mobile development

How Apple and Google are Ditching ‘Bad’ Apps

Nate Swanner, 

August 7, 2017

Publishing apps for Android or iOS means you either go through Google’s Play Store or Apple’s App Store. In addition to the numerous other changes those …

Will Universal Apps Save Windows Phone?

Dice Staff, 

September 15, 2015

According to the latest rumors, Microsoft will unveil a pair of new smartphones (the Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL) at a New York City press …

Could Force Touch Change the iOS App Game?

Nick Kolakowski, 

September 9, 2015

When Apple unveils its next-generation iPhones on Sept. 9, the tech press will focus on the new hardware (a better camera is rumored; a more powerful …

Your Mobile App Has Six Months to Live

Nick Kolakowski, 

September 3, 2015

You had a brilliant idea for a mobile app, and spent several months building, refining, and testing it. Now that it’s live in the app store, …

Google API Lets You Play With Faces

Nick Kolakowski, 

August 26, 2015

Facial-recognition technology might become the Next Big Thing in security and social networking. Windows 10 already offers it on select PCs with infrared cameras (a feature …

Android Marshmallow Ready for Developers

Nick Kolakowski, 

August 18, 2015

Android developers, prepare to use the word “Marshmallow” a lot over the next year or so. In keeping with its longtime tradition of naming each successive …

Microsoft Wants Devs to Port Over iOS Apps

Dice Staff, 

August 7, 2015

How badly does Microsoft want developers to build apps for Windows 10? The company, long notorious for refusing to allow its platforms to play well with …

Android Ecosystem Remains Ultra-Fragmented

Nick Kolakowski, 

August 6, 2015

Do you develop apps for Android? Are you concerned over the fragmentation of the platform? Those concerns clearly aren’t going away anytime soon: According to a …

Web and Mobile Languages for New Tech Pros

Dice Staff, 

August 4, 2015

It’s a good time to get into coding, as evidenced by all the people who’re fleeing other lines of work to learn programming languages. A recent …

Interview Qs for Objective-C and Swift

Leslie Stevens-Huffman, 

July 21, 2015

Although developers of iOS apps still need to know Objective-C, they should also learn its appointed successor, Swift, which will certainly enhance their market value in …