HTML5 is changing the way that developers create applications for the mobile Web. Yet, it is not the be all, end all of mobile development. If it was, then the whole discussion of "do I create a native app or a Web app for my service?" would be finished -...
Amazon announced this morning that it is releasing a Web-based version of its Kindle application called the Kindle Cloud Reader. The app is built from the ground up in HTML5 and is designed to be used in whatever browser environment a user desires. The initial rollout is available in Safari...
Can a government build an effective Facebook for education?The government of Rajasthan, one of the largest states in India, is building out extensive infrastructure for Information and Communication Technology resources and training, with the collaboration of multiple international agencies including the World Economic Forum. Next month, the state's information technology...
The general manager of the Windows Phone project at Microsoft is leaving the company to start a new business. Charlie Kindel had been at Microsoft for 21 years and has headed up the transition from Windows Mobile to Windows Phone. Kindel's departure is not a warning sign that not all...
The endlessly-hyped music streaming service Spotify has only been live in the United States for less than four weeks, but is already boasting 1.4 million American users, according to AllThingsD. About 175,000 of those users are paying for the service, which is a conversion rate of 12.5%. There was no...
Since BlackBerry acquired QNX Neutrino in April 2010, the questions naturally veered to "when will we see a QNX BlackBerry smartphone?" In September last year, Research In Motion announced the PlayBook tablet running QNX, which was released in April of this year. Rumors are now leaking out that the first...
Magazine publisher Condé Nast has added to its diverse portfolio of mobile app offerings with the release of Goings On for Android and iOS, a free, ad-supported app for browsing arts and culture events from the New Yorker's weekly listings. In addition to event listings, reviews and useful maps, the...
Google will soon release a new version of the Google Search app for Android with some handy user experience improvements. The app will group suggestions by content type, with Web search results at the top. It will also offer country-specific suggestions and results for all international Google domains. It adds...
Flurry has a new version 3.0 of its free Analytics tool that focuses on audience segmentation, giving mobile application makers the power to segment their audience on any usage behavior (e.g., paying vs. non-paying customers, light vs. heavy users, etc.). They also estimate demographic data such as age and gender...
Google continues the slow rollout of Google Plus to iOS with its new update, version 1.0.2.1966, which adds settings for Huddle, better notifications when you're added to circles, iPod touch and iPad support, as well as performance and stability improvements. To be clear, there is no iPad app for Google...
Apple iOS developers have been busy all summer working on the newest update to the iDevice software and it appears what could be the last beta version of iOS 5 has arrived. On Saturday, Apple released iOS 5 beta 5 with a variety of tweaks and changes for developers to...
In Googles official blog Google's Chief Legal Officer and Senior VP, David Drummond accused Microsoft, Apple and Oracle of campaign of patent war against Android. ... Although there are numerous patent cases surrounding Google's mostly open source mobile operating system Android, only one of them, Oracle's case, directly addresses...
The iPad isn't just a hot new consumer device, it's also an increasingly popular tool for business. Each week we take a look at the new or updated business apps for the iPad, and highlight trends in how tablets are being used in the enterprise.This week we look at the...
The developers of two of the most influential open-source Web browsers are working together on a feature that should make Web apps play together much more nicely. As we covered on ReadWriteHack yesterday, Google's Chromium engineers announced that they're working with Mozilla on a framework called Web Intents, the brainchild...
Apple has begun disabling iPhones, iPads and iPods running the preview version of iOS5 if those devices are not actively being used to develop applications, according to a post on 9to5Mac. The company typically gives developers early access to the next version of its mobile operating system so that they...
The most recent trend in app development has been "backend as a service." Companies and startups have recognized the need of the average developer for support when it comes to server stacks and storage, data migration middleware managements. These services make possible things like authentication, push notifications, in-app purchases and...
According to news coming out of the Black Hat security conference this week, researchers have figured out a way to use the Square mobile payments system to access stolen credit card data. The ingenious thing about the hack demonstrated is that criminals would not even need to have the original...
If any company has a comprehensive view of Web browsing behavior, it's Google. Not only does the company see plenty of traffic to its own properties, but thanks to Google Analytics, the search giant has plenty of insight into average site metrics Web-wide. Not only that, Google shares the data...
Have you been waiting for more practical implementations of augmented reality (AR) technology outside of gaming and marketing initiatives? So have we. That's what makes the technology Zugara is launching now so interesting. It has teamed up with U.K.-based online clothing retailer Banana Flame to offer a virtual dressing room of...
In a study with eight Open Source Projects Android, Qt, Symbian, MeeGo, Mozilla, WebKit, Linux and Eclipse it was found that Googles Android was last, by a fair margin. The study was carried out by the market research firm VisionMobile focusing on open governance, inclusiveness, transparency and ease of...
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