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If you develop apps based on third-party APIs like Google, Facebook, Twitter, or Salesforce, sometimes it can be difficult to tell whether service outages are due to your app or

If you develop apps based on third-party APIs like Google, Facebook, Twitter, or Salesforce, sometimes it can be difficult to tell whether service outages are due to your app or

Nearly everyone in the tech industry has been affected in some way by the economic downturn, but some are better positioned than others to weather the storm. Who are they?

As all the controversies surrounding open-source have become messier, the model has slowly become more mainstream. InfoWorld notes that despite critical news reports, “Open source software is taking the lead

InformationWeek reports, “Independent iPhone game developer Noel Llopis, creator of the Flower Garden app, recently analyzed his first ten months of work and concluded that he was making $13.44 an

Consumers are using more netbooks, smartphones, and other devices that don’t use Windows. Until we live in a world where all apps are delivered over the Web, developers will need

On Monday, IBM introduced Project Vulcan at its Lotusphere event. Vulcan’s features–an aggregation of email, calendars, profiles, to do lists and social analytics—have analysts comparing it to Google Wave. IBM

“Is Google doing itself a disservice by pursuing only the smartest of the smart?” wonders Datamation writer Eric Spiegel. Are there even enough computer science majors in the country who

Yahoo has continued its recent habit of canceling major projects. This time it announced the demise of its Shopping API on its developer network blog. The move comes after Yahoo

What does Developer.com writer Chris Haseman love to hate about Android? Here’s a summary: It’s open source. The tyranny of the activity. Difficult device debugging. Applications never, ever quit. The