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March 15, 2011

Google Issues Final Android 3.0 SDK

Google has officially released the software development kit (SDK) for Android 3.0, aka “Honeycomb.” Unlike the 2.x versions of Android, this release is designed to support the larger screen sizes

Why Should Only iPad Owners Get Usable Apps?

The insurance company Aflac has created a new app for the iPad that has greatly increased the effectiveness of its salespeople. However, the app doesn’t really do anything that couldn’t

JDK 7 Developer Preview Now Available

After fixing 456 bugs, Oracle says the new version of Java SE Development Kit version 7 (JDK 7) is ready for testing by developers. According to the company, the release

Symbian is Here to Stay, Says Nokia

After Nokia announced that its new handsets would support Windows Phone 7 instead of Symbian, it experienced a sharp drop in developer enthusiasm for the older operating system. But the

Profanity in Code Comments by Programming Language

Andrew Vos recently ran an unusual analysis of code comments on GitHub that’s attracting some attention. Using George Carlin’s “Seven Dirty Words,” he analyzed 929857 commit messages and found 210