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Google Launches Android Design Site to Promote Android UIs

Mountain View-based Internet giant Google is keen on ensuring that new, more appealing applications are being built for its Android mobile operating system. The launch of a new version of the OS - none other than Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) – marked a change in design, the biggest the platform has seen ...

13 January 2012
08:13 GMT

Holo Theme Becomes Standard on All Android 4.0 Devices

Along with the Android 3.0 operating system version, Google introduced the Holo theme family that is present on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich as well. Developers who already came up with software for the new operating system have already encountered this feature, meant to ease the application building process for...

4 January 2012
16:11 GMT

bada SDK 2.0.3 Adds Support for More Languages

Today, South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung Electronics announced the availability of a new version of the bada SDK that enables application developers to come up with software for devices running under its proprietary OS. The new flavor of the SDK packs a series of new features for app builders to take advanta...

14 December 2011
17:01 GMT

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

Windows 8 Devs to Get 80% Cut from Windows Store App Revenues

What Windows 8 users will benefit from when accessing the upcoming Windows Store is only one side of the entire story, while the other involves developers and why they should deliver apps for the portal. For starters, it appears that they will be enjoying better revenues for successful apps in the storefront, whil...

7 December 2011
06:59 GMT

Download BlackBerry Java SDK v7.1 Beta

RIM seems set to make sure that the owners of BlackBerry handsets do benefit from a wide range of choices when it comes to the software that can be installed on their devices, and the company has just released a new tool aimed at offering developers the possibility to come up with new applications, namely the BlackB...

19 November 2011
10:51 GMT

Video Presentation of Setting Up In-App Purchasing with Nokia Java SDK

Nokia might be moving to Microsoft's Windows Phone, but the company is still committed to offering support to those developers who come up with applications for its Symbian devices, and who have applications available for download via the Nokia Store. Thus, the handset vendor is providing them with more option...

16 November 2011
14:31 GMT

Android NDK r7 Brings Support for Android 4.0

A few weeks ago, Google announced a new version of their Android mobile operating system, Ice Cream Sandwich, and the company has been releasing updated developer tools ever since with the new Android NDK r7 being the latest in the series. The updated version of the Android NDK is meant to provide application deve...

12 November 2011
12:01 GMT

Nokia Confirms Free Windows Phones for Application Developers

Those application developers who would like to come up with software targeting Microsoft's Windows Phone platform and who are already registered Nokia developers will soon receive new handsets from Nokia to help them move to the new development platform. Nokia already announced plans to push out a number of n...

10 November 2011
09:01 GMT

RIM Announces General Availability of Native SDK for the BlackBerry PlayBook

Yesterday, Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion announced the general release of a new tool for developers interested in coming up with application for its tablet PC, namely the Native SDK for the BlackBerry PlayBook (“NDK”).The NDK has been so far available in a beta flavor, but the company ha...

19 October 2011
12:51 GMT

ChevronWP7 Labs Coming Soon to Unlock Windows Phones

ChevronWP7 Labs, the service that will offer Windows Phone users the possibility to unlock their devices for a small fee, is expected to kick off soon. The service was announced several months ago, yet the team behind it, which includes developers Rafael Rivera, Chris Walsh, Long Zheng, is getting ready to make ...

15 October 2011
08:11 GMT

Mozilla's OS for the Open Web to Compete with Mobile Platforms

Feeling that today's platforms impose too many boundaries for developers, Mozilla proposes a new approach with the building of an operating system for the open web, one that would enable the creation of apps equal or better than the native apps built for the iPhone, Android, and Windows Phone 7. The project...

26 July 2011
10:03 GMT

BlackBerry DevCon Americas 2011 Registration Info

Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion has just announced a series of details on the registrations for the BlackBerry DevCon Americas 2011 conference, which is set to take place between October 18-20th, 2011, in San Francisco. The company announced that those who would like to participate would be able to...

14 July 2011
16:21 GMT

App Development Faster for Windows Phone 7 than for Android

Windows Phone 7, the mobile operating system Redmond-based software giant Microsoft brought to the market last year, is reportedly offering a better experience to developers than Google's Android platform does. This is so courtesy of the developer tools that the platform is backed with, and of the reduced compl...

