Realtor Nick Galiano wanted to create a downloadable application that would let clients browse his firm’s home listings from mobile phones. Professional software developers wanted him to cough up $30,000 for a trio of apps for Apple’s iPhone ...

When mobile users feel they don't like how their apps perform after the first trial, some 75% of them won't launch the app again. That's the metric cited by engineers and marketers at HP Software, who note that this first wave of mobile apps ...

Google has added an automated scanning process that is designed to keep malicious apps out of the Android Market, the company announced today. The new service, code-named "Bouncer," scans apps for known malware, spyware, and Trojans, and looks ...

A new report from the crash report analytics company Crittercism indicates that iOS apps tend to crash more than Android apps. But are the numbers truly indicative of an Apple issue, or are they typical of what one might see in the app landscape shortly ...

Do we need another way to search for mobile apps? Yahoo thinks so. The new Apps search tab is snuggled in among other tabs, including Images and Shopping. You can search for device-specific apps or filter by price or category. Yahoo built it, but will ...