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So, following after that report on app developers actually making money via Windows Phone 7, we get word that Scoreloop is going to make WP7 part of its cross-platform mobile games development ecosystem.

MTV and VH1 are both developing tablet-optimized sites as well as apps. The reasoning is that they believe the use habits on both is distinct enough to justify a two-pronged approach. This could serve as a way to get new business: develop an app and a tablet-optimized site.

Bloomberg is reporting that Microsoft will cease development of its family of Zune-branded music players due to weak demand and a desire to focus on its smartphone platform.

Magazine using only html5

New consumer panel offering in the works from Nielsen and facebook

stats on textplus and unique perspective into the benefits of an amazon app store

gaga, polariod and bloomingdales developing sunglasses that record video, camera with built-in computer

Stats about mobile's impact on shoppers

Early adopters of the social-game space, such as Zynga, Crowdstar and Playdom -- known in the industry as part of Facebook's "Top 10" -- are still raking in all the users and much of the revenue, but rising ad prices, a cluttered market, and higher transaction fees are forcing smaller players elsewhere, and in many cases off Facebook altogether.

The National Movement for America's Children published an online video soliciting ideas for a clear, measurable approach to child development. This is being followed by a massive effort to aggregate and synthesize the responses into a cohesive national strategy for our children. This listening and dialogue will occur on the pledge site, on social media channels such as Twitter and Facebook, and in live town hall events throughout the country. The effort culminates Nov. 6 when we'll hold a rally to roll out this crowdsourced in Washington, D.C

Web apps developed in response to Apple subscription changes.

To save the Internet as a platform for innovation, we need to see concerted intervention to protect the rights of users to create. Most importantly, we must fight for the Internet craftsman-the individual who is free to develop networks, services, and applications and who shapes networking technologies better to meet her own needs and those of her community.

mozilla created an api that allows developers to give apps offline capabilities

Windows Phone poaching WebOS devs after the HP fallout

Facebook, the world's largest social network, is planning acquisitions that will improve site design, keep its service reliable and advance mobile features to stave off competition from Google and Twitter. The company aims to make about 20 purchases in 2011, up from 10 last year and one in 2009, Vaughan Smith, Facebook's director of corporate development, said in an interview.

API for the smart grid

Headline speaks for itself: Android = good for advertisers, iOS = good for developers

Whitelabel social tv app developer, Loyalize. They're responsible for the Motorola Social TV app.