Today, Apple announced the plans for its annual Worldwide Developer Conference. In addition to revealing the date and location of the event, Apple made it clear that iPhone OS 4
In a wide-ranging conversation, Andy Rudin promised that the next version of Android would support Adobe Flash technology. Sometimes being open “means not being militant about the things consumer are
Nokia’s latest software development kit for the Qt user interface framework offers two primary benefits: It makes it easier to target applications for Nokia phones, and it makes it easier
While deploying an application in the cloud offers substantial benefits, it also poses significant challenges. This white paper offers an overview of the issues involved in software as a service
One of the problems that led to the financial crisis was that financial companies paid agencies like Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s to rate their products—a clear conflict of interest.
You’ve heard the buzz: Agile development is all about solving the problems associated with traditional software development. The Agile Manifesto states, “We are uncovering better ways of developingsoftware by doing
Using a framework greatly aids in the development process, but tools like the Zend Framework, Ruby on Rails, and Grails require developers to spend a lot of time learning to
Until now, Java developers have found it difficult to move their apps to the cloud. “The whole idea is you have these 6 million Java developers, and they want an
Today, HP rolls out two new application development tools that will assist enterprises in their modernization efforts. HP Service Test Management 10.5 collects and displays data on which apps need
While attending the Voices that Matter iPhone developers’ conference, TUAW compiled a list of tips from other developers: Stop designing too small. Keep your files in the Library folder; surrender
In this article, I will discuss migration of your existing ASP.NET MVC Framework-based application to Windows Mobile Devices, and I’ll also show you a sample MVC web application migrated to
At the F8 conference, Facebook unveiled a bold new plan to make the entire Web more social. At the heart of that plan lies a new technology called “Open Graph.”
Based on the results of three 2009 surveys, Forrester says HTML5 won’t replace browser plug-ins in the short term. In a report titled, “Does HTML5 Herald the End of RIA
In October, the White House announced that it would be using open-source content management system Drupal. Since then, developers in the administration have developed several new modules for the application
In terms of rapid software development, software architects and IT departments have never had it so good. Java, .NET, SOA and open source architectures enable organizations to build highly distributed
It is without question that many companies have been helped by taking venture and angel investment capital. It keeps operations running, pays for marketing and engineering, and gives the company
Many vendors with products and services that involve virtualization, storage, or data center automation will claim that they have a private cloud offering. Private cloud can be viewed as comprising
According to Gartner, organizations spent a total of $15.9 billion in the application infrastructure and middleware (AIM) software market in 2009. “All factors considered, in 2009 the AIM market performed
Debugging a Windows process on a production server can be a pain—especially if the developer isn’t in the same location as the server. While both Microsoft and IBM offer remote
Responding to Apple’s ban which prevents iPhone developers from using Flash, Adobe has given up efforts to enable Flash on Apple devices. “We will still be shipping the ability to
Scheduled for release next month, Delphi Prism 2011 allows developers to use Object Pascal, generally considered one of the easiest .Net languages to learn, to create Net, ASP.Net and data-driven
Last week in San Francisco, the Linux Foundation held its fourth annual collaboration summit for developers. The conference filled weeks ahead of time, according to Executive Director Jim Zemlin, and
Earlier this month, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed Release 33-9117, which recommends using downloadable Python code as a way for financial institutions to improve transparency. It reads: “We
It’s no surprise that consumers are using the Internet and Web apps in new ways. But this set of slides adds more detail about Americans’ online activities: Nearly nine in
On Wednesday, Facebook is expected to unveil a new “Like” button that Web site developers can post on their sites. Partnering with Google, MySpace, Microsoft, Yahoo and other, Meebo has
That question is not nearly as irritating as “Are we there yet?” being chanted from the backseat on a long summer road trip. But I have heard it asked in
Ranked as high as number three on the list of best-selling iPad apps, Weather HD has sold as many as 3500 downloads a day at $0.99 each. Based on the
On Friday, Microsoft announced that Office 2010 had reached the “release to manufacturing” (RTM) stage, and now the company has confirmed that those who subscribe to its networks for application
Think a tweet is only 140 characters long? Not if you’re a twitter developer. Raffi Krikorian, a developer on Twitter’s API/Platform team, has put together a detailed image explaining the
The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Project is hosting a hackfest aimed at simplifying the development of bindings that make it possible to create GTK+ applications with alternate programming languages.