18 April 2011
13:11 GMT

Novell's Mono Brings .NET Applications to Android

Recently, Novell announced the launch of Mono for Android, a tool that enables the development of Microsoft .NET applications for Google's mobile platform using Microsoft Visual Studio.The addition of Mono for Android to Novell's existing Mono development tools offers Microsoft .NET and C# developers who u...

7 April 2011
13:01 GMT

BlackBerry PlayBook App Development Detailed at Adobe Max 2010

Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion will be present at the Adobe MAX 2010 conference, which is set to take place in Los Angeles, California, starting today, until October 27th. The smartphone designer is set to offer a series of details on the process of developing applications for the newly announced Bla...

23 October 2010
06:10 GMT

BlackBerry Tablet OS Presented by CEO of QNX Software Systems

On Monday, handset vendor Research In Motion announced the release of its own tablet PC, the BlackBerry PlayBook, which runs under a new platform, the BlackBerry Tablet OS, based on technology by QNX Software Systems. A closer look at the Tablet OS is offered by Dan Dodge, co-founder and CEO of this company, via an ...

29 September 2010
06:42 GMT

Download Visual Basic CTP for Windows Phone Developer Tools

Last week, Redmond-based software giant Microsoft announced the launch of a final version of Windows Phone Developer Tools, and now it brings forth even more development solutions for those interested in building applications for its new Windows Phone 7 mobile OS, namely Visual Basic CTP for Windows Phone Developer ...

23 September 2010
09:47 GMT

Qt 4.7 Released, Included in Qt SDK

A new Qt SDK is now available for download, capable of enabling a faster and smoother user experience, while including the Qt 4.7 and Qt Creator 2.0.1. The solution offers developers the possibility to easily create applications for various platforms, including mobile phones that run under the Symbian and MeeGo oper...

22 September 2010
05:45 GMT

Download Windows Phone 7 Training Kit for Developers - RTM Refresh

Along with the final version of Windows Phone Developer Tools and with the showcasing of various applications for the Windows Phone 7 operating system, a new version of the Windows Phone 7 Training Kit for Developers has been made available for download, a RTM Refresh. Microsoft is working hard on delivering as many...

18 September 2010
06:24 GMT

Windows Phone Developer Tools Go Final

Application developers interested in building software solutions for Microsoft's new mobile operating system, Windows Phone 7, can now download and install the final version of the Windows Phone Developer Tools from the Redmond-based company.About two weeks ago, the company announced that the developer tools wo...

16 September 2010
14:12 GMT

Windows Phone 7 Events in September

Redmond-based software giant Microsoft is nearing fast the release of its new mobile operating system, Windows Phone 7, and it seems that it is also trying to ramp up the development of various software solutions for the platform. The company already released a series of tools aimed at helping developers come up wit...

8 September 2010
03:54 GMT

Windows Phone 7 Dev Tools Go Final on September 16th

Redmond-based software giant Microsoft is gearing up for the release of the first mobile phones to run under its new Windows Phone 7 operating system with new announcement regarding the development of applications for the mobile platform.According to the company, the application development tools it made available f...

24 August 2010
02:15 GMT

Windows Phone Marketplace and Applications

Along with the unveiling of a set of development tools for those interested in building applications for the new Windows Phone 7 OS, Microsoft also announced that software solutions developed for the new platform would be brought to users via a new Windows Phone Marketplace. The new software solutions portal comes w...

16 March 2010
06:03 GMT

More Windows Phone 7 Application Development Details

Windows Phone 7 seems to be one of the main characters at the MIX10 conference, as Microsoft has unveiled a wide range of details on the development of applications for the new mobile operating system. Scott Guthrie, corporate vice president, .NET Developer Platform, and Joe Belfiore, corporate vice president, Windo...

16 March 2010
04:55 GMT

Windows Phone 7 MIX10 Sessions Get Detailed

The MIX10 session in mid-March is the place where Microsoft is expected to provide all the necessary info needed for developing applications for the newly introduced Windows Phone 7 OS, and now the company has published some more details on the MIX10 sessions dedicated to the mobile platform. The fresh OS requires fo...

6 March 2010
04:31 GMT

Improving Windows Mobile Application Development

Redmond-based software company Microsoft launched in October last year a new flavor of its mobile client, Windows Mobile 6.5, accompanying it with new services for mobile phones, including the Windows Marketplace for Mobile, the place where users will find applications available for download for their devices. Devel...

