Mobile apps

Viking Horde is the latest malware on Google Play

App stores aren’t immune to malware by any means, and now it’s Google’s turn to experience some nastiness. The latest malware, dubbed Viking Horde,…

This messaging app has $1 million in funding and all it does is say ‘Yo’

In a world of tweets, status updates, IMs, plus ones, likes, comments, emails and Snapchats, things can sometimes get a bit noisy. Which is…

7-billion to go: super productivity app Evernote hits 100-million users

You know that feeling of is-this-really-necessary frustration you get when you realise that you left that document at home? Or when you have to…

Flappy Bird: how a crazy difficult game by an indie developer went viral

It’s seen more than 10-million downloads on Google Play and is currently the top free game in Apple’s App Store in 85 countries. Reviewers…

Mobile app stores to see 102bn downloads in 2013, $26bn in revenue

When it comes to mobile app stores, we’ve come to expect big numbers. Apple’s app store alone has 900 000 active apps and has…

Worldsecond: the worldwide photo shoot at one point in time

Worldsecond, an app funded by aker of fine watches and pens Montblanc, aims to have a collective gathering of people from all over the…

Exclusive: A peek at ex-Yola chief’s new startup, Gyft

When well-known serial web entrepreneur, Vinny Lingham, recently resigned as CEO of his successful website builder and hosting service, Yola, he announced that he…

Four tips for pitching your mobile app

The Pivot25 mobile conference kicked off in Nairobi, Kenya, earlier this week to much fanfare and excitement. Pivot25 is a mobile apps and developer…

The mobile app dilemma: An electric case study

Last week saw the Apps World Africa conference, where a bunch of different people stood up to talk about the business of mobile apps….

Angry Birds takes flight as Rovio aims high

Rovio, the makers of the sensationally popular Angry Birds app, have been very busy of late. Apart from tearing down the ever tricky structures…

Apps vs. The web: A big debate

Not long ago, the ‘apps vs. the web’ debate only really made sense in the context of mobile. Now, at the initiative of companies…

What your mobile apps say about you

The adage “you can tell a person by the contents of their handbag” may have been true once, but now all you really need…

Five trends from Google that will change how we think about mobile

You’re in a restaurant in France. The menu looks delightful, but it’s all in French and you don’t know what to order. So you…

4 reasons you should be developing mobile apps

The mobile web is ripe for innovation. Barriers to entry have come down and the playing fields have been levelled. Software developers from all…

Survey of mobile apps: Apple holds lead

Millennial Media released its State of the Apps Industry Snapshot for 2010, in association with DIGIDAY and Wall Street analyst Jordan Rohan from Stifel…

Android expected to dominate mobile app market by 2013

According to a recent survey by mobile research firm, research2guidance, the smartphone app market is enjoying explosive growth and is currently worth $2.2-billion dollars,…

10 mobile apps designed to make the world a better place

Here is a list of the top ten worldwide mobile applications from Nokia’s “Calling All Innovators” competition. From these ten finalists, one winner will…

The app boom: iPhone, BlackBerry, Symbian or Windows Mobile?

The mobile app market is booming, with businesses of all shapes and sizes eager to get their brand out in the form of an…

Hands on with latest iPhone OS

Version 4.0 of the iPhone OS was released a few hours ago, and largely due to the much-anticipated addition of multitasking, I was more…

SA iPhone app market poised to boom…

According to AdMob, the world’s largest Mobile Advertising Network, South Africans are slowly catching on to the worldwide iPhone phenomenon. Stats show that the…

The battle: WAP vs. APP

Firstly, lets consider that WAP really is just ‘the internet’. Gone are the days where reference was made to WAP and a superbly less-superior…

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