Numerous bloggers have recently offered the opinion that Java is dead or dying. But its corporate sponsors argue that Java won’t disappear any time soon. Here are ten reasons why
For young Americans, smartphones are no longer luxury items. Nielsen has released new data that breaks down smartphone ownership by age and income bracket. Not surprisingly, those who are younger
CloudBees has announced that customers can now run the company’s Java-based platform as a service (PaaS) in their own data centers, in Amazon’s public cloud, on a hosting provider’s servers,
An Italian startup called Apps Builder has launched a subscription service that will transform Web apps into native iOS, Android and Windows Phone apps. So far, the company has converted
The year 2011 appears to have been very good for EngineYard. The platform as a service (PaaS) vendor reports that its revenues doubled to hit $28 million for the year,
In a lengthy blog post, Microsoft’s Steven Sinofsky has revealed more details about the company’s plans for running Windows 8 on devices that use ARM processors. First, apps created for
Although it still has not yet issued an API, Google+ appears to be making cautious overtures towards third party developers. The social network has set up a Google+ developer page
Analyst firm RedMonk has published its February 2012 language rankings, and it finds that both Java and CoffeeScript have increased their popularity since its last report in September 2011. CoffeeScript
Appcelerator, the vendor behind the Titanium application development platform, has announced that it will purchase Cocoafish, which offers cross-platform backend services for mobile apps. Beginning next quarter, Appcelerator will re-brand