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Super Apps Get Pushy: BlackBerry Push Service Open to BlackBerry Developers
BlackBerry developers can now push information to BlackBerry users.The BlackBerry Push Service allows the application to process information in the background and alert users. The BlackBerry Push Service developer website suggests that developers use the BlackBerry Push Service to incorporate the c…
New Android NDK, Simply Named R3
Android developers can now download the third release of the Android Native Development Kit (NDK) from the Android developer site.It can be used to target devices running Android 1.5 and higher. In addition to a few bug fixes and improvements, this release includes toolchain improvement, OpenG…
Windows Phone 7 Windows Completely Different from Windows Mobile – New Dev Platform Too
We reported earlier that Windows Mobile users would not be able to upgrade to Windows Phone 7, now we know the real reason. Windows Phone is a complete overhaul and a new phone operating system. Apps created for Windows Mobile will not work on Windows Phone.In a blog entry, Microsoft's Charlie Kindl…
Palm Pre Apps 2Day: $1 Million in Prizes Given to Hot Top Palm Pre WebOS Apps
The Palm Hot Apps Program will reward developers of the hottest webOS applications with a total of $1 million. The top rewards of $100,000 will go to developers as follows: The developer of the free webOS application that's downloaded the most between February 1, 2010, and May 31, 2010 will receive …
Android an’ Droid Dev Updates 2Day: Android SDK 2.1 Available
Google and the Android Developer community have released the latest SDK for Android, Update 2.1. Although it is considered a minor change the changes are in the API development tools. Here's a list of the new API and capabilites. Live Wallpapers API to develop "sentience" live wallpapers,New Tel…
5 Android Smartphones from AT&T, BREW for Quick Msg Phones and 70/30 Rev Share w/ App Devs
AT&T said that it will launch five new devices from Dell, HTC and Motorola based on the Android OS The company also announced at the AT&T Developer Summit in Las Vegas that is expanding its support to developers. The exclusive Android phones will include a Motorola smartphone, powered by MOT…
Updates 2Day: Vuclip 2 Video Distribution Platform
Vuclip, that enables real-time mobile video distribution to users anywhere in the world, today announced the launch of Vuclip 2, a new version of its platform that for the first time enables content owners to instantly publish mobile videos to more than 3,300 handsets offered by wireless oper…
Palm webOS Development Tool Ares Available
Palm has released Project Ares, a new development environment for creating Palm webOS applications.It is now available to all Palm developers at ares.palm.com. Ares is the first complete set of integrated mobile development tools hosted entirely in the browser , making it even easier and faste…
Droid Apps News 2Day: Android Developers “Can’t Get No Satisfaction,” Says Skyhook
Skyhook Wireless released an Android developers satisfaction study. The study found that developers are frustrated with low download volumes, poor marketplace design and discovery options, and lack of an effective consumer billing system. These factors make it difficult for developers to gener…
Qualcomm Innovation Center QuIC to Support Open OS
Qualcomm announced that it has established a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. (QuIC) to support mobile open source platforms. QuIC has brought together a dedicated group of engineers to optimize open source software with Qualcomm technology. The QuIC board of direct…
New SDK for BlackBerry Widgest Uses CSS, HTML and JavaScript
Research In Motion is offering the BlackBerry Widget Software Development Kit (SDK) to enable third party application developers to build applications for BlackBerry smartphones using common web technologies. With the new BlackBerry Widget SDK, developers can build web-based applications for B…
GoldSpot Launches miApp for Mobile App/Ad Development & Deployment
GoldSpot Media launched the miApp platform for developing smartphone apps and ad campaigns. The platform includes ntuitive web-based drag and drop design studio for creating applications and interactive ad campaigns once. They also offer infrastructure to deploy the apps across multiple apps stores …
Adobe Debuts Adobe Flash Patform Services for Distribution
At the IAB MIXX Conference and Expo, Adobe debuted the Adobe Flash Platform Services for Distribution, a new service that allows advertisers and content publishers to promote, measure and monetize applications across social networks, desktops and mobile devices. Adobe Flash Pla…
Nokia Woos Devs with Ovi APIs