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Popular theme developer "the1dynasty" has had his Google Play account terminated for failure to comply with the store's terms of use. Google's Play Store policy means developers cannot use "Android" or "Google" in their package or app names to prevent confusion between official apps which is the rule in which the apps in question fell foul to.

the1dynasty received a slap on the wrist...

One of the biggest battles for major platform holders will be for the automotive. Google announced at their I/O developer conference earlier this year that the tech giant has plans to outpace competitors with Android Auto; but it stalled on providing most of the vital details.

Now Google has released a design template for Android Auto which developers must use when creating apps for the car. (It's worth remembering at this point the "apps" function as extensions of...

Any iOS developer will tell you that the Apple App Store review process is full of mystery. Luckily, Apple has finally given developers some clues into why their app was not approved. In a post on developers.apple.com, Apple outlined and explained the top 10 reasons why they reject apps from the App Store. Below are all 10, ranked from the most obvious to the strangely vague:

1. Crashes & Bugs

This one makes is...

App Annie, an industry standard in analytics and market data in the apps and digital economy, has released their Q2 report which highlights the performance of nearly three million apps across all the major app stores for the iOS, Android, and Windows Phone platforms. It covers an interesting period due to the "Summer of Sport" which featured the World Cup in Brazil.

The main finding of the report is that Google's Play Store has increased its lead over Apple's App Store in terms of...

Like any business entering into a new market for the first time, it is of vital importance for mobile app testers to understand the temperament of that market. As Silicon India recently discussed, the China mobile market represents an intriguing landscape with a high ceiling, but it is not without its own set of challenges and nuances.

The People’s Republic of China has a population...

DeveloperTech (DT) caught up with Phani Pandrangi (PP) to discuss some of the industry’s biggest topics such as how the company is easing the transitional period we are seeing to the Cloud, as well as how to take advantage of the mighty market of China. Pandrangi is the Chief Product Officer at Kii, a carrier-grade Cloud-orientated mobile app development platform.

DT: The Cloud is undoubtedly the biggest topic for developers at the moment. How is Kii helping it to be utilised to its full potential?

PP: So our...

Rather than teaching the next-generation to create, we're teaching them to consume. Amazon unveiled its anticipated Fire Phone yesterday and the company has removed almost all of Android's productive abilities and replaced them with the ability to easily buy and consume Amazon content. It really solidifies the viewpoint.

One of the key features of the Fire Phone is 'Firefly' where you can point at almost any object with the device's camera in order to purchase it. This is an impressive feat of technology, but...

Since the beginning of the mobile app economy, the App Store has always been driven to new heights when small, independent game companies released a surprise hit. Just look at Supercell, Rovio, Zeptolab, and King! All those companies were tiny (or even non-existent!) when the App Store launched in 2008, and now each company is pulling in millions of dollars in revenue.

Today, independent app developers are facing a

Isn’t it a pain when you have to buy or download an app 2 or 3 times if you want the different versions created for your PC, your tablet and your mobile device? Isn’t it a much BIGGER pain to be the one that has to develop or test 3 separate versions of that application?

Microsoft thinks so, and they may be just the first platform to dive into the idea of unifying their...

Have you noticed the rise in applications making use of in-app purchases? A new report from VentureBeat Intel shows these developers have good reason to implement them; after all, they are by far the most lucrative method of monetisation.

The report collates data taken from 176 various developers across 1,000 different games to get a clear idea of how others can profit from their works.

It takes into account the cost-effectiveness of implementing the various methods...