Kik CEO: “We’ll Support Windows Phone When WebKit Support is Added to WP8”
We’ve been getting a lot of questions here on TruTower regarding Kik Messenger‘s support of the Windows Phone platform, or lack thereof. The app has gone more than a year…
Kik Raises $19.5 Million As It Aims to Lead the Mobile Messaging Market
Kik Interactive, Inc., the good people behind the popular Kik Messenger app, has raised $19.5 million in a round of Series B funding, led by new investor Foundation Capital, and…
Adobe Flash for Android Goes the Way of the Dinosaur
Adobe surprised the entire industry last November when it announced that it was going to axe Flash for mobile devices in favor of an allegiance with HTML5. The day we’ve…
Mozilla: Slew of Carriers, Phone Manufacturers Set to Support Firefox OS (Formerly Boot to Gecko)
Mozilla’s newly-named Firefox OS, the HTML5-based operating system formerly known as Boot to Gecko or B2G, has already gained favor across the world with a number of carriers, including Deutsche…
Adobe: No More Flash For Android
Adobe is effectively killing off its Flash Player browser plug-in for Android. The current version of Flash will no longer be downloadable after August 15th. Adobe will not be developing…
Truphone’s Tru VoIP App For Windows Phone or Boot to Gecko (B2G)?
Many of you asked if I would look into the possibility of Tru releasing their voice over IP app for Windows Phone or Mozilla’s Boot to Gecko (B2G) OS. We…
Mozilla’s Boot to Gecko (B2G), More Open Than iOS and Android
TruTower readers will remember last month when we first covered Mozilla’s upcoming Boot to Gecko (B2G) operating system. Mozilla had first announced its ecosystem partners for the open HTML5-based OS.…
Study: Android Developer Interest Decreasing. iOS, Windows Phone on the Rise
According to a recent study from Appcelerator and International Data Corporation (IDC), Android fragmentation could be causing a decrease in interest from application developers. The study, conducted every quarter for…