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E-commerce trade group: Mobile geolocation privacy bill is ‘awful’ | Network World

U.S. Senate legislation that would require mobile apps to get permission to check the geolocation of a user is among the bills that make up trade group NetChoice's latest list of "awful" bills for e-commerce.

Microsoft upgrades Windows Phone SDK for low-cost smartphones | Network World

Microsoft has released Windows Phone SDK 7.1.1, which allows developers to customize their apps for cheaper Windows Phones with less memory, and also run the development kit on Windows 8 machines, the company said in a blog post on Monday.

Wanted: Windows 8 developers | Network World

Windows 8 isn't going to catch on fast without a little prompting, and Microsoft is prompting with nationwide, one-day developer camps - free - to anyone who wants hands-on help creating Metro style apps for the new operating system.

iPhone Apps: Five Markets Under Siege | Network World

Thanks to the App Store and the iPhone's versatility, Apple's smartphone combines many different devices into one compact product. In the face of such a juggernaut, is it possible for standalone GPS devices, MP3 players, handheld games, low-end digital cameras and e-readers to survive?

CIOs Take New Look at Sharing IT Infrastructure, Apps | Network World

The world's top hotel companies have collectively invested tens of millions of dollars to implement their own customized reservation systems--considered the heart of their operations. Each hotelier views the capabilities of these systems as providing them with some competitive advantage over how they calculate rates and room availability.

Microsoft battles delays in Windows Phone app approvals | Network World

Microsoft is battling to reduce the time it takes to approve and publish Windows Phone apps, and to improve the responsiveness of its developer portal App Hub, following complaints from developers, the company said in a blog post on Thursday.

US Army wants soldiers to have advanced smartphones, wireless technology | Network World

As the U.S. Army ponders how to give every soldier a smartphone loaded with apps for military purposes -- and be able to support global communications not only with commercial cellular networks like Sprint, Verizon or AT&T -- it is also exploring how it can quickly set up its own wireless network almost anywhere in the world.

Apple App Store downloads hit 15 billion | Network World

The mobile app boom is showing no signs of slowing, as Apple today announced that its App Store for iPhone and iPad apps had hit 15 billion downloads.

Verizon goes with Lookout Mobile for app store security | Network World

Mobile app fans worried about downloading malware onto their mobile devices can rest a little easier if they use Verizon's V Cast Apps store.

Microsoft, Nokia team to put Office apps on mobile phones | Network World

Microsoft and Nokia are working together to put a version of Microsoft's Office productivity applications on Nokia handsets, the companies said Wednesday.

Microsoft, Nokia may strike apps alliance Wednesday | Network World

Microsoft and Nokia are set to unveil an alliance on Wednesday that will likely reveal a plan to deliver Microsoft's Office applications on Nokia handsets.

Best of the Best iPhone Apps: New Book Rounds Them Up | Network World

It's one of the world's most successful retail launches in recent history: the Apple App Store. In only a year since its debut, the App Store now offers some 65,000 different apps. Apple claims more than 1.5 billion apps have been downloaded from its virtual shelves.

V Cast Apps coming from Verizon, with support from RIM | Network World

Verizon Wireless today threw its hat in the ring of online application stores by announcing it will open the V Cast Apps store in the fourth quarter of the year.

App Store grows, but apps are seldom used | Network World

IPhone users have short attention spans.

Mobile wallet systems could hurt brick-and-mortar banks, survey suggests | Network World

U.S. financial institutions face a serious competitive threat from the rise of mobile wallet payments apps, according to a consumer study released Monday by Carlisle and Gallagher, a consulting firm that specializes in financial services.

16 essential Android apps for IT pros | Network World

There are hundreds of thousands of Android apps, including many that are useful for IT professionals on the job. These apps can help connect to servers, monitor computers, access databases, analyze the airwaves, scan networks, and serve as a reference. Here are 16 of these apps, most of them free.

Good extends security platform to third-party apps | Network World

Good Technology is opening up its technology platform so that enterprises and third-party developers can build secure mobile applications running on its infrastructure.

New Security Flaws ID’d in BlackBerry 6 OS, Enterprise IM Apps | Network World

BlackBerry-maker RIM has identified a number of significant security flaws that affect the Webkit browser in its BlackBerry 6 handheld OS and enterprise IM applications from Microsoft.

ABC’s of ADCs in the cloud | Network World

Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) are critical to a smoothly functioning data center. They provide key functions including server load balancing, monitoring the health of servers and apps; protecting the data center from distributed denial-of-service attacks, performing SSL encryption and decryption; making servers more efficient by managing connections, running specialized application scripts and accelerating applications.

Microsoft stops publishing new mobile apps amidst download issues | Network World

Microsoft has decided to stop publishing new apps for Windows Phone on Marketplace, while it addresses an issue that led to users experiencing problems with application downloads this week, the company said in blog post on Tuesday.

Microsoft resumes publishing Windows Phone apps | Network World

Microsoft has resumed publishing applications on Marketplace, after sorting out a problem related to the certificates used to sign apps in the store, according to a post on Thursday on its Windows Phone developers' blog.

More mobile apps downloaded, but users rely on just a few: Pew study | Network World

Despite all the hype and all the app downloads, lots of mobile users, on phones and tablets, use only a small number of apps, according a new survey by Pew Research Center.

Microsoft won’t let Windows Marketplace users share apps after all | Network World

Contrary to an earlier report, Microsoft won't allow purchasers of applications from its upcoming Windows Marketplace for Mobile e-store to share their wares with friends and family.

Microsoft: Expect 100,000 Win 8 apps by Feb. 1; 400M devices by July | Network World

Microsoft has set some ambitious goals for Windows 8 -- 400 million devices in customer hands by next July and more than 100,000 applications stocked in the Windows Store by the end of January, according to a top Microsoft sales exec.

Mobile commerce apps gaining ground in US | Network World

Mobile payment and mobile commerce applications are proliferating in the U.S., but the adoption of Near Field Communications (NFC) technology that allows mobile phone customers to quickly tap a mobile phone and pay for a subway ride or a grocery store purchase is years away, several industry officials said at a conference here.