Plants vs Zombies drops in-app fee
The company behind the popular Plants vs Zombies mobile game has said that the introduction of a charge for a previously free item was just a “test”. PvZ isn’t what interests me about this article....
View ArticleThe decline of the mobile web
This is a worrisome trend for the web. Mobile is the future. What wins mobile, wins the Internet. Right now, apps are winning and the web is losing. I wouldn’t say it’s all doom and gloom, but this...
View ArticleAbout the decline of the mobile web
I linked to an article discussing the decline of the mobile web yesterday, and for the most part, I agree with it. Mobile is overtaking the web. John Gruber doesn’t agree: I think Dixon has it all...
View ArticleRusty Rants
If you are looking for a well-written blog that focuses on mobile and isn’t simply singing the praises of Apple or Google, I highly recommend this one. Having a healthy dose of curmudgeon doesn’t hurt,...
View ArticleWeb Apps
Meanwhile, more and more native apps are actually using web views, either for parts of their UI (like a timeline in a social network), or for all of their UI. If people aren’t told, they don’t notice...
View ArticleBrent Simmons on native apps and web apps
… Which is just to say that the distinction between native and web apps isn’t a true distinction. Since native apps are also web apps, and since native apps may also use HTML, the true distinction is...
View ArticleThe first Tizen smartphone isn’t an “Android killer”—it’s a bad Android clone
Tizen is the Highlander of the mobile world. The Linux-based OS is an amalgamation of every other failed or aborted Linux smartphone platform. If it’s Linux-based and not made by Google, there’s a good...
View ArticleWhat makes an on-screen keyboard fun?
The default iOS on-screen keyboard needs a lot of screen real estate for things we don’t care about: language settings, microphone input, a space bar and word suggestions. Most modern on-screen...
View ArticleWhat’s the Fuss with Google’s Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP)?
It’s easy for sites with rich content to run into performance issues on mobile devices. If you’ve ever browsed a content site that has a heavy footprint on desktop, chances are, the site wasn’t the...
View ArticleIt Was Inevitable: Nintendo Finally Puts Mario on iPhone
The end of one era and the start of another.
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