Vision Mobile regularly surveys developers on mobile development trends. The infographic shows developers’ opinions of programming in Android and iOS respectively. Here are some other key findings. According to the report, which is sponsored by AT&T, Mozilla, and Nokia, 72% of developers are now developing for the Android platform, a 4 percentage point increase compared [...]

With flu season hitting hard, today we are highlighting government apps built with maintaining the user’s health in mind. CDC FluView App- tracks Influenza-Like Illness Activity around the country so you can monitor outbreaks in your locality CDC Mobile App and CDC Mobile Web feature important health articles, disease of the week, timely updates and [...]

Flurry released numbers on app download totals for the end of 2012 that demonstrate the increasing popularity of smartphones and apps. The final week of the year is perhaps the most important one for app makers, as a number of new devices are activated and new apps are downloaded. As the chart highlights, there was a substantial [...]

This infographic,  posted on Pinterest by research group McKinsey and Company, contrasts the differences between the locations where tablet and smartphone users say they conduct various activities on their devices.  A quick glance shows that smartphone user activities are conducted predominately on the go while tablet user activities are conducted mostly at home. While more [...]

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development recently released an application that allows users to look up housing Fair Market Rents (FMRs) & Income Limits from anytime and anywhere. The HUD PD&R FMR/IL Lookup application is only currently available on the Android platform. Here’s more from HUD about the data users can access on the application and [...]

According to Big Data/App Services company Flurry and illustrated by their chart posted here, people’s time spent consuming content on mobile apps is starting to chip away at their time spent consuming TV and web content. Specifically: This chart updates Flurry’s analysis comparing time spent in mobile apps on smartphones and tablets to time spent on [...]

The Arlington National Cemetery has developed ANC Explorer, an application that is available across common web browsers and on mobile smart phones (iOS, Blackberry and Google Play). This app enables veterans, family members and the public to explore Arlington’s rich history. Specifically: This first version of ANC Explorer allows users to locate gravesites, events, or [...]

The National Security Agency released the NSA Career Links App to provide news and job opportunities in the agency anytime, anywhere. The security agency describes the app: Stay up-to-date on the latest news from the National Security Agency – free! This app puts everything NSA – job opportunities, news, and events – in the palm [...]