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The official Apple iPhone SDK only works on OS X and requires programmers to use Objective-C, a little used variant of C++. But Zimusoft hopes to change that with its
SAN FRANCISCO — Will it be “Chromoid” or “Androme?” Google executives said their strategy of releasing different operating systems is playing out just fine despite the potential for confusion among
SAN FRANCISCO — With its search business and catchy TV commercials for Android phones, Google has looked mostly like a consumer company. But at its Google I/O conference here Wednesday,
The Semantic Web is a great vision that began almost ten years ago, but at this point, the failures outnumber the successes by a very large margin. In order to
Yesterday, Microsoft announced the availability of Silverlight 4 Tools for Visual Studio 2010. The add-on provides support for a number of Silverlight capabilities within both Visual Studio 2010 and Visual
The official release version of Linux 2.6.34 features a number of noteworthy improvements to the code. In particular, the update includes a new filesystem known as “Ceph,” which is capable
This series of articles is not just about revisiting the UML basics. It also will discuss best practices. (Go to “Useful UML Modeling: The Goldilocks Conundrum” to read part 1
Many developer teams experience conflict between their younger and their older members. In this article, Eric Spiegel argues that both groups have things they could teach the other. “Youth often
Hoping to out-do or at least keep up with the blazing speed of Google’s Chrome browser, Mozilla is prepping Firefox 4.0 to be “super-duper-fast,” noted Firefox director Mike Beltzner in
XML has been in use for over a decade and it’s now getting a boost thanks to a new standard from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). This week the
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
