Apple iPhone Developer Steals Customers' Phone Numbers, Calls Them Company calls customers in attempt to sell paid version of mobile app Within iTunes' user ratings section of iPhone application mogoRoad, a real-time traffic monitoring tool available in Switzerland, several users claim to have received phone calls from the development company behind the mobile software. Reportedly, the company is asking the app… Mobile Sarah Perez View comments
Trends Coming Soon: Internet Apps that Heal Themselves European researchers have been working for years on a system that allows developers to create internet applications that can manage and fix themselves. Called SELFMAN, the project aims to address the challenges inherent in large scale applications. According to Peter Van Roy, project coordinator, "The central challenge when you build big internet… Sarah Perez View comments
Interviews Kiva's Causemopolitan on World Tour: Social Media for Social Good It's been a long and winding road for serial volunteer and social media philanthropist Sloane Berrent. Since her unplanned departure from an L.A.-based startup in 2008, Berrent has traveled through eight countries, documenting and publicizing the struggles of those in developing areas through her blog posts, tweets, images, videos, and her own… Jolie O'Dell View comments
Yahoo Yahoo! Issues Call for Homepage Apps, Plugs Proprietary Development Platform The Yahoo! Developer Network blog has a post today calling for "innovative and flawless" applications to be submitted for inclusion in a gallery section on their redesigned homepage. Apps are to be built using Yahoo!'s proprietary development platform, YAP. The YDN post further noted, "We're working on an array of additional developer monetization… Jolie O'Dell View comments
Startups BUG Labs WiFi Release: DIY Web-Enabled Gadgets for All Have you ever wanted to build a better web cam, GPS device or web video pet monitoring service? Well you just might get your chance. Bug Labs recently released their latest BUGbase device module with an embedded WiFi and bluetooth solution. Best known for its Lego-like hardware blocks, BUG offers users a set of programmable modules to develop DIY… Dana Oshiro View comments