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Following in the steps of Twitter and Facebook, location-based social networking service Foursquare is turning into a platform. Company co-founder Dennis Crowley knows of 100 apps based on Foursquare and
In the seemingly never-ending argument between Adobe and Apple over Flash, Adobe has responded to Steve Jobs’ critical open letter with a much gentler ad campaign. The ads boldly proclaim,
As soon as Microsoft released the latest emulator for Windows Phone 7, hackers began tearing it apart. While Microsoft insists, “The emulator is based on early code and is not
Before suggesting what type of business is right for you, I should say that there is no right or wrong here, and that there are exceptions for every rule. Many
Today, start-up Swipely announced the availability of a new social shopping service, backed by $8.5 million in capital, that would compete with established player Blippy. Not to be outdone, Blippy
A recent survey of 400 North American developers by Evans Data reveals that they aren’t happy with mobile app stores. Eighty percent said they should receive more than 70 percent
JRuby 1.5 is now available and includes 1,300 revisions and 432 bug fixes. The latest version of the Ruby variant that runs on Java Virtual Machines has been designed to
Microsoft finally launched SharePoint and Office 2010 this morning, after about 18 months of preparation, at an event for customers and partners in New York. But the thousands of people
One of the most innovative features of the iPhone and iPod Touch is the built-in accelerometer. The accelerometer allows the device to detect the orientation of the device and adapts
VMware’s Spring Source unit has announced that it has acquired GemStone Systems for an undisclosed sum. GemStone makes software for caching data across a server cluster to help scale applications.
Do traditional or SaaS ERP solutions offer better capabilities for innovation? According to Knowledge Infusion, SaaS is the clear winner. In this white paper, it makes several recommendations: Analyze your
“Every startup in NYC is looking for developers,” asserts the Business Insider. “Literally: Every. Single. One.” Why? While nearby universities continue to churn out highly qualified developers and engineers, most
Application developers have noticed a growing problem on Apple’s App Store: numerous apps are infringing on the trademarks and copyrights of other app owners by using their names, styles, and
SAN FRANCISCO — There’s a bit more momentum behind Steve Jobs’s insistence that Adobe Flash isn’t keeping up with the times. The Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) CEO’s controversial decision to keep
More and more companies want to deliver IT services as a cloud. Problem is, there has been precious little infrastructure software that makes it easy and cost-effective to manage private
In this article I will show you how to create an ASP.NET Web Application using MVC 2.0 Framework. You’ll recall that ASP.NET MVC 2.0 is the latest Microsoft framework for
Last year, users downloaded 2.4 billion apps from mobile app stores. Market researchers at ABI believe that smartphone app downloads will continue to rise until they reach around 7 billion
Statisticians have used the open source R language for data analysis, predictive modeling and visualization for many years. After two years in business, commercial R vendor Revolution Computing is re-branding
After looking at the code for the third beta of iPhone OS 4.0, developers have found three noteworthy new features: Simplified multi-tasking—Users can now easily keep one app open while
Although the final version of Internet Explorer 9 isn’t due for a year, Microsoft has already released two platform previews. The newest version features faster performance and better support for
Distimo has released its latest report on activity in Apple’s App Store during April. It’s major findings include the following: The App Store now includes 4,870 apps for the iPad.
Smartphones and tables aren’t the only new trend in mobile computing—Ford is working on developing applications that work on a truly mobile platform–vehicles. However, as ReadWriteWeb points out, “developers have
The traditional approach of software development faces many challenges, like a paucity of technical skills, poor product quality, and maintainability. These challenges are further aggregated by limited availability of distinctive
SAN FRANCISCO — Adobe’s CTO Kevin Lynch came out swinging in his defense of his company’s Flash software during a keynote onstage interview here at the Web 2.0 Expo Wednesday.
The World Bank has just announced that it is opening up access to its databases for free so that developers can use the data “to create new analyses, new tools
Unnamed sources tell the Wall Street Journal that Google will unveil a new version of Android for TVs at the Google I/O conference May 19 and 20. More than 3,000
One of the key challenges faced by iPhone developers is in the area of memory management. If you are coming from an environment where memory management is all done for
Unnamed sources say that the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission are wrangling over which agency will take the lead in an inquiry into Apple’s competitive practices. Specifically,
IBM expects the global cloud computing market to grow from $47 billion in 2008 to $126 billion by 2012. With those figures in mind, the company has purchased Cast Iron
If you think databases are all of the relational SQL kind (as in MySQL, MS SQL and PostreSQL), think again. Better still: think NoSQL, as in non-relational, distributed databases that
