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Hacking incidents add to mounting challenges for app developers – Mobile Marketer

Hacking incidents add to mounting challenges for app developerson apps
A reported surge in hacking incidents on mobile applications adds to the challenges facing developers, who already are confronting a growing app development backlog problem.
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Health marketers leverage mobile to correct Ebola misinformation
Marketers are leveraging mobile to correct false or misleading information about the Ebola outbreak and ease public concern, as 21st century technology is enlisted to combat a disease that resembles a plague from ancient times.
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Ford names discount gas price app the winner of Applink challenge
Ford Motor Company awarded a mobile application that lets users sign up for discounted gas prices and earn gas loyalty credits the grand prize in a contest that challenged developers to create in-vehicle apps using Ford’s Applink technology.
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UNICEF strives for biggest-ever sing-along, powered by TouchCast app
UNICEF has launched an interactive mobile application enabling everyday people to record their own version of Imagine, John Lennon’s anthem of hope and peace, alongside their favorite stars, in what the organization hopes will be the largest ever global sing-along.
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