A new primer on Microsoft’s website offers more details about software distribution for Windows 8. Traditional desktop apps will continue to be distributed all the ways they are today (retail

The University of Maryland has released a new report detailing the impact of the “Facebook App Economy” on the U.S. economy as a whole. According to the report, the Facebook

In a blog post, Microsoft has announced that the “Metro” side of Windows 8 (the touch-based interface that looks like Winodws Phone 7) will not support Adobe Flash or other

Steve Ballmer has a message for developers: if you want your software to be accessible to the great masses of computer users, you better keep making Windows applications. During a

You may think of time as constantly, steadily ticking away, but in reality scientists occasionally must make adjustments to earth’s clocks in order to align them with solar time. They

A newly leaked internal memo is shedding light on Google’s Dart programming language, which will debut at a conference next month. In the memo, Google’s Mark Miller says JavaScript has

One of the buzzwords floating around Microsoft’s BUILD developer conference this week is “WinRT.” WinRT will replace Win32 as the core API for building apps for the Windows 8 Metro

Media research firm Nielsen has published the results of a new study that finds gender differences in the kinds of apps that Android smartphone owners use most. Overall, Facebook, Google

Verizon’s first app store — V Cast Apps — didn’t do so well, so now the mobile carrier is trying again. The newly re-designed “Verizon Apps” storefront will integrate with

LexisNexis Risk Solutions’ division HPCC Systems has announced that it is open sourcing the code for its High Performance Computing Cluster (HPCC) software. HPCC is a data-processing-and-delivery solution that the

According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. economy created no net new jobs in August, but that doesn’t mean it’s impossible to find a job if you’re a

The U.S. Senate has overwhelmingly passed H.R. 1249, the America Invents Act, which was earlier passed by the House of Representatives. The new bill has several provisions which will impact

Beginning September 13, Microsoft will hold its Build Conference for developers, and the company has a lot of explaining to do for programmers who are wondering which development tools will

As of September 1, online job board Dice.com has 82,836 tech job postings, and a growing number of those are for mobile app developers. However, Dice’s Alice Hill said that

Recent years have seen three big changes in the typical screen size used to view Web apps. First, more laptop and desktop displays are widescreen — shorter and wider than

Market research firm Ovum is predicting that Android users will download 8.1 billion apps this year, while iOS users will download 6 billion apps. That’s a huge increase for both

A new report from mobile analytics firm shows that while younger app users will spend more time with apps, older users are more likely to pay money for freemium apps.

As of September 7, interested developers are invited to sign up for a beta trial of HP’s first two public cloud services: HP Cloud Compute and HP Cloud Object Storage.

In the design world, German designer Dieter Rams is a legend. Not only did has he created many beautiful products for Braun and other companies, he is well-known for his

In May, Google announced some changes to the pricing structure for the Google App Engine. At that time, few developers complained because it was difficult to tell how the changes

Unnamed sources tell DigiTimes that Intel will no longer be developing its MeeGo mobile operating system — at least temporarily. The chipset-maker failed to interest smartphone and tablet manufacturers in