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You may be used to see foreign currencies on certain applications you find in the Android Market, but wouldn’t it be nice to get the price of the application in your local currency before you dive in? Well, that’s exactly what Google has done for you now. Instead of going to XE.com, or going deeper…
Mobile app developers, need a big ol’ database of English language information? You’re in luck, the massively popular Dictionary.com (who already has some of their own apps) has announced a new API that is free for non-commercial apps, and sold on a fee or revenue share basis with commercial apps. Available data sets include dictionary,…
We’re getting ever so close to the launch of Microsoft Windows Phone 7 but the platform won’t be competitive if it doesn’t have a robust app store. Fear not true believers, as the Windows Marketplace for Mobile is quickly rounding into shape. Microsoft isn’t naive enough to think that its untested platform will galvanize developers…
Appcelerator is teaming-up with location analysis software provider FortiusOne to launch the first location-based analytics platform for mobile applications. The new Titanium+Geo platform will allow enterprises, marketers and retailers to “better understand where, when and how mobile applications are being used.” In other words, companies will be able to measure the impact of location-enabled mobile…
During the recently ended Mobilize 2010 conference in San Francisco, Orange announced that its “Open Source Mobile Widget Platform” is now available to the mobile industry, allowing developers to make HTML-based widgets that could run on an array of mobile devices, both the basic feature phones and high-end smartphones. The platform includes: A “widget reader”…
We knew that the T-Mobile G2 would eventually get some root access lovin on its plate some point soon, but today seems to be that day. With that said, in no way are we suggesting you use the method, as it could brick your shiny new phone. The XDA is home to some of the…
Apsalar, which touts itself as the next generation mobile analytics platform (and which we covered in the past), launched an engagement analysis tool within their ApScience product for mobile apps. Now with ApScience, app developers and publishers can manage user engagement and retention by grouping users into “cohorts” (groups of people sharing common experiences) and…
An overlooked announcement here at DevCon was the release of BlackBerry Theme Studio 6, screenshots of which had leaked a few weeks ago. Even though the tool might be just a little overshadowed by the announcement of the BlackBerry PlayBook, the new studio will allow theme developers to finally start tweaking the BlackBerry Torch 9800’s…
We were pretty blown away when we saw just how quick the Desire Z boots. We were also very surprised to see that the leaked Desire HD ROM allowed for the Droid Incredible to also take advantage of the snappy boot, only faster. Now, it’sCyanogenMod’s turn and the feature will appear in the upcoming CM…
We’ve been waiting on a BlackBerry tablet amidst a wash of vague rumours for the last few months, and it all went official at the Developer Conference today. As speculated, the BlackBerry PlayBook is running a new operating system made by QNX, complete with Flash 10.1 support, the WebKit browser, multitasking, and more. So, what…