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App is Crap (why Apple is bad for your health)

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And being gateways to the customer they naturally extracted their pound of flesh from mobile application developers. So Apple has encouraged application developers to set loose building apps. We now have a couple of hundred thousand applications developed. And they were slow to approve people. Or would it?

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[Event] [Singapore] AppsWorld Asia: Rise Of The Planet Of The Apps

YoungUpstarts

While previous iterations of SMWF used to feature various companies who are in web and mobile application development, this time round an entire track has been put together for this space. Opportunities and Challenges for Application Developers. Rise of the Apps.

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[Interview] RIM Eyes Southeast Asia’s Developer Scene

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During the recent launch of Blackberry 7 OS in Singapore, Research In Motion (RIM) executives had shared that Southeast Asia was a potential hotbed of application developers with whom they were keen to work with. We have quite an open platform, that allows any registered developer to take advantage of our APIs, tools, services, etc.

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When The Mobile Evolution Turns To Revolution

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With the rapid global penetration of smartphones and tablets and the increased data speed of 4G networks, mobile applications are riding a wave of explosive growth. New releases can be distributed and sold directly to the consumer via the mobile app. What about small businesses?

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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Helps content publishers and advertisers launch campaigns that develop viral distribution attributes and therefore gain “buzz.”. In the show we talked about why this is important to mobile application developers. Total raised: $29.5mm. Read more: CrunchBase profile , TechCrunch.

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How Not To Run Your Own Technology Startup

YoungUpstarts

Mobile Application Management. Test Flight – Managing deployments and beta testers of iPhone apps in development. Hockeyapp – For collecting crash reports from mobile devices and distributing apps for some platforms. Backend Support. Amazon EC2 – Computing, server management, hosting.

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Choosing The Right Mobile Application Architecture

YoungUpstarts

The idea of mobile application development for the enterprise is rapidly catching on, as mobile apps are now an obvious (and critical) path to both generate revenue and improve the customer experience for today’s modern businesses. What will you do to brand, distribute and support the app?