Apple App Store hits 10 billion downloads
Just over a week has passed since Apple posted up their 10 billion App Store download counter, and that’s all the time it took to …
Developers
New goodies found in iOS 4.3; multitouch gestures for iPad, more
Following news that iOS 4.3 beta 1 has been seeded to developers, Apple’s servers are no doubt being hammered by anxious developers looking to explore …
iOS 4.3 intros AirPlay support for third-party apps, Web apps
Apple on Wednesday released a new build of iOS — version 4.3 beta 1 — that significantly expands AirPlay functionality for the iPhone, iPad and …
Mac App Store cracked? Tutorial surfaces
There’s a tutorial on how to download and install cracked apps from the newly-launched Mac App Store floating around, and while we’re not encouraging pirating …
Mac App Store hands-on!
Earlier this morning, Apple unleashed Mac OS X 10.6.6 which brought along with it the Mac App Store. Now that we’re rockin’ away on the …
Apple unsurprisingly only allowing full apps in Mac App Store
Any developers out there that thought they’d be able to submit trial or demo versions of their applications for inclusion in Apple’s Mac App Store …
WP7 developers complain of missing payments, broken reporting tools
Microsoft is making good progress in its efforts to woo developers to the new Windows Phone 7 platform, but we hope the company is equally …
Windows Phone 7 team boasts of 3,000 apps, 15,000 developers
When Windows Phone 7 launched in the U.S. earlier this month, Microsoft announced that it already had 2,000 apps and 13,000 developers registered to build …
Nokia’s Ovi Store now serves 3 million downloads each day
Nokia is certainly not the first cell phone company that comes to mind when the topic of App Stores is raised. Here in the U.S., …
T-Mobile’s G2 gets the root treatment courtesy of XDA
Dear hardware OEMs: Resistance. Is. Futile. It seems as though the gang over in the IRC channel #G2Root xda-developers have found a permanent rooting solution …
Apple’s Mac App Store: Will developers pay?
Today, at Apple’s “Back to the Mac” media event, company CEO Steve Jobs announced that within the next 90 days Apple would be opening a …
Apple CFO Tim Cook details state of the Mac, 20.7% of U.S. consumer market share
As is customary at every Apple event, the company provided a recap of where its business is before letting the world know where it is …
Nokia and AT&T offering $10 million in application development contest
Today, AT&T and Nokia announced the “Calling All Innovators” contest for developers. The contests goal is to get more North American-centric applications into the Nokia …
webOS 2.0 SDK getting limited release starting today
Finally! Palm has announced that they will begin to roll out the webOS 2.0 SDK — in a limited capacity — to developers starting today. …
XDA finds SIM-unlock method for all Galaxy S phones
If you recently purchased — or have plans to purchase — a phone in the Samsung Galaxy S line, the folks over a xda-developers have a pretty …
Carrier billing coming soon to the Android market
Google updated its Android Developers blog with some legal changes to the Android Market Developer Distribution Agreement (DDA) that suggest carrier billing is on the …
RIM updates Locate Service, GPS-free location queries now possible
Today, RIM announced an update to its BlackBerry Locate Service that will allow developers to use GPS-free cellular triangulation to acquire location information in their …
Apple releases iOS 4.1 beta 1 to developers
Hey, what do we have here? Apple has just released iOS 4.1 beta 1 to developers. We’re in the process of downloading the new bits …
Palm webOS half-off sale extended to July 23rd
Good news for webOS owners as Palm has extended its half-off application sale until July 23rd. Slated to end on July 9th, this sale slashed …
Do Android developers outnumber iPhone developers?
Do Android developers outnumber iPhone developers? If you believe this survey of 401 mobile developers than yes, yes they do. Vision Mobile, a “market analysis and …
SkypeKit to allow integration of Skype into all web-based devices
Skype’s new collection of software and APIs, named SkypeKit, is designed to take Skype out of the box. Literally. The new kit will allow developers …
Palm to discount all apps in the App Catalog by 50% in a limited time promotion
In a webinar for developers on Thursday, Palm announced that it will be launching a developer-friendly promotion on all paid apps in the App Catalog. Starting …
FTC to formally investigate Apple's iPhone policies
According to a new report, the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission have come to an agreement that the latter will open a …
iPhone OS 4.0 beta 4 now available
Whether you’re a genuine iPhone developer or someone who just paid $10 to have someone add your iPhone’s UDID to their developer account, you should …
Hot new features uncovered in iPhone OS 4.0 beta 3
Here’s the thing… We just installed the newly released iPhone OS 4.0 beta 3 and found quite a few changes. There are a lot of minor …
iPhone OS 4.0 beta 3 released to devs (Updated)
The last iPhone OS 4.0 beta was a bit of a wash what with the Camera app constantly crashing, the ability to take screencaps mysteriously …
Federal antitrust probe of Apple extended to include iAd
According to The Wall Street Journal, the federal antitrust probe looking into alleged anti-competitive practices by Apple has been extended to include an investigation of …
iPhone OS 4.0 beta 2 up for grabs
Alright, iPhone developers. Kick everyone out of the room, lock your door and grab a chilled can of Red Bull because Apple has just released …
Skyfire puts its BlackBerry plans on ice
Oh dear. It’s no secret that out of all the major mobile platforms, RIM’s BlackBerry OS is the easily one of the most difficult to …
Android Market gained over 9,300 apps in March
If the steady stream of new handsets filling up shops weren’t enough proof that Google’s Android OS is booming like never before, then the fact …
