Статьи по тегу «android»

Speaking–or at least trying to be comprehensible–is one of the hardest parts of studying a new language. Terratalk, a Japanese startup, wants to help English learners with a new app that promises to correct their pronunciation and grammar. The company just launched its Android app with $1.34 million in funding from Incubate Fund and will have an iOS version ready later this year. Read More... →

Twitter выпустил мобильное приложение для пользователей платформы Fabric. Теперь разработчики смогут отслеживать свои продукты на ходу. Twitter представил платформу для разработчиков мобильных приложений Fabric в октябре 2014 года. Платформа состоит из трёх модульных комплектов, которые призваны решить основные проблемы разработчиков: стабильность, дистрибуцию, доход и идентификацию. Fabric сочетает услуги Twitter, сервиса Crashlytics и рекламной сети MoPub. Мобильное приложение Fabric доступно для устройс... →

The creators of a buzzy but controversial mobile game called Stolen, which let users buy and sell Twitter profiles as if they were trading cards, proactively shut their application down after responding to criticism that its game mechanics allowed for abuse and bullying. The company then revamped its concept, taking into consideration the opinions of anti-bullying experts, to release a kindler… Read More... →

RallyBound has acquired Chorus, adding the app development firm to its ranks to help the nonprofit-focused online marketing startup extend its reach. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Chorus’ team will be used to develop native iOS and Android apps for RallyBound’s SaaS-based fundraising platform. Chorus was founded in 2010 by Nick Rongione […]... →

Twitter today is announcing the availability of a mobile app for its Fabric mobile development toolkit. The app is immediately available on both iOS and Android. No longer will app developers need to rely on their desktops and laptops in order to check on the health of their apps, find out the number of monthly […]... →

WhatsApp has now launched an official Android beta testing program. The move could expand the Facebook-owned company’s ability to reach a broader range of testers by making it easier to sign up to trial new versions of the WhatsApp software. Meanwhile, on WhatsApp’s side, it should be simpler to distribute new releases and features as they become available. Of course, WhatsApp… Read More... →

Buddybuild, a startup with a cloud service for building, testing, deploying, and getting feedback on mobile apps, today announced that it has raised a $1.2 million round of funding. Also today, the startup is announcing that it can now support Android apps, not just iOS apps. Rather than provide just one service to speed up […]... →

WhatsApp is making it easier to trial new features on Android by opening up its beta testing program on Google Play. Up until now, the Facebook-owned messaging app has required people to manually install an .APK file directly from the WhatsApp website, but now beta-testers can join the beta-testing program on Google Play which means […]... →

SoundCloud Pulse, the music streaming service’s dedicated app for artists and creators, is now available on iOS. In an odd move in a market where apps tend to release on iOS first, Pulse first debuted on Android back in November. Like the Android version, the iOS app also aims to make it easier for users to upload their sounds and tracks, interact with fans, and track their performance… Read More... →

BuzzFeed is doubling down on its video efforts with an all-new standalone mobile app. Jonah Peretti, BuzzFeed Founder and CEO, took to the stage at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona today to announce the aptly-titled BuzzFeed Video, which pulls together all the best videos from the main publication. Available for Android and iOS, the […]... →

USMobile is launching its Scrambl3 encryption app for iPhones and Android smartphones today. The app enables users to make secure calls or send secure messages without worrying about eavesdropping, according to USMobile, which includes people who worked with the National Security Agency on a previous project. The app is sure to stir more debate as […]... →

BARCELONA, Spain — If Cyanogen had its way, all those apps cluttering your smartphone would go the way of the dinosaurs. Of course, that’s not going to happen anytime soon. But the Palo Alto-based company has announced a new version of its Android-based operating system called ‘MOD’ that will give developers the same ability to […]... →

A panel session probing the perennial heads or tails of mobile device commoditization vs mobile device innovation here at MWC 2016 earlier today heard an interesting range of views. Speakers ran the gamut of mobile makers big and small (Samsung, Motorola/Lenovo and Wileyfox), through to chipset maker Qualcomm, alternative open Android flavor Cyanogen, and mobile operator Telefonica. Read More... →

Cheetah Mobile and Cubot have partnered up to introduce a co-branded smartphone called the CheetahPhone. It’s an Android-powered device that is priced at €199 (approximately $220) and is available to everyone in the European Union through Amazon starting in April with pre-orders beginning on March 20. Rumored for the past couple of weeks, the CheetahPhone is the first branded […]... →

Amazon’s X-Ray for Movies and TV Shows – the feature that brings additional content, like actor bios and other background information – is now available on Amazon Video and Prime Video on the web. HTML5 was actually one of the few major platforms Amazon had yet to address with this version of X-Ray, as support is already available on iOS and Android and other Amazon… Read More... →

Сервис для заказа частных перелётов JetSmarter, который основал россиянин Сергей Петроссов привлек $26 млн от королевской семьи Саудовской Аравии. Средства пойдут на запуск полетов по Европейским маршрутам, включая Лондон-Париж, Париж-Женева. Компания планирует в апреле этого года включить Гонконг карту перелетов, а в начале 2017 года – Москву. В июле 2015 года JetSmarter привлек $20 млн в раунде В. В сделке также приняла участие королевская семья  Саудовской Аравии, рэпер Jay Z, также топ-менеджеры Goldman... →

Google is partnering with a myriad of mobile operators in a move to expedite the rollout of Rich Communication Services (RCS) on Android. The partnership sees the Internet giant team up with a number of global and regional carriers, including América Móvil, Bharti Airtel Ltd, Deutsche Telekom, Globe Telecom, Millicom, Orange, Sprint, Telenor Group, TeliaSonera, […]... →

Here at Mobile World Congress 2016, the annual Barcelona-based flesh-pressing of the telco industry, Google and a bunch of carriers have put out a press release talking up how they are apparently ‘aligning’ to try to drive adoption of RCS. Read More... →

На конференции Mobile World Congress Adobe презентовал ряд новых функций в Marketing Cloud, которые призваны облегчить управление контентом мобильных приложений для клиентов платформы. Самым крупным нововведением стал запуск инструмента Experience Manager Mobile. В его рамках Adobe объединил возможности Experience Manager Apps и Digital Publishing Solution. Новый функционал облегчает создание мобильных приложений компаний и управление ими. Конечный продукт может быть опубликован в магазинах приложений для ... →

Typically, mobile apps are stand-alone experiences that play nicely with the operating system but aren’t fully integrated in it. Cyanogen — the company best known for its Android-based Cyanogen OS — is launching MOD today, a new developer platform that will give app developers the ability to integrate their apps more directly into the operating system. The basic idea here is… Read More... →