August 23, 2011

Microsoft Offers webOS Devs Free Phones and Training

After HP announced its decision to stop manufacturing smartphones and tablets for the webOS platform, Microsoft made an offer to the developers disenfranchised by the decision. Windows Phone exec Brandon Watson tweeted, “To Any Published WebOS Devs: We’ll give you what you need to be successful on #WindowsPhone, incl. free

China Emerges as a Mobile Development Hot Spot

Chinese developers have typically faced a lot of challenges in targeting the U.S. software market, but Apple’s App Store is changing that. According to App Annie, more than 100 Chinese developers have apps that have been very successful internationally. “We have seen Chinese app makers have been growing fast in