Developers have four basic choices for hosting a Web application. The first option is to buy their own servers and lease co-location space. That option requires a lot of upfront
On January 31, a blog titled “What’s In Store for the Next Windows,” suggested that Windows 8 development was well underway. The mysterious blogger, known only as “Sharad” wrote, “I
According to Flurry Analytics, more than 1,600 new App Store projects that integrated the company’s analytics technology were started in January. That compares to just 600 Flurry projects in December.
Cloud computing company UShareSoft has announced the release of two new products: UForge Appliance Factory and Open Appliance Studio. UForge Appliance Factory aims to make it easier to assemble software
Yesterday, Apache announced that the Beehive Java programming model has been retired. Although the code is still available in the Apache Attic, the foundation will not be releasing any more
The Guardian’s Vic Keegan sees a problem with the fact that 87 percent of phone app downloads are free. He doesn’t think that technology giants like Apple should be making
Software company MuleSoft has announced the availability of “Cloudcat” a virtual image of the Tomcat Web server that makes it easier to develop and test Web apps in the cloud.
According to the 2010 salary report from Computer Economics, the median IT salary will rise just 1.8 percent this year, well below the 2.7 percent rate of inflation. That’s the
Yesterday, Google unveiled Buzz, its social networking feed for Gmail that competes with Twitter and Facebook. Unlike its competitors, however, Google is taking an open, standardized approach to social networking