Archive for Mobile

Top 5 reasons the #3 smartphone is the #1 target for app developers

I certainly don’t hide my preference for Android over iOS, but that certainly doesn’t mean I don’t like Apple products.  I prefer an open platform, with all its risks and shortcomings, over the walled garden model. Despite the recent malware scare that’s making headlines, the Android platform has passed palm and is now the #1 […]

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The Google Kill Switch

Google flipped the app kill switch this weekend, removing 58 apps that had been downloaded to over 250,000 phones.  This is part of the 21 they removed before. They say now there were 58 applications. So, late Saturday night, Google flipped the switch that is able to remove the apps from the phones they were […]

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Top 10 Stories and Succinct Spiels

This week had some pretty interesting developments!  From the iPad2, an Android Trojan, and early press blitzes from SXSW.  It’s Friday, I’m behind on my projects, and I broke one of my data classes last night.  So after a quick firewall fix, I’m heads down. However, here’s some of the stuff that caught my eye: […]

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