Microsoft has announced the release of Casablanca, a new set of C++ libraries aimed making it easier to consume and implement RESTful services. In a blog post, Microsoft’s Soma Somasegar

Mobile ad firm MoPub has published a new study which claims that some of the recent privacy protection steps taken by Apple are costing mobile development firms. Following a Congressional

Oracle has released Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) 7 Update 4 and JavaFX 2.1, which includes the Java Development Kit (JDK) with the first ever JavaFX SDK for MacOS

If you’re trying to decide whether to build a consumer app or a business app, several venture capital firms suggest you’re better off building a B2B app. While a few

Appcelerator’s inclusion of Cloud Services in the latest version of Titanium is just one more example of the growing importance of backend as a service (BaaS) offerings. BaaS vendors provide

At a recent Forrester event, firm VP Kyle McNabb advised enterprises to considering hiring programmers who work on open source projects. “When looking at your talent, ask software developers if

Amazon has launched the AWS Marketplace, a new way for customers to find and deploy software on the company’s cloud computing services. The Marketplace features applications from a wide-variety of

A new survey of 2,550 developers, architects and IT managers conducted by development tool vendor Sonatype found that only 32 percent of development teams keep track of the open source

Oracle’s lawsuit against Google has revealed some interesting nuggets about Google’s revenue expectations for the Android platform. First of all, while Google takes a 30 percent cut of all app

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has unveiled a new beta Partner Program for its cloud computing services. Membership in the group is available to technology partners, including ISVs, SaaS vendors, tools

A new survey from research firm NPD has found that 40 percent of all people who download a freemium game make an in-app payment. However, while women are much more

Artificial life experts Soo Ling Lim and Peter Bentley have published a new study that used simulations to determine which mobile development strategies are the most successful over the long

In February, Microsoft debuted a preview of its Windows Store for apps that will run on the Windows 8 Metro interface. Now, it’s expanding that preview, adding 33 more countries

In a webcast, Forrester principal analyst Jeffrey Hammond warned that enterprises that don’t embrace open source development and technologies could face extinction. He said that open source has allowed innovation

Appcelerator has released version 2.0 of its Titanium mobile development platform. The update includes Appcelerator Cloud Services, a group of features that makes it easier for developers to add photo-sharing,

A new webinar from Gartner offers advice for enterprise architecture (EA) and application architecture. On the EA side, Gartner’s Betsy Burton offered ten best practices: Look at EA in the

Netflix has announced plans to release a bunch of monkeys into the wild — but in this case, “monkeys” refers the cloud development and management tools the company uses to

As more business users turn to their smartphones and tablets to get their work done, a growing number of enterprises are turning to corporate app stores as a way to

RIM recently announced that it would end Android app sideloading for its PlayBook tablet, but now the company appears to have changed its mind. In a new blog post, RIM’s

SAP appears to be moving towards becoming a major player in mobile enterprise application development. The firm has announced that it has purchased mobile business development firm Syclo and signed

Last week, word leaked out that Amazon was testing in-app purchases with a select group of developers. Now, the company has made the feature official and has announced that Walt

A startup called Heirloom Computing has launched a new development platform that aims to make it easier to move legacy applications from the mainframe to the cloud. ELPaaS, as the

Last June, Apple asked a U.S. district court judge to allow the company to intervene in cases brought by Lodsys against iOS developers. Now, the judge has agreed. Widely considered

VMware’s CloudFoundry platform as a service (PaaS) has always been open source, but the company has announced changes to its processes that will encourage more community participation on the cloud

A new survey from Evans Data Corp finds that full-time mobile development professionals are actually a fairly small fraction of the group working on mobile apps — just 26 percent.