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Earlier this week, Google sent out e-mails to developers of Android apps with at least 3.5 stars and 5,000 downloads informing them that they would receive a phone. Developers in
Working with DreamWorks Animation, several Intel employees developed an innovative technique for optimizing common Linux bottlenecks without any source or build system changes. To do it, they used LD_PRELOAD to
If you currently use the standard version of Visual Studio 2008 or Visual Studio 2005, you’ll be able to upgrade to Visual Studio 2010 Professional for $299. (Microsoft isn’t offering
The art of the narrative is one of the strongest threads running through our society and culture, and is in many respects one of the defining traits of humanity. “The
Intel has announced that it’s starting a “Million Dollar Development Fund” aimed at recruiting developers to write applications for netbooks with Atom processors. Between April 1 and April 14, 250
Developer Edward Kim says he makes $400 per day on an app he built called “Car Locator.” The Android app uses a phone’s built-in GPS to help users remember where
There are many benefits to taking an enterprise application offline, especially in today’s world, when everyone is seemingly connected to the Internet. Enterprise users often find themselves outside their corporate
VeraCode says that 58 percent of applications submitted to the company for verification don’t achieve an acceptable security rating. Internally developed software fares the worst, with 88 percent of apps
First released in November 2009, Microsoft’s Windows Server AppFabric has just entered the beta 2 stage. The collection of application services includes the “Dublin” app server, “Velocity” caching technology, and
Four months ago, Google first unveiled Go, a new programming language that attempts to marry the speed of Python and the robustness of C++. While it’s still a work in
The quality assurance landscape is undergoing a major transformation as QA organizations try to align their goals with the business goals of their companies. QA has a tough balancing act
In AdMob’s latest survey, iPhone users were the most likely to purchase paid apps, with 50 percent buying at least one per month. Users of the iPod Touch came in
Web app developers not only face the challenge of testing their code for initial release, they also must maintain apps so that they remain secure and continue performing at an
“Open-source” isn’t just for applications–it’s also for APIs. Companies are increasingly opening up enterprise software to third-party developers in an attempt to boost revenues. However, open APIs also carry the
Applications can fail for more reasons that just poorly written code. In fact, often failures result from human causes rather than technical causes. In this article, Curtis analyzes six common
Microsoft and Google are revving up their battle for the budgets of Chief Information Officers, with new versions of Microsoft Office and SharePoint coming in June. One analyst, Rob Helm
PayPal sees an opportunity for developers. The company thinks third-party developers could make good money offering apps to consumers and merchants that relate to PayPal’s services, but that the company
DeveloperWorld calls Joe Stack’s fatal flight into a government building ” callous, selfish, and inexcusable,” but also points out that he has a legitimate point about tax laws that treat
Have you ever tried to assemble a model, piece of furniture, or garbage disposal and run into instructions like this?“Clamp hose A onto connector B… [30 minutes of frustration later]
In a blog post titled “Key Software Development Trends,” S. Somasegar, senior vice president of the Microsoft Developer Division, explained how Microsoft intends to respond to some recent development trends.
Last week, Apple began removing apps from the App Store that contain sexually explicit or suggestive content. So far, it has deleted 6,000 apps that had been previously approved, about
Performance testing should never be an afterthought in the development process, but incorporating it into Agile processes can be difficult. Developers must consider service-level objectives, focused performance testing, test data
Despite signs that the economic downturn is ending, jobs continue to be scarce. But that’s not the case for developers who work on Drupal and other open-source software. Cnet reports
The latest version of Mono 2.6 and the Mono Graphical editor MonoDevelop 2.2 was released in December, and with this version Mono is now more compatible with regards to Microsoft
As part of Matt Biddulph’s new job with Nokia, he needed to recruit programmers for projects in Berlin. Unfortunately, the former CTO of Dopplr didn’t know the area well and
What are the most important considerations when building a Web app? Here are Fred Willson’s top ten characteristics of successful applications: Speed Instant Utility Voice Less is More Programmable Personal
According the Juniper’s Mobile Location Based Services report, revenues from mobile location-based services (MLBS) could top $12 billion within the next four years. A number of trends lead the research
Microsoft has stepped up its virtualization efforts with two new products. Released Monday, Microsoft’s App-V 4.6 updates the company’s application virtualization software with 64-bit support. Released the same day, the
One of the hardest things to do in life is to express one’s ideas to another person. While good communication skills are a “nice to have” for most human interaction,
AppDynamics 2.0 monitors the performance of Web 2.0 applications. Specifically, it keeps tabs on Java or .Net applications with a minimal hit to application performance. It provides real-time charts and
