In this article, Eric Spiegel recounts his experience of moving from his position as a software developer to becoming a project manager. One big first challenge was dealing with more
According to an unnamed source, Samsung “is planning to make Bada software an open source platform next year.” Bada is Samsung’s internally developed mobile operating system that the company puts
Adobe has announced that it will release version 11 of its Flash player and version 3 of its Air runtime in early October. Both boast better performance for 3D gaming,
Developers have had their hands on the Mango update to Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system for a couple of months, and soon end users will be able to
Amidst the escalating complexity of today’s IT landscape — with cloud computing, mobility, new platforms and languages around every corner — it’s easy for IT executives to be lured off
From ‘And the winner is…‘ files: The Java Community Process (JCP) has been very busy this past year. Which is why there are some really great items on the table
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
From the ‘Apache Knows Java‘ files: Oracle and Apache have had a somewhat ‘interesting’ relationship in 2011. On one hand, Oracle donated OpenOffice to the Apache Software Foundation. On the
As enterprise architects we need to choose our tools based on three factors: frameworks we already have chosen the processes we use to support those frameworks how the IT domain
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
From the ‘Who’s Who‘ files: Yes, JavaOne is an Oracle event. Yes Oracle dominates the speaker list for JavaOne, but there are other vendors on that list too with strong
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
From the ‘Is it available or not?‘ files: Yes, I know, Java 7 was already released. There was a big Oracle event to ‘launch’ Java 7 in July. But if
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