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Tendril Seeks Smart-Grid Apps

Energy management company, Tendril, is launching the Tendril Connect Platform Application Developer Program. This new program will allow third-party developers to create apps that utilize Tendril’s smart grid technology. “Developing

Heroku Adds Java Support

Heroku began as a platform-as-a-service offering for Ruby developers, but has since branched out into Node.js and Clojure. Now the service is making a play for the estimated six million

Skype Opens Its Own App Store

Just when you thought every technology company in existence had opened an app store, now Skype is launching one too. The Internet telephony service currently has about 25 listings in

30,000 Apps for Windows Phone 7

In the Windows Phone Developer Blog, Microsoft recently revealed that it now has about 30,000 apps for Windows Phone 7. It took eight months for the platform to reach this

Cloud Foundry Comes to Laptops

VMware has announced the availability of Micro Cloud Foundry, a condensed virtual image for its open source platform-as-a-service (PaaS). Micro Cloud Foundry makes it possible for developers to utilize the

Amazon Web Services Debuts ElastiCache

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is rolling out a new feature that could help it appeal to its core audience — developers. “ElastiCache” aims to simplify some of the caching hassles

Google Shuts Down Android Developer Forums

Until now, the primary method for Android developers to get support was to post something on the Android Marketplace forums and hope that one of their peers could offer a

China Emerges as a Mobile Development Hot Spot

Chinese developers have typically faced a lot of challenges in targeting the U.S. software market, but Apple’s App Store is changing that. According to App Annie, more than 100 Chinese