On Wednesday, Google released the much-rumored and anticipated major change to its search. Google tends to make many small algorithm changes on weekly and sometimes daily basis, but this change
Adobe had previously created Packager for iPhone, a tool that allowed developers to turn apps created with Flash into native iOS apps. However, when Apple announced a few months ago
Apple has been heavily criticized for its approach to iPhone and iPad application development, but it seems to be taking some steps to smooth developer relations. The company will now
Blogger Walter Bright says that two activities separate programmers who write fast code from those who don’t: using a profiler and examining assembly code. [login] While most developers have been
CouchOne (formerly Couchio) has announced a new mobile application development tool called “CouchMobile.” According to the company, the platform allows programmers “to write Web applications one time, scale horizontally, and
In March, Appcelerator launched Titanium, a framework that enables cross-platform mobile application development. Now the company has announced that Titanium has enabled the development of 4,000 apps in Apple’s App
In an attempt to mend fences with its developer community, Apple has taken two surprising steps. First, the company relaxed the restrictions which banned developers from using third-party tools to
For all the talk about cloud computing, Software as a Service (SaaS) and other so-called on-demand models, a new survey indicates many companies still employ more deliberate software distribution methods
Although Ajax has officially only been around since 2005 — when the term “Ajax” was coined — its history and impact stretch back to the 90s. In 1999, Microsoft introduced
Adobe Systems released the Adobe Flash Media Server 4 family of software products Thursday, including a new version that uses peer-assisted Real Time Media flow Protocol (RTMFP) technology to slash
ZDNet’s Jason Hiner writes that the growth of IT made possible the productivity gains of the late 90s and early 2000s. However, now that the data centers are built and
Google wants to change the way you watch TV. To that end, it will launch Google TV this fall in a partnership with Sony, and it’s already working with some
Apple will officially release iOS 4.1 on September 8, but developers can access the SDK now. The update offers a number of improvements, notably a Game Center service with social
I love Ubuntu, and my wife says Mark Shuttleworth is “a nice young man,” but when it comes to enterprise servers, Red Hat is the hands-down winner and still champion.
Oracle is suingGoogle over its use of Java in its Android smartphone operating system. Some developers now believe the risk that Oracle is going to either sue or raise licensing
All of the big virtualization vendors — VMware, Citrix and Microsoft — are pushing the technology as a way to solve problems in healthcare, and more healthcare providers are trying
Targeting the legions of developers who want to build one app and deploy it across the major mobile operating systems — instead of building multiple versions of the same app
SAN FRANCISCO — Customers and analysts attending VMware’s annual VMworld conference here this week wondered repeatedly about how secure virtualization is, although they seem enthusiastic about VMware’s technology. Over 17,000
With well over 200,000 apps available in the App Store, it can be extremely difficult for developers to get their apps noticed. Cross Forward Consulting decided to try iAd for
HP has released a beta version of the webOS 2.0 SDK to developers, and its lineup of new features has some saying that other mobile platforms should be “worried.” Among
Alcatel-Lucent is making another push into the mobile app world by purchasing tool vendor OpenPlug. OpenPlug is best known for ELIPS Studio, which allows developers to create apps that run
Forget smart phones for a while. Time to check out what could be a colossal revenue stream for developers — smart TVs, as in Internet-connected boxes with app stores, RSS
Deciding how to store your application data can be a difficult decision. To help make the process easier, this article breaks the types of data into five categories: homogeneous data
SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is a funny topic. Other than a select few people who work for search engine companies, few have a true yes or no answer. The search
Google’s Joshua Bloch recently announced in a blog post that Google would not be participating in the JavaOne developers conference. He explained, “Oracle’s recent lawsuit against Google and open source
Scrum is considered by many to be the dominant Agile methodology today. All Agile methods got their name from the Agile Manifesto in early 2000’s. The inventors of Scrum, along
Notepad,the text editor included with Windows, has hardly any features anyone who writes text or computer code professionally might want. The only real format options it offers are wordwrap and
My old friend Serge Wroclawski has been working on OpenStreetMap.org (OSM) for a number of years now. He’s done this because he sees this as a worthwhile project — an
What’s new in the world of mobile Web app development? InfoQ asks Michael Mullany from Sencha Touch, Brian LeRoux from PhoneGap, Christopher Plieger from iWebKit, Chris Apers from WebApp.Net and
Vladimir Roth, developer of Aqua Globs HD for the iPhone and iPad says that 50 percent of iPad users didn’t pay for their download, even though it only cost $1.99.