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Microsoft Brings Bing Search API on the Windows Azure Marketplace

Recently, Microsoft announced plans to move various development tools to its Windows Azure Marketplace, including the Bing Search API, now available for download through the store. In line with the new service structure, the API can be accessed for free on the Marketplace by all developers with up to 5,000 queries p...

18 May 2012
05:59 GMT

Devs Get an Early Chance to Submit Windows 8 Apps to the Windows Store

The final release of Windows 8 is drawing near, and Microsoft is working on ensuring that the platform is capable of providing users with the features and capabilities they are looking for. Thus, it wants to make sure that a load of Metro applications will be available for download for Windows 8 right from the start...

10 May 2012
05:57 GMT

32 GB HP TouchPad Only $149.99 for webOS Developers

The last batch of HP TouchPad devices is now available for purchase in the United States, and HP is offering the tablet at discounted price tags for webOS developers interested in it. The Developer Device Purchase Program for the HP TouchPad is time limited, and is available only for registered developers living i...

7 November 2011
18:31 GMT

Microsoft Starts Shipping Free Windows Phones to Developers

Microsoft is currently sending out Windows Phone devices to developers interested in coming up with applications for the company's mobile platform. The software giant promised these devices a while ago, and they were spotted recently getting ready to take off. Apparently, the first of them have already arriv...

7 November 2011
10:35 GMT

Windows Phone Mango Arrives Without In-App Purchases

Dubbed Mango, the next flavor of Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system should bring along a wide range of enhancements for end-users and developers alike, but it seems that some features will be missing from the mix when the platform lands later this year, and that support for in-app purchases will be one ...

22 July 2011
04:44 GMT

Microsoft Updates Developer Resources for Windows Phone

Redmond-based software giant Microsoft is gearing up for the release of a new version of its mobile operating system, dubbed Windows Phone Mango, and the company has just announced a series of updates to the developer resources it put in place for those who would like to come up with applications for the platform. L...

9 July 2011
07:22 GMT

BlackBerry DEVCON Dates and Locations for Asia and Europe

Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion has just unveiled the dates and locations for the BlackBerry DEVCON Europe and the BlackBerry DEVCON Asia events that were initially announced during the BlackBerry World conference 2011 in May. The leading handset vendor announced that the BlackBerry DEVCON Asia, the s...

30 June 2011
04:07 GMT

Windows Phone Mango to Be Released to Devs This Week

Windows Phone Mango, the next version of Microsoft's mobile operating system, is expected to become available for developers as soon as this week, reports emerged. Apparently, the Redmond-based software giant plans on making the beta flavor of the OS available for all developers who registered in the App Hub fo...

22 June 2011
03:41 GMT

Next Windows Phone with New Features for Developers

On Wednesday, during the MIX11 conference in Las Vegas, Microsoft announced the upcoming availability of a new flavor of its Windows Phone platform this fall, codenamed Mango, and also a wide range of new features that would be available for application developers. This fall, the next version of Windows Phone wi...

14 April 2011
02:04 GMT

Bing Maps SDK for Android Appears on Codeplex

An open-source Bing Maps SDK for Android has been released on Codeplex, coming from InKnowledge and aimed at offering developers the possibility to benefit from map controls in their Android applications. The new SDK includes a series of libraries and assets that were meant to offer app builders the possibility to c...

1 April 2011
07:17 GMT

In-app Billing Now Live in the Android Market

On Tuesday, Mountain View-based Internet giant Google has added a new feature to the Android Market, the application portal for devices running under its mobile operating system, namely In-app Billing. Last week, the company announced that developers could test the feature in the applications they submit to their...

30 March 2011
01:58 GMT

Microsoft Intros Global Publisher Program for Windows Phone Marketplace

Windows Phone 7, the mobile operating system that Microsoft brought to the market in October last year, is continuously expanding, the same as the app ecosystem behind it, and Microsoft has just announced new steps it takes towards ensuring that developers enjoy a wide range of opportunities. There are over 9,000 ap...

9 March 2011
04:21 GMT

RIM Simplifies App World Sign Up Process

On Monday, Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion announced a series of changes brought to the BlackBerry App World, aimed at offering developers a better experience when it comes to signing up for the portal, or to coming up with applications for the BlackBerry operating system.Apparently, the handset vendo...

8 March 2011
03:26 GMT

Devs Can Add up to 100 Free Apps in the Windows Phone Marketplace

Redmond-based software giant Microsoft seems keen on having as many mobile applications as possible included in the Windows Phone Marketplace, and it already started to take additional steps towards making sure that this happens. To be more precise, the company decided to increase the number of free apps that develo...

