's push into the enterprise segment, the evolution of mobile voice communication and the importance of embracing n...
Instagram's trademark crackdown a warning shot for developers 23 Aug 2013 | 06:05 pm
There are few questions that seem more relevant in an age of digital marketing than, "What's in a name?" For a developer, or more specifically for an app, the name can be almost everything. The name r...
Apple's new 'Kids' category, revised guidelines make sense to app developers 20 Aug 2013 | 01:20 am
Based on their Twitter comments, developers are more than ready to better protect children's use of mobile apps by following the revised iOS guidelines released by Apple late last week.
Canalys: Why aren't more of the top iOS apps on Android tablets? 19 Aug 2013 | 08:17 pm
If you're looking for the best of the iOS apps on your Android tablet, you may be out of luck, based on the latest App Interrogator research report. Released late last week by Palo Alto, Calif.-based ...
What the convergence of mobile games on messaging apps could mean 16 Aug 2013 | 08:43 pm
I'm not really smart enough to argue with the late Marshall McLuhan, but I'm beginning to think that perhaps the medium isn't the message. For app developers, the message may be the new platform.
Apps That Inspire Me: Developers share their favorite downloads 15 Aug 2013 | 07:38 pm
Consumers show their preferences by what they download from app stores, but what resonates with other developers is not always as easy to identify. With that in mind, FierceDeveloper recently reached ...
App store analytics: How App Annie and Distimo are expanding measurement 13 Aug 2013 | 06:09 pm
When Apple's App Store celebrated its five-year anniversary last month, lots of stats, including the number of apps available and volume of downloads, were thrown around to show how the market for dev...
