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Windows Azure Site Revamped, New Features Available

Today, Microsoft announced the availability of an updated version of its Windows Azure website, which was complemented by a series of changes performed “under the hood.” For starters, we should note that the new Windows Azure website sports a clearer and easier to use interface, with more intuitive navi...

12 December 2011
09:23 GMT

Preview of ADT r15.0.1 Now Available for Download

Google is hard at work with delivering refined application development tools to those builders who would like to come up with software for the Android operating system, and has made available for download a preview of the Android Development Tools r15.0.1 release. The new flavor of the tools arrives shortly after ...

29 October 2011
05:33 GMT

Microsoft Kicks Off Windows Phone 7 App Challenge for WPC 2011

Recently, Redmond-based software giant Microsoft has announced the launch of a new challenge for application developers who build software for the Windows Phone 7 operating system. Called the Windows Phone 7 App Challenge for WPC 2011, the new competition kicked off on Friday, March 25th, and should run until June 6...

29 March 2011
15:51 GMT

Google's Android NDK Enables Awesome Apps

Mountain View-based Internet giant Google has made available for download last month a new flavor of their Android NDK, namely revision 5, which accompanied the new Android 2.3 Gingerbread platform flavor and which, according to the company, can offer developers the possibility to come up with awesome applications. ...

12 January 2011
03:26 GMT

Visual Basic for the WP Developer Tools RTW Available for Download

Today, the RTW (Release To Web) version of Visual Basic for Windows Phone Developer Tools has been released for all developers interested in benefiting from its features so as to come up with applications for the Windows Phone 7 platform. The new version of the app follows the September release of the CTP flavor of ...

29 November 2010
12:51 GMT

RIM Disapproves of Apple's Closed Development Environment

Jim Balsillie, Co-CEO of Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion, stated recently that the company disapproves of the closed development environment that Apple put in place for the builders of applications for its smartphones and tablets.According to Balsillie, RIM's Blackberry development environment of...

17 November 2010
03:35 GMT

App Hub Announced for Windows Phone 7 & Indie Game Developers

Following the official unveiling of new Windows Phone 7 devices, Microsoft also put in place some new services for developers of mobile applications for the platform, including the launch of a new developer website, called App Hub. The new portal was put in place for all Windows Phone and Xbox LIVE Indie Games devel...

12 October 2010
09:43 GMT

Nexus One Developer Phone Highly Popular

Mountain View-based Internet giant Google announced a few weeks ago the availability of Nexus One by HTC as a developer phone straight from its Android Developers portal, and it seems that the device is already highly popular among application builders. The initial stock of Nexus One devices reportedly sold out, and...

20 August 2010
06:13 GMT

Leaked BlackBerry 6 Developer Presentation Surfaces

Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion has recently started to offer us a glimpse at what the upcoming BlackBerry 6 operating system would be able to offer to us. According to the company, we should see a wide range of changes in the new platform version, ranging from the user interface to the manner in whic...

3 August 2010
03:20 GMT

Windows Phone Live Syncing, Business App Development

When launched on the market in the fourth quarter of the ongoing year, Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 operating system should come bundled with a nice range of services, including Windows Phone Live services. All in all, the service should be similar with what the currently available MyPhone service offers on Wind...

21 July 2010
09:36 GMT

Windows Phone 7 Dev Tools Downloaded 200K Times

Windows Phone 7 announces itself to be one of the nicest mobile operating systems Microsoft managed to push to the market. For the mobile space, it might mean a new, appealing option for users, as well as a strong competitor for the continuously growing Android platform from Google. For Microsoft, it could mark the ...

16 July 2010
09:52 GMT

Windows Phone 7 Devices for Devs Starting with Next Week

One of the steps Microsoft announced it planned on taking towards ramping up the development of applications for the upcoming Windows Phone 7 operating system was to offer Windows Phone 7 devices to developers. Of course, not to all developers, and, of course, not at random, but to those developers who seem to have ...

13 July 2010
17:41 GMT

Build Android Apps via App Inventor for Android

The building of software solutions for Google's Android operating system has just got a little easier, as a new tool is available for those interested in the matter, namely the App Inventor for Android. The new solution enables the development of applications for the Android platform through the use of a web br...

12 July 2010
06:30 GMT

Thousands of Developers to Receive Windows Phone 7 Devices

Mobile developers interested in building applications for Microsoft's new Windows Phone 7 operating system are expected to start receiving pre-release devices running under the platform come July, previous reports around the Internet suggested. Further confirmation on Microsoft's plans comes from Brandon W...

16 June 2010
10:55 GMT

Microsoft to Ramp Up Development of Windows Phone 7 Games

As the market release date of Windows Phone 7 approaches, Redmond-based software giant Microsoft is making more steps into ramping up the development of applications of the operating system, with that of mobile games included. The company is hiring more developers in the area, and a new job listing spotted on its we...

14 June 2010
03:58 GMT

New Windows Phone 7 Details Emerge

Windows Phone 7, the latest mobile operating system Redmond-based software giant Microsoft unveiled officially this year, is set to become available on the market sometime in the fourth quarter of the ongoing year, yet many are certainly interested in learning more on it before it lands. While a great deal of info o...

24 May 2010
05:38 GMT

Symbian^3 App Building Opened for Web Developers

Today, the Symbian Foundation announced the launch of web application development tools, enabling application builders to create software solutions for the Symbian platform in the simplest way possible. According to Symbian, the new tools are expected to offer creators of any technical ability the possibility to bui...

29 April 2010
12:07 GMT

Introducing Windows Phone Developer Training Kit

During the MIX10 conference, Redmond-based software company Microsoft announced the launch of a series of tools for developers willing to build applications for the newly unveiled Windows Phone 7 Series devices, and it also made a Windows Phone Training Kit available along with them. The company brought to light a s...

17 March 2010
04:58 GMT

Samsung Launches bada Developers Website

South Korean handset vendor Samsung unveiled to the world at the end of last year a new operating system for smartphones, called bada. The company said back then that it aimed at including the platform on a wide range of touchscreen devices during the ongoing year, and already said a few words on the advantages the ...

19 January 2010
05:44 GMT


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