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RAWR! Interactive Developer Talks About Finding Creativity In The Absurd

Pedro Underlich started the mobile studio RAWR! Interactive to combat complacent mobile users. Its latest title aims to get you into a fight with your iPhone.

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WhosHere, WNM Live Sling Mud Over Alleged Legal Harassment

According to an indie entrepreneur, low-rated social location app WhosHere has attempted to eliminate his better-received competitor.

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Samsung’s Other Voice Recognition Technology Shouldn’t Have IBM In A Cold Sweat

Not much attention has been paid to the Galaxy S III’s other voice recognition technology, a surprisingly advanced system that can wake the phone up from sleep mode.

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Half Of Pregnancies Are Unplanned. Fortunately, MyPill Is The App For That

Some of the most common methods of contraception are also the most likely to fail, according to new research at Washington University — and those failures are due to user error rather than anything inherently ineffective about hormonal birth control pills or the contraceptive patch. But without resorting to other birth control methods, is there any way mobile developers can increase the effectiveness of common contraceptives?

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Android Malware Genome Project: Norton Detects Just 20 Percent Of Malware

Researchers tested four leading mobile anti-virus brands, and found that some were starkly more effective than others. Lookout and Trend Micro performed well, identifying nearly 80 percent of infections, with AVG trailing at 54.7 percent. The clear loser was Norton, which found just 20.0 percent of malware.

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S Voice Released, Promptly Hacked To Run On Other Android Devices

Hackers wasted no time in releasing S Voice for other current-generation Android phones, casting a shadow on Samsung’s day in the sun while potentially opening up the functionality to a much wider range of users.

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Like Google Years Ago, Yahoo! Releases Browser

The web may be littered with the husks of failed browsers, but struggling search outfit Yahoo! is tossing its hat into the ring nonetheless, with a “search browser” seemingly aimed mainly at mobile platforms, but also available as a plugin for popular desktop browsers.

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Android, iOS Run 82 Percent Of Smartphones. What About The Other 18 Percent?

The mobile operating system scene is now dominated by Apple and Google, according to research firm IDC, with the two now accounting for a combined 82 percent of the market. The other 18 percent is a surprising mixture of has-beens, potential rivals, and unknowns.

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Job Opening Confirms Skype Integration For Next-Gen XBOX

A recently posted London job opening on the Microsoft Careers website confirms the development of a next generation XBOX with Skype integration. The job opening tasks a lead program manager with running a team to build and support the application through the post-launch period of the yet-to-be-named console.

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BizHappy: Mobile Marketing For Main Street

BizHappy is the first mobile marketing app to understand exactly what small businesses need to get started with mobile marketing.

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