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Android App Analysis

There’s a growing number of tools that analyse Android .apks for app vulnerabilities, over zealous permissions, data leakage and malware. You can find a great list at ashishb.net. I expect tools such as these and those provided by security consultancies...

Game Development Using JavaScript

Quick and Easy tutorial for developing games in JavaScript using EaseJS library.

Android vs Windows Phone

A comparison from developers perspective between Android and Windows Phone.

Windows 8 Pin METAs

Windows 8 allows for adding websites as apps (or maybe “bookmarks” is a better term) to the home screen, much in the vein that iOS allows users to do the same. \xa0Like iOS devices, Windows 8 allows \xa0users to accomplish this same task using custom...

Android Popularity

IDC has new Worldwide statistics that show for Q1 2013 Android and iOS represented 92.3% of all smartphone OS Shipments. Android had a 75% market share, iOS 17.3%, Windows Phone 3.2% and BlackBerry 2.9%.   From my perspective, as predominantly...

Mobile in Store

Google has some new free research, conducted by M/A/R/C Research and the Google Shopper Marketing Agency Council, into the use of mobile when people shop in-store. The research covers topics such as pre-shopping, shopping categories, time spent in store, consumer...

Slow Download Times

Mobiquity has a recent infographic on the connected traveller showing the findings of an independent study of 1000 people using smartphones and tablets to plan and book travel with 19 top travel brands. While it’s all about travel, the learnings are probably...

Android and iOS Mobile Device Development with Azure Mobile Services using HTML5 and JavaScript

Tutorial showing how to build an iOS or Android app using Azure Mobile Services with HTML5 and JavaScript in Visual Studio.

Nokia Asha 501

Nokia has revealed more about the new Asha platform. There’s a new phone and OS platform aimed at the low end, developing markets evidenced by the Nokia’s product announcement in Delhi. What’s in it for developers? Well, it’s "a new...

Android Anti-Virus Software Prone to Transformation Attacks

Security Week has an interesting article on Android anti-virus software. In summary, most Android anti-virus software relies on signature based analysis that’s easily fooled using simple obfuscation techniques. Obfuscation is more usually used by developers...