A new survey by Evans Data Corp. found that in North America, 49 percent of application development projects finished after their deadline. That’s not as bad as in Europe, the
As companies increasingly move towards cloud computing, platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offerings may help simplify the task of creating cloud-based custom applications. Bob Bickel, an advisor at CloudBees and chairman at eXo,
Two different market research firms–Ovum and IDC–have recently released reports which predict that Google’s Android will be the clear leader among mobile operating systems in the next four to five
The ISO steering committee for C++ has approved the final draft of the latest version of the language. That means C++ 2011 could be released later this year if ISO/IEC
This post from a security manager using a pseudonym recounts the story of an application developer asking for help on a project. “I only learned about this software development project
The Multicore Association says that it is working on developing a new set of APIs that will make it easier for developers to create applications for devices that use processors
Apple has announced that its 2011 Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) will kick off on June 6 in San Francisco. The company says it will “unveil the future of iOS and
Beginning next week, apps in the Android Market will be able to accept in-app payments, and developers can test the process now. “You can now upload your apps to the
If you want a programming job at a start-up, Expensify CEO David Barret says you should avoid the .NET platform if at all possible. In a controversial blog post, he