Additionally, multiplayer means that gamers will be playing the title longer after release, a good metric for any developer.

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Disappointment leads to apathy, which is the swan song for any developer.

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Kiip also now has turned on self-serve for any app developer to connect to Kiip and start adding rewards to their apps.

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Like you have music controls that are on the home screen of some devices, but it's not that easy for any application developer to use.

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Turning Facebook into a place where any developer could create applications for the community has super-charged the growth of the service ever since.

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Any third-party developer, for example, could write revolutionary apps against Symbian, if they so desire, because Nokia made Symbian an open platform.

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In actual practice, it is extremely rare that a small developer would ever be sued for infringement by any entity other than a direct competitor.

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The system will allow any software developer in the world to create a program for Google's new phone.

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Exploiting a state redevelopment act that allows municipalities to extract extra tax money by developing depressed areas, Industry declared 80% of the city land blighted by 1974, allowing the city to sell that land to any developer of its choosing without putting out a request for public bids.

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But unless an app developer restricts the permission on those activities, any app can make use of them for malicious ends.

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