Among the information that Microsoft deluged on developers at the BUILD conference are some details about its Roslyn project. Rosyln is an attempt to re-architect the C# and VB compilers
After debuting the iPhone 4S yesterday, Apple also seeded the iOS 5 Gold Master to developers. Unlike earlier versions of the update, this one is not available as an over-the-air
On the first day of its JavaOne conference, Oracle gave the attendees a preview of its plans for versions 8 and 9 of Java. Java 8, due for release in
At the Surge conference in Baltimore, developers complained about Amazon’s cloud computing services, but agreed that they are still better than the alternative. Andy Parsons, CTO for startup Bookish, complained
Adobe has announced that it will purchase Nitobi, the startup behind the PhoneGap open source mobile development project. The two companies say they will donate the PhoneGap code to the
According to NetApplications statistics for September, 54.65 percent of mobile Web traffic comes from iOS devices. That figure is somewhat surprising because although the iPad dominates the tablet market, more
A new survey of UK-based IT pros finds that 71 percent of those surveyed believe that self-taught developers are as skilled as those with degrees. In addition, 45 percent said
Mobile analytics firm Flurry has just released a new report that analyzes when end users are most likely to be using apps. As with TV, mobile app usage is highest
Adobe has recommended that the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) adopt two new features for the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) standard. The first, the CSS Regions module, allows text to