23 February 2010
03:44 GMT

New Opera Mobile Widgets Manager Available

Norwegian software company Opera is already known for its plans to offer its mobile browsers to a wider range of smartphone operating systems on the market, and now we learn that it made more advancements in the area, as it released a new version of the Opera Mobile Widgets Manager. According to the company, the sol...

22 February 2010
13:51 GMT

Confirmed: Windows Phone 7 Won't Support WinMo Apps

Windows Mobile developers will certainly be very disappointed with this piece of news, especially those who are currently working on releasing their applications for the 6.5 version of the operating system, since it has been confirmed that the new Windows Phone 7 OS won't include support for older applications....

19 February 2010
05:10 GMT

MIX10 Has 12 Sessions Dedicated to Windows Phone

Redmond-based software company Microsoft seems determined to unveil as much as possible on its plans for the mobile market at the upcoming MIX10 conference in March this year, and it has scheduled eleven new sessions on Windows Phone for that event. Added to the already reported session, that makes a total of twelve...

5 February 2010
04:36 GMT

Android 2.1 Now Included in Android SDK

Last week Google unveiled to the world the newest iteration of its Android operating system, namely Android 2.1, and now we learn that it also provided support for those who want to build applications for it. The Android Developers Team announced the availability of Android 2.1 with the Android SDK, so that applicat...

12 January 2010
02:23 GMT

FlyCast Intros New Mobile Application Development Solution

FlyCast announced today the launch of its own mobile application development ecosystem, which comes under the name of 'appMobi', and which is aimed at offering web developers new way of building rich applications for the iPhone and for Android-based mobile phones. Moreover, the company added that the new a...

7 January 2010
17:31 GMT

Sprint Announces Support for iDEN Application Development

Mobile phone operator Sprint announced on Tuesday that it expanded its Sprint Application Developer Program, and that it supported new options for iDEN development. According to the company, it is committed to offer developers all the support it can give for the building of applications and mobile content that ...

6 January 2010
08:40 GMT

New Apps and Development Solutions for Blackberry

The BlackBerry operating system, from the Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion, will soon see a series of new applications and development solutions. The handset vendor announced recently that it would deliver a new SDK to developers, with support for a wider range of features, including Adobe tools, OpenG...

11 November 2009
17:21 GMT

AT&T Purchases Plusmo

AT&T announced recently the purchase of privately held Plusmo, Inc., the provider of cross-platform mobile application solutions, in a move aimed at enabling the wireless carrier to simplify mobile application development. According to the mobile phone operator, the purchase brings it an open standards technology tha...

1 October 2009
05:27 GMT

Palm Flooded with App Catalog Additions

Palm's webOS mobile platform has been around for a few months now, ever since Palm Pre, the first handset to run under it, reached the market on Sprint's airwaves, and it seems that it has become the platform of choice for a wide range of application developers out there. So many of them have submitted thei...

24 September 2009
10:03 GMT

China Mobile and the Symbian Foundation Announce Collaboration

China Mobile, the world's largest carrier when it comes to the number of subscribers, together with the Symbian Foundation announced today their collaboration on the improvement of the mobile ecosystem in the country. At the same time, the agreement between the two is also aimed at stimulating the development of...

9 September 2009
08:23 GMT

Official BlackBerry Developer's Blog Goes Live

Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion launched its official BlackBerry Developer's Blog on Tuesday. Aimed mainly at the BlackBerry developer community, the new blog should provide compelling and informative content, the company says, while also adding that the BlackBerry Developer's Blog comes as p...

12 August 2009
03:05 GMT

Symbian Foundation Adds New Member, Symsource

Symsource Limited announced today having joined lines with the Symbian Foundation, which offers one of the world's most proven, open and complete mobile software platform. The platform has at its base the Symbian OS, as well as software solutions from companies like Nokia, NTT DOCOMO, and Sony Ericsson, and also...

22 June 2009
06:59 GMT

Sun Microsystems Unleashes JavaFX Mobile Platform

Sun Microsystems announced that its JavaFX Mobile platform has been released. The new JavaFX Mobile is built around the previous Java ME platform and is meant to offer developers a means of creating immersive mobile content while also allowing them to enhance their existing investment in Java. The new platform deliv...

12 February 2009
08:42 GMT


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