Jason Ankeny
Juniper Research
Yankee GroupGift Guide 2012: Must-have apps Android, iOS apps
We've shortlisted recommended iOS and Android downloads spanning 10 different categories, helping you populate your new device with some of the most innovative and engaging apps on the market. Each app is a gift that keeps giving all year round.Holiday Handsets: The best smartphones for 2012
Holiday shopping season is a critical time for wireless operators and device makers as consumers eye the latest smartphones and tablets for their holiday gift lists.The FaceTime open standard that never happened
These were Steve Jobs' exact words, spoken almost three years ago at Apple's 2010 Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco: "We're going to the standards bodies, starting tomorrow, and we're going to make FaceTime an open industry standard." Although a lot has happened since then, it is a promise that seems unlikely to be fulfilled anytime soon.Best new iOS, Android apps of November 2012
Each month, FierceMobileContent will look at the best and brightest, spotlighting the new apps that you need to download to your smartphone ASAP. Here are November's finest--the best mobile apps of the month.
Editor's Corner
What are the must-have iOS, Android apps for your new device?
By Jason Ankeny
If you're hoping to unwrap a new smartphone or tablet this holiday season, you're not alone: Mobile connected devices are the most wanted gifts this year, according to a Consumer Electronics Association survey issued in October. A follow-up CEA study issued late last month reveals that mobile devices topped all other CE product categories over Thanksgiving and Black Friday 2012 with 26 percent of shoppers making consumer electronics purchases buying smartphones and another 22 percent scooping up tablets.Developer Workshop
Photo app PicsArt expands its focus from Android to iOS
By Jason Ankeny
PicsArt, released for Android in November 2011, has emerged as a grass-roots phenomenon, generating more than 30 million downloads and more than 500,000 Google Play users reviews without any of the brand notoriety and marketing muscle boosting its rivals. FierceDeveloper contributor Jason Ankeny spoke to PicsArt co-founder and CTO Arto Mehrabyan about the app's success on Android, its expansion to iOS and the importance of giving the people what they want.
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Facebook halts mobile ad trials in third-party iOS, Android apps
Three months after Facebook began trialing mobile advertisements across selected third-party iOS and Android applications, the social networking giant is slamming the brakes on the initiative.
WhatsApp promotion cuts iPhone app price to free
Cross-platform messaging service WhatsApp is slashing the price of its Apple iOS application from 99 cents to free as part of holiday promotion. WhatsApp announced the discount via Twitter but did not disclose how long the offer will remain available.
Nokia pushes Portico software update to AT&T Lumia smartphones
Nokia is releasing a new software update optimized for its Windows Phone 8-powered Lumia 920 and 820 smartphones, first rolling out via AT&T Mobility in the U.S. and Rogers in Canada.
Twitter promotes Ali Rowghani to COO, Mike Gupta named CFO
Twitter is shuffling its executive ranks, promoting Ali Rowghani from chief financial officer to chief operating officer and naming Mike Gupta to fill the vacated CFO seat. Twitter CEO Dick Costolo--who served as COO prior to taking over the top spot in Oct. 2010--confirmed the appointments Wednesday evening via tweet.
Rhapsody inks joint billing deal with AT&T, launches iPad app
Rhapsody announced a joint billing agreement with AT&T Mobility, enabling subscribers to add its on-demand digital music services to their monthly wireless bill. Rhapsody previously signed a similar deal with Verizon Wireless.
Forecast: Windows Phone shipments in 2017 will match iOS shipments in 2012
The number of Windows Phone-powered devices shipping worldwide in 2017 will match the number of iOS units shipped by Apple in 2012, according to a new Analysys Mason forecast.
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Deutsche Telekom on Wednesday said it submitted an application to Germany's Federal Network Agency (FNA) to get permission to use vectoring technology as it gets ready to offer VDSL2 services to consumers and businesses.
Despite high-profile movie endorsements, Sony Mobile's smartphones have yet to break through, much as the former Sony Ericsson struggled. Still, the company is not giving up, and plans to boost smartphone sales 51 percent to 34 million units in the year ending March 31.
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