February 20, 2010

After clearing the final regulatory hurdles, the deal that will allow Microsoft’s Bing to power Yahoo searches seems all but sure to go through. Yahoo has posted some information about how the new deal will impact developers, but as ReadWriteWeb notes, “The overall message in Yahoo’s announcement to developers, though,

Google is courting developers with a new “Qualified Developer” certification. In order to achieve the title, developers must rack up enough points in four different categories: application development, community participation, references, and a qualification exam. Those who do successfully complete the requirements will be able to use a special logo

Bump wants everyone to use their technology to transfer data from one smartphone to another. With that goal in mind, they’ve released an API and held a developer contest to recognize creative apps that use Bump. Winning entries include CheckOut, which transfers gift cards; CloudNote, which swaps digital Post-It notes;