NoSQL vendor Couchbase has released the results of a new survey which found that nearly half of enterprises have plans to adopt NoSQL this year. Among companies with more than
Most developers have heard of Microsoft’s Kinect device that promises to allow people to control their PCs by moving their hands and bodies, but other companies are also investigating gesture-control
In an effort to recruit more developers for its struggling platform, RIM is offering free PlayBooks to Android developers who create apps for the tablet. In order to qualify for
The January 2012 report from StatCounter found that 8.5 percent of Internet access came from cellphones during the month. That was almost twice as high as 2011’s 4.3 percent, which
According to mobile ad firm Fiksu, iPhone owners downloaded the top 200 free App Store apps an average of 6.04 million times per day in December. That marked a 7
Unbeknownst to Android developers, Google has been using a technology called “Bouncer” to screen all Android apps for several months. The tools scans app code after it has been submitted
For some time, Brandon Watson headed up Microsoft’s interactions with Windows Phone developers, but February 6 will be his last day. Watson has confirmed that he has accepted a position
Market research firm Gartner says that the platform as a service (PaaS) market will soon affect most enterprises and vendors. “With large and growing vendor investment in PaaS, the market
Yesterday, Apple issued a harsh warning to its mobile development community: “Once you build a great app, you want everyone to know about it. However, when you promote your app,
According to a new TechNet report titled “Where the Jobs Are,” the “app economy” has created 466,000 jobs in the U.S. in the last five years. In addition to mobile
If rumors based on a leaked Microsoft video are true, developers could soon find it easier to write applications that work on both Windows Phone and Windows. In a video
Agile software development and software architecture cam make strange bedfellows. In many instances, “Agilistas” (inflexible people who have adopted Agile methods to the exclusion of others) are loath to embrace
NHibernate, the lightweight object relational mapping (ORM) tool for .NET, has a statically compiled counterpart called Fluent NHibernate. In essence, Fluent NHibernate is a XML-less, compile safe, automated NHibernate mapper
Multi-tenant cloud architecture is a way to partition data such that a single instance of an application can host data from multiple organizations simultaneously. A multi-tenant application allows each organization
Microsoft has announced the availability of a beta version of its Amazon Web Services Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows Phone. According to a press release, “This SDK provides developers
Unnamed sources tell CNET that Microsoft now has a stable version of Windows 8 running on ARM devices. In addition, they say Microsoft expects to release the code to developers
Enterprise software development tool vendor AccuRev has announced a new product that will make it easier for enterprise developers to use the Git version control system. Called “Kando,” the tool
This week, Oracle submitted a proposal to the Java Community Process that would combine oversight of technical standards for Java EE/SE and Java ME under a single committee. “Changes in
The Ruby on Rails community has released version 3.2 of the popular open source Web application development framework. According to project creator David Heinemeier Hansson, “The new faster dev mode
According to marketing firm Fiksu, the cost to acquire a loyal mobile app user (defined as one who uses an app at least three times) spiked in December. Mobile development
Until September 2010, all of the software developers who worked for tractor manufacturer John Deere used traditional waterfall development practices. However, “after some serious introspection in our development organization,” the
Just a few weeks after Microsoft announced that it would bring its Kinect motion sensor technology to PCs, a couple of prototype laptops featuring built-in Kinect sensors have surfaced. Reporters
Microsoft has officially confirmed that it will no longer hold its annual Mix conference for designers and developers. Instead, the company said it will hold another development conference which will
Mobile analytics vendor Distimo has released a new report which found that, on average, reducing an app’s sales price results in an overall revenue gain for the developer. Android apps
Apple CFO reported that iOS developers have now earned more than $4 billion off their App Store apps. In the last quarter alone, Apple’s mobile developers earned $700 million. The
The average smartphone owner has far more games than enterprise applications on his or her device — and it isn’t hard to see why. “When you look at the enterprise
It used to be that companies designed their mobile applications to look as much like their websites as possible. Now a growing number are taking the opposite approach and redesigning
While all of the current commercial portal leaders have acquired competitors over the years, Oracle appears to have acquired more of the leading Java EE-based portals than anyone else, not
Overall, developers should keep an eye on four major technologies — the cloud, mobile computing, social networking, and big data. Researcher IDC recently noted that spending on these areas is
If industry insiders are correct, 2012 should see an increasing number of vendors and enterprises launching big data initiatives. Many of those projects will involve Apache Hadoop, an open source