In the past, Microsoft has come under criticism for its lack of engagement with third-party developers, but the company seems to be trying to change that with its Internet Explorer
Amazon has announced a new feature for its Web services. Known as Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS), it allows developers who use the cloud-based service to send messages to software
At the recent Mix 10 conference, Microsoft promoted the Windows Phone 7 operating system’s entertainment capabilities, and it highlighted the Silverlight rich Internet application platform’s ability to stream video from
A paper to be presented at an IEEE symposium later this month details a new memory management technique that could allow apps to run up to 20 percent faster on
Research in Motion has announced that it is releasing a set of new tools designed to speed up the process of creating apps for the Blackberry. Specifically, the Web- and
If you want your Web site to be viewable from the iPad, it must use HTML 5, not Flash plug-ins, for dynamic content. How will that affect the Web as
Until the iPad’s release last weekend, Apple required developers to keep the details and their opinions of the application development tools for the device to themselves. But no longer. Here
A new survey from the Sand Hill Group shows that while companies don’t spend a lot of money on cloud computing now, that will probably change within three years. Currently,
Texas Instruments is selling its new Chronos EZ430 wristwatch for just $50 (well below production costs) because it wants to show off the capabilities of its embedded sensor chips. In