From financial guarantees to business support, companies are working hard to get developers to look beyond iOS and Android. [Read more]

A recent visit to Verizon's app innovation center in San Francisco yielded some direction on where it thinks apps are headed. [Read more]

OS X Mountain Lion's Gatekeeper feature will keep users from installing software unless it's signed by developers, and Apple's reminding developers of that. [Read more]

Four leading mobile game developers divulge their thoughts on the rise of mobile gaming, the iOS vs. Android vs. WP7 industry face-off, the impact of HD tablets like the iPad 3, and whether mobile gaming is now challenging the dominance of game consoles. ...

MoPub, a mobile ad server, has conducted a study in which it found that apps that have been rejected due to Apple's new UDID restrictions have cost developers 24 percent in revenue. [Read more]

Nokia's wide distribution and local know-how can be good resources for a developer looking to get ahead overseas. Its unique technology set means better apps too. [Read more]

Some Devs say Microsoft is paying them to build apps for Windows Phone

Trying to push forward with Windows Phone, the company continues to help developers create apps by providing financial incentives. [Read more]

The two companies are investing the money in a new apps development program at Aalto University in Finland to drum up interest in Windows Phone and Nokia's mobile platforms. [Read more]

Bloomberg News reports that Research In Motion is set to hand out 2,000 prototypes running its BlackBerry 10 software to strum up support from developers. [Read more]

App developers will get their hands on the latest BlackBerry prototype months before it is released, which should allow for a greater selection of programs when it hits shelves.

Congress has sent another letter to Apple, as well as 33 mobile app developers on iOS, asking if, and how they collect user information. [Read more]