Two years ago, Lodsys began sending letters to iOS developers, demanding that they pay 0.575 percent of revenues to license patents on in-app purchasing and upgrades. Apple fought back, saying
Appcelerator has published the results of a new survey that asks enterprise developers and those with related titles about interest in various mobile platforms. Apple came out on top, with
A new survey of developers conducted by Evans Data shines the spotlight on the difficulties inherent in securing big data. Of those surveyed, 39 percent suspect that the U.S. government
Platform as a service (PaaS) vendor Engine Yard used the Oracle OpenWorld event as an opportunity to announce support for two Oracle technologies. First, Engine Yard now supports cloud development
At the OpenWorld conference this week, Oracle announced a dramatic expansion of its cloud computing offerings. It is adding ten new services, many of which seem positioned to challenge offerings
Samsung is going after enterprise customers with a new app store it calls the “Samsung Solutions Exchange.” While many companies offer lists of apps for businesses, this store will focus
The mobile development industry has created a wide range of apps related to health and medicine without knowing whether or how those apps would be regulated. Now the Food and
When enterprises adopt agile software development methodologies, that change is often imposed from the top down. Developers have no choice or buy-in to the transition process, and they often don’t
In this lengthy article, InfoQ asked a panel of cloud computing experts for advice on transitioning to cloud development. Here are a couple of key takeaways. Developer evangelist Adron Hall