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If you’re now building software in short iterations rather than mapping it out fully in advance, you’re not alone. When they talked to developers, 35 percent of those surveyed told
InfoWorld’s Randall C. Kennedy argues that a world without Windows would not be the developer utopia that open-source advocates suggest. He writes, “Rather than freeing IT, the demise of Microsoft
What does the maelstrom of hype around the launch of Apple’s tablet device have in common with Google’s announcement that select Sundance Film Festival titles will be available for rent
Usually, the iPhone will not display Flash files. However, developer Tobias Schneider has figured out a way to get Safari to display some Flash content using a JavaScript and has
The Guardian’s new World Government Data site collects data from the UK (including London), the U.S., Australia and New Zealand. Currently, the repository includes 19 different sites, and the media
While Amazon originally intended the Kindle to be only an eReader, the company will open an app store for the device sometime later this year. Analysts speculate that the move
After analyzing research reports from Gartner and IDC, eWeek concludes that this year’s hottest job titles will be mobile application developer and cloud computing software engineer. Other IT pros in
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
For 2010, Gartner finds that IT budgets will grow just 1.3 percent. That’s not a big increase, particularly after last year’s decrease of 8.1 percent. As a result, 2010 IT
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?
In the last two articles in the series I implemented the Model and the Controller parts for the menu system, and one implementation for the View part representing a Treeview-like
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
One of the basic components of any application is the menu system. It allows users to navigate across the application and launch the modules. Menu components should be customizable both
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
As they see the ways social networking sites have changed people’s everyday life, enterprises have been eager to experience the aggregation, customization and personalization capabilities of social networks in a
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
In my previous iPhone article, you learned about Bluetooth communication between two devices using the GameKit framework. Another cool feature of the GameKit framework that you will explore in this
It looks like Snow Leopard will eventually support OpenGL 3.0, but Apple has a long way to go before support is complete. For some time now, Mac OS X has
HP and Microsoft announced Wednesday that they will work together to advance cloud computing by investing $250 million in a cloud computing venture. The three-year agreement will result in new
If you call a restaurant to make reservations, it doesn’t really matter how they spell your name. If your name is Shawn Dwayne, it doesn’t matter if they write down
Unlike Apple, Google doesn’t vet apps before allowing them to be listed in the Android Market. As a result, as much as 1 percent of those apps contain malware or
While nothing definite has been announced, the Apache Software Foundation is definitely hinting that the end may be near for its 1.3 series, and perhaps the 2.0 series as well.
Have developers who use DirectX “fallen under the spell” of Microsoft marketing or are there valid reasons for using DirectX instead of OpenGL? This Slashdot post and the resulting thread
The recursive nature of XSLT1 template calls provided a great deal of power, but at the cost of often requiring that stateful information that a particular template might need be
Last August, Palm opened its application catalog to selected developers who have since created around 1,000 apps for the Pre and Pixi handsets. Now, it’s expanding the program to everyone.
Currently, Apple’s iPhone doesn’t support Flash. While they haven’t been able to change Apple’s mind on supporting Flash, the folks at Adobe are working on a workaround. In their latest
