Mobile

Where is Twitter Music for Android? With today’s launch of Twitter’s new music discovery platform , the company has again made a move to sideline the install base of around half of the U.S.’s smartphone audience by failing to deliver a native application for users of non-Apple devices.

Where’s Twitter Music For Android? Why Today’s Tech Companies Are Still Going iOS First

Android apps worth a try

By James Slavet and Sanjay Raman On December 17, 2012 The path to building a breakout mobile product comes with an entirely new set of rules.

Beyond the install: 10 keys to driving sustainable mobile user growth

http://philosophically.com/why-were-pivoting-from-mobile-first-to-web-first?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews

There has been discussion from the venture capitalist angle on the failings of mobile consumer companies, including posts by Fred Wilson and Om Malik .

Why We’re Pivoting from Mobile-first to Web-first | philosophically by Vibhu Norby

Iterations: The Harsh Realities Of iOS App Distribution

Editor’s Note: Semil Shah is an EIR with Javelin Venture Partners and has been an official contributor to TechCrunch since January 2011. You can follow him on Twitter at @semil . In this post, I’m going to try illuminate a tactical problem many application developers face, but unfortunately, I must claim upfront that I don’t know if any solution exists without a fundamental change occurring.

http://m.techcrunch.com/nock/2012/06/20/windows-8-is-a-great-big-crazy-beautiful-mess/

The Lumia 900 sold me on Windows Phone.

Windows Phone 8 Is A Great Big, Crazy, Beautiful Mess

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-27/samsung-overtakes-nokia-as-world-s-biggest-phone-vendor.html

Samsung Ends Nokia’s 14-Year Run as Biggest Handset Maker

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Printed media used to allow us to read in the places we found most comfortable.

http://getpocket.com/blog/2011/01/is-mobile-affecting-when-we-read/

Is Mobile Affecting When We Read? « Read It Later Blog

A new breed of mobile applications is coming.

http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/17/alohar-mobile-helps-developers-build-smarter-apps/

Building Smarter Apps

Mobile Payment

This page is an online two dimensional code generator which is written in PHP.

http://keremerkan.net/qr-code-and-2d-code-generator/

QR Code and 2D Code Generator | Kerem Erkan

Mobile Notifications

I was talking to a bunch of entrepreneurs a few weeks ago, and someone asked me what I thought was new and game changing. I replied mobile notifications.

The Media Comes To The Defense Of WikiLeaks At LeWeb: “The Leakers Will Win”

Today during the Media Panel at LeWeb ’10 in Paris, France, there was one thing on everyones’ mind: WikiLeaks.

Sure, you like all the great benefits of having your phone know where you are. Looking up directions or local weather information becomes that much faster. But outside companies and agencies are equally delighted to have access to your location information--and not just to send you coupons.