Several vendors are now offering tools that allow enterprises to create their own private apps stores, and they’re reporting increased interest in those tools. Sean Ginevan of MobileIron says, “One
Last week, Microsoft gave a public preview of Windows 8. While many observers gave the new interface positive interface, developers overwhelmingly expressed alarm. That’s because as Ars Technica writes, “they
During Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), Piper Jaffray conducted a small survey of iOS developers. They found that 46 percent of iOS developers have also written Android apps, and 36
It’s easy to find data on what average application development pros make, but finding out what the very best of the best earn is a little more challenging. According to
Microsoft has announced a new, one-time-only developers conference that will be held Sept. 13-16 in Anaheim, Calif. According the Microsoft’s Steven Sinofsky, the company will “have a lot of exciting
The Mango update of Microsoft Windows Phone 7, due for release this fall, offers more than 500 new features, and over 1,500 new APIs for mobile developers. After looking at
According to new data from Black Duck Software, GitHub is now the most popular open source forge based on code commits. Between January and May of this year, GitHub had
Recently, several mobile developers have come under attack by so-called “patent trolls” who are attempting to force all mobile developers to pay licensing fees on patents that some consider dubious.
Earlier this month, Lodsys, a company often described as a “patent troll,” sent threatening letters to a number of App Store developers saying that they needed to pay licensing fees