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Business Mobile Application Development for Android

Sunday, April 1st, 2012

While creating the platform Android, Google aimed at creating a new universal mobile application development language which could be used on various mobile devices – unlike the iPhone operating system which is supported only by Apple devices. That’s why at present Android users exceed in number the users of other platforms. mobile-business-application

Android is a very promising platform and mobile development for this platform is growing from day to day. This platform is constantly improving and the sphere of its application is expanding. Consequently, a great number of Android phone developers are working all over the world producing various apps for different spheres of our life. Business is not an exception.

Now businessmen realize that making your business successful and competitive is essential and a ‘must-be’ at present. Thus, nowadays mobile application developers can design and create various business apps for mobile devices. For example, you can install and use task management software or workflow management system on your Android.

Powerful resources and technical support from Google play not the last role. Many IT experts forecast that in the end Android will beat all other platforms.

Maybe, it’s time to order your own business application and win the competition?

Tags: Android, Android phone developers, Google, mobile development, task management software
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Manual For Beginners in iOS Development

Friday, February 24th, 2012

Apple has published the manual for beginner software developers for iPhone platform. Most popular gadgets iPhone, iPad and iPod work on this platform as the Apple Insider informs.

The manual, available on the official site of the company, provides the main tools for mobile developers, the operating principles of iOS and the online App Store. “This manual represents a starting position for iPhone application development”, – said the official representative of the company.

At first, the future developer is offered to download the set of tools Xcode and register in the iOS Developer Program. Then he can take a short training online course on creating the simplest application and get acquainted with the basics of the apps development.

In the next section, some types of applications, design, interface and the principles of the App Store operations are discussed. The online manual ends with the tips on finding further more detailed technical information and more advanced materials on iOS application development.
At present, iOS is the most popular mobile development platform. Last year Apple informed that there were more than 550,000 apps in the App Store, 170,000 were developed specially for iPad. The company gives to developers 70% of the profit from the sold apps. According to the latest data, since the launch of the App Store, the company has paid more than 4 mln dollars to third-party developers.

The main competitor of the iOS is the Android platform developed by Google. At the same time, the Android Market has two times more applications than the App Store.

Tags: Android, Android Market, App Store, Google, iOS, iPad, iPod, software developers for iPhone, Xcode
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Official Page for Android Developers Launched in Google+

Friday, February 3rd, 2012

Google launched the official page for mobile Android phone developers in the social network Google+, said the official representative of the company Rito Meier in the corporate blog.

The external Android developers will be able to exchange information on this webpage, show their products and be the first to know about updates, test them and ask questions directly to Google employees responsible for Android development.

Android developers will be able to participate in hangouts with the Google team and other mobile development specialists who are interested in the development of the platform. The company is going to hold such video meetings daily and broadcasting will be performed from the headquarters of Google in Mountains View (California).

Google is planning to put on its page video and photos from the official events for Android developers.

The social network Google+ was launched in June last year, following by Google+ Pages in November. Among other pages of the social network, users can find the pages of the Google company itself, Gmail, YouTube and Maps, the Google Chrome browser, Android platform, the special page for Google developers, and others.

Tags: Android developers, Gmail, Google, Google Chrome, Google+ Pages, Maps, YouTube
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Understanding Android

Thursday, December 22nd, 2011

This month Google has decided to start promoting Android into masses using the special Android Training program. The main purpose of this program is teaching users to understand Android and, which is more important, to teach Android application development. Every user is supposed to learn how to do everything – from applications for optimizing the performance of mobile device batteries to the development of effective navigation programs which haven’t been applied by anybody yet.

The training will start with basic knowledge in Android, then they will get the information on how to start developing on Android. The system will provide the most actual and relevant information. According to Tim Bray from Google, now the company is enlisting students who would like to receive this education and the training course will start in the nearest months.

The Ice Cream Sandwich mobile platform is a unified operating system for tablets and smartphones. It makes it much simple for mobile apps developers since they will have to understand only one set of codes. Maybe iPhone application development specialists should pay attention to such an opportunity and become more interested in Android?

Tags: Android, Google, Ice Cream Sandwich, iphone application development
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GoMo Service From Google For Better Displaying Mobile Versions of Sites

Saturday, October 29th, 2011

Google presented the new service GoMo aimed at helping software companies (mainly online stores) to improve displaying the content of their sites on mobile devices.

The ‘Gomometer’ function allows analyzing ‘friendliness’ of the site in relation to mobile users. Among the considered parameters are the following – the speed of downloading, the ability to read the text without enlarging the page, availability of the search on the site and other parameters. According to the results of testing, a special report is generated. It indicates the drawbacks of the site and the recommendations on its improvement.

Moreover, the service offers the contacts of offshore software development companies who deal with the development of mobile versions of sites. Out of the suggested variants you can easily choose the companies that suit your needs and budget. Also you can get acquainted with the examples of the sites that comply with the customer’s requirements.

According to mobile apps developers, 61% of users never return to the resources that are displayed incorrectly on their mobile devices. Thus, they speak about the necessity for any business to orient their online sites to mobile devices.

Tags: GoMo, Google, Mobile apps developers, offshore software development companies
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Google Musical Service Now in iPhone and iPad

Saturday, September 17th, 2011

Google allowed the access to its musical service Music Beta for the owners of mobile devices based on iOS.

In comparison with the Android devices that have their own application Music Beta, iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users can interact with this service via the interface of the Safari browser. The users will be able to play music and view the lists of tracks, albums and singers. The playback will continue even if you close Safari.

Google presented its own musical service in May at the mobile application development conference. Till September, Music Beta had been available only for the computers and mobile devices based on the Android operating system. As it is clear from the name, Music Beta is now being used in the beta version only: the access to the service is carried out via invitations and only from the US territory.

Music Beta users can upload on Google servers up to 20,000 tracks from their own collections. One can listen to these tracks in the streaming mode from other computers and mobile devices. In comparison with Apple that has obtained the permission from the musical companies to launch such services as iCloud and iTunes Match, before starting Music beta, Google didn’t signed any agreements with the representatives of the music industry.

Although, as I have mentioned above, this service is available for the US only, mobile phone application developers will try their best and make this service available for all.

Tags: Android, Google, iCloud, iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, iTunes Match, mobile application development, Music Beta
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Google+ With New Games

Sunday, September 4th, 2011

The social platform Google+, launched about two months ago, starts attracting users by popular social network games. According to the officials from Google, the new social network will soon accommodate such popular games as Angry Birds, Zombie Lane and Edge World. The representatives from Rovia and Zynga say that in Google+ their projects will work the same as in Facebook or on the screens of mobile devices.

Apart from two big web development companies, Google has also signed agreements with Wooga, Funzio and Kabam. According to Google, users will see in their accounts in Google+ a new tab ‘Games’ that will contain games. The users who don’t want to play social games can hide this tab.

Ezra Gottheil, the analysts from the Technology Business Research, thinks that the social network Google+ will allow Google to get the additional growth in the user database since web games are becoming one of the key competitive advantage of social networks.

At present the company offers some promotional actions for games and web developers in Google+. Thus, for fans of Zynga theu offer a 5% discount for buying virtual gaming accessories (in comparison: Facebook offers a 30% discount in case of paying via Facebook Credits).

This news can stimulate software development companies to develop new games for social networks and the competition will increase.

Tags: Angry Birds, Edge World, Facebook Credits, Funzio, Google, Kabam, web developers, Wooga, Zombie Lane, Zynga
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Google presented its new Android version for mobile devices

Thursday, May 19th, 2011

At the I/O conference Google announced its new version of Android operating system. The version got the name ‘Ice Cream Sandwich’.

According to CNET News, Ice Cream Sandwich will be released in the fourth quarter of 2011. Various mobile devices including smartphones and tablets can work on this platform. The new Android version will inherit many features of the Honeycomb version intended only for tablets. google_predstavila_android_ice_cream_sandwich_i_obnovlenie_3_1_intro

The update for Honeycomb 3.1 was also presented at the conference. It can be installed by the owners of Motorola Xoom tablets and Google TV. Among the innovations one can mention the following ones: the updated user’s interface, scalable widgets and a possibility of connecting USB peripherals including keyboards and joysticks.

The representatives of Google also informed that the number of activated Android devices in the world had exceeded a hundred million. Android based devices are produced by 35 manufacturers. According to the company, about 200,000 android applications are available at the Android Market.

The I/O conference is held by Google every year. During the conference Google carries out seminars and trainings for Android application developers as well as announce present innovations.

Tags: Android, Android Market, Google, I/O conference, Ice Cream Sandwich
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Qwiki: new app in the App Store

Tuesday, April 26th, 2011

iPad application developers have created a new application for iPad and presented it in the App Store. It is intended to change the people’s attitude towards getting encyclopedic knowledge. Qwiki, a sort of visual Wikipedia, provides a user with an easy and interactive way of exploring the world via media presentations and using interactive maps.

The application in many cases repeats the website of the project offering users to get acquainted with the biographies of famous people, monuments, and wonders of the world or exotic animals. All the information is connected with hundreds of places on the map of the world and is presented in the form of presentations with excellent photo and video materials.

After viewing, you can share your favorite information with your friends by e-mail, Twitter or Facebook. The presentation material at Qwiki contains links to other resources related to the given topic as well as additional information and images in Wikipedia, Google, Fotopedia and YouTube. All it makes Qwiki much higher than other Wikipedia resources.

Soon we’ll see similar Android application development and iPhone applications.

Tags: Android, Facebook, Fotopedia, Google, iPhone, Qwiki, Wikipedia, YouTube
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