28 February 2011
08:20 GMT

Nokia to Offer Free Nokia E7 and Windows Phone Handsets to Devs

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is reportedly set to do whatever it takes to keep developers focused on the Symbian platform, and the delivery of free Nokia E7 devices seems to be part of the plan. Apparently, the handset vendor would offer the said device to Launchpad members (Launchpad is Nokia’s mobile app...

18 February 2011
09:16 GMT

First Windows Phone 7 Developer Payouts Announced

Windows Phone 7 developers have already started to receive money for the applications they have submitted to the Windows Phone Marketplace, after a wait of around three months since the application portal was launched, along with the new mobile platform itself. Microsoft promised sometime in December that it would p...

31 January 2011
12:51 GMT

Extended $99 Rebate Program for the Over 20k Developers for Windows Phone 7

Windows Phone 7, the new mobile operating system from Microsoft, is enjoying an increasing number of app developers joining the community, as well as a fast growing Marketplace.At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, Microsoft announced officially that there are over 20,000 developers registered for...

7 January 2011
10:31 GMT

New Android Market Client Released

Mountain View-based Internet giant Google is hard at work with the release of a series of enhancements to the Android Market experience that both users and developers receive. The Android Market client was updated on Friday, and should be delivered to all users of handsets that are based on Android 1.6 or higher...

11 December 2010
04:58 GMT

Windows Phone 7 Developer Payouts in January

The Windows Phone 7 developer community is increasing, Redmond-based Microsoft confirmed recently, with over 18,000 registered developers committed to deliver applications for the mobile Operating system, and with a number of almost 4,000 applications already available for download in the Marketplace. Both free and ...

10 December 2010
03:29 GMT

Android Market Apps Require Rating Based on Content

Mountain View-based Internet giant Google has put in place some new rules for the applications submitted to the Android Market, the portal where users can download and install various software solutions on their Android-powered mobile phones.The company requires developers to categorize their applications based on w...

25 November 2010
01:29 GMT

Android Market Publishing Interface Changed Ahead of Gingerbread

The Android Market, the software solutions portal from where the owners of devices running under Google's Android operating system can download and install applications on their devices, has suffered a series of changes, affecting the app publishing experience for developers.Google already informed developers o...

18 November 2010
02:45 GMT

Windows Phone Marketplace Has Over 2,000 Apps, New Features

Along with the release of the first Window Phone 7 handsets in the United States, a series of new changes were brought to the Windows Phone Merketplace too, including new features, in addition to a larger number of applications than only a few weeks ago.The Windows Phone Marketplace already includes a number of more...

9 November 2010
01:29 GMT

Windows Phone Marketplace Early Access Announced for Developers

Redmond-based software giant Microsoft is moving closer and closer to the official unveiling of its new mobile operating system, Windows phone 7, and of a new software portal for users and for developers, the Windows Phone Marketplace.As the official launch date nears, the company is making new steps towards having ...

5 October 2010
04:00 GMT

Android Market Brings Paid Apps to 32 Countries

Android Market, the software portal Internet giant Google put in place for the owners of Android-based devices, comes both with free and paid applications, the latter expected to be available for users in a number of 32 countries in the near future. During the next 2 weeks, Android users in 18 new countries should t...

1 October 2010
04:15 GMT

RIM Unveils BlackBerry Advertising Service

One of the new services that BlackBerry maker Research In motion announced for its Application Platform was the BlackBerry Advertising Service, aimed at offering app builders the possibility to integrate advertising in their BlackBerry smartphone software solutions easily. Moreover, the new service is meant to offer...

28 September 2010
05:19 GMT

Windows Phone Marketplace Also with Private Distribution

More good news for developers emerged from Redmond-based Microsoft in regard to the building and distributing applications for the Windows Phone 7 operating system. Following the recent announcement regarding the updated Windows Phone Marketplace policies, the company unveiled that developers would have the opportun...

9 June 2010
04:21 GMT

AdMob Releases New SDKs for Mobile Phones

AdMob seems set to expand the ability application developers have on monetizing their mobile traffic on various mobile operating systems, as the company has recently announced that new SDK’s for Android, Flash Lite and iPhone platforms are available. At the same time, AdMob made available a series of new tools...

26 March 2010
14:51 GMT

Apple in Search of iPhone Developers

Cupertino-based company Apple announced not too long ago that its App Store, the software solutions portal it launched for users of an iPhone or an iPod, reached the number of 100,000 applications. When compared to the number of applications available through other similar portals around, the amount of iPhone s...

16 November 2009
05:05 GMT

Windows Marketplace Localization, a Problem for Developers

Redmond-based Microsoft released on Tuesday a new version of its Windows Mobile operating system, the 6.5 flavor, and, along with it, a software portal that offers mobile phone users who own a WM 6.5-powered device direct access to a wide range of apps developed for their OS. Available in a variety of countries aroun...

9 October 2009
06:36 GMT


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