IBM have a free new report based on a survey of more than 4,000 IT professionals from 93 countries and 25 industries on their opinions on tech trends over the next two years.
The four main areas for growth are likely to be…

Business analytics
Mobile computing 
Cloud computing 
Social business 

The report goes on to say…

"Mobile computing is here to stay, and […]

Interesting stats from Gartner today on worldwide device sales for Q3 2011. Android accounted for 52.5 percent of smartphone sales. Smartphones accounted for 26 percent of all mobile phone sales. Of most interest to developers will be the the relative market shares of the mobile platforms… 

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VisionMobile published a great summary of the mobile ecosystems today in its report "Mobile Platforms: The Clash of Ecosystems". One of the conclusions is that it’s now a two house race with iOS and Android. The question for developers such as myself is how likely is it that another (old or new) platform might take […]

If you are looking for a good primer on how to choose a mobile framework for your app then you should take a look at "The developer’s guide to mobile frameworks" on the .dot magazine website. The author, Jonathan Stark, is correct. The actual choice very much depends on the needs of the project. 
One problem with […]

The understatement site has an enlightening survey on how (US) phones have (or haven’t) been able to be updated to later versions of Android.
Last May, I covered the same topic and concluded that consumers have expectations that probably aren’t viable. I also mooted the idea that maybe OEMs might abandon major upgrades and only provide […]

Microsoft has a new post bragging how they now have license agreements accounting for over half of all Android devices. The comments in the Microsoft post make entertaining reading, particularly the one that shows the patents are very generic such as implementing both long and short file names in the same file system.
My thoughts are similar […]

As the mobile development market matures, will will start to see commercial ideas more normal on the desktop/server applied to mobile. One such idea is Verious which comes across as a ComponentSource for mobile… with a twist. The twist being that potential buyers can request and vote on components
Verious lists iOS and Android components and […]