If you’ve done any mobile app development, you in no doubt know all about SDKs and how they can be used to upgrade your app’s functionality, while saving you precious time and resources. For those who are still in the process of figuring it all out, Software Development Kits (SDKs) are essentially a package of pre-written code developers can embed in their apps.

Despite the fact that Apple has been taking steps towards improving the iOS app development eco-system, there is still a significant piece of the puzzle missing.

A sit down interview by Alan Weinkrantz, talking about the mobile app industry, app marketing tips, and how to get your app noticed at SXSW 2012.

The first in a series of AppsMarketing.mobi videos. Sharing thoughts, ideas and insights on all things apps, starting with this one. Here’s where developers fail, big time.

I sat down with Jonathan Messika, CEO and Co-Founder at Vodio to find out a little more about the process of developing an app, its marketing aspects, and what it really takes to build a sustainable business in the mobile app industry today.

It seems that lately tech brands can’t make a move without being sued for a variety of reasons that range from strange to the down-write dumb. Truth be told, with so much money at stake, is it any wonder that tech brands have spent more of their time and money, defending themselves from patent-trolls?

To celebrate the big 25th billion download, Apple will be giving away a $10,000 US App Store Gift Card. That’s enough to buy all the tunes and apps you can dream of. Just to be fair, they’ve also opened up the contest to folks who wish to participate, without the need to download an app.

One of the most frequently asked is, “We have an app up on the app store but it isn’t generating any money, can you help?” First of all, developing an iPhone app is usually the easy part, but if you want to successfully make money from your apps, you’ll have to start thinking beyond the hard sales, ads, and in some cases even beyond the all too common in-app purchases.

You would expect that Nintendo, being at the bleeding edge of technology and having its pulse on all things gaming would realize what’s going on here? Where they like it or not, gaming is going mobile. The truth is Nintendo president, Satoru Iwata, has made it crystal clear that they will never develop games for third-party platforms.

The true beauty of mobile is that it can serve as the platform for tech toys even for big kids. For those who love their mobile devices as much as we do, I’ve compiled a collection of some of the hottest, must have mobile tech toys money can buy.