| Dogtown Media - Part 185

Facebook Chat Heads Hit IOS Later Today

Published on April 16, 2013

Facebook CTO Cory Ondrejka announced at the D: Dive into Mobile conference that chat heads would…

Mobile Web Access Speeds Increased By 30% Over Last Year Says Google

Published on April 16, 2013

Mobile browsing got significantly faster over the year says a new report from Google. The report shows…

Patent Troll Smackdown by RackSpace Protects App Developers

Published on April 15, 2013

Cloud computing company RackSpace is no stranger to the extortion techniques used by patent trolls….

Are In-App Purchases Misleading Children? The UK Government Thinks So

Published on April 12, 2013

The freemium model has been adopted by mobile developers as the most effective route…

FaceTime & iMessage Hit By Outages

Published on April 12, 2013

Apple’s iMessage and FaceTime services saw their second outage this week today as both services…

IOS7 To Reveal Killer App Say Analysts

Published on April 12, 2013

According to forecasts by Morgan Stanley’s analyst Katy Huberty Apple may introduce a true mobile…

French Minister Threatens Apple Over AppGratis Ordeal

Published on April 11, 2013

France’s digital industry minister isn’t holding any punches, unleashing a torrent of aggression against Apple over the banning of AppGratis app from iTunes.

Messaging App “Kik” Seeing Explosive Growth

Published on April 11, 2013

With over 50 million users and 200,000 downloads per day, upstart messaging app Kik is…

Hacker Claims Remote Hijack Of Airplanes Using Android App

Published on April 11, 2013

A security consultant who is also a trained commercial pilot has developed an Android app that he claims can take…

Apple Clamping Down On App Discovery Apps

Published on April 10, 2013

App discovery company AppGratis is pulled from the App store. Mobile app developers in an uproar over vague guidelines and unfair app store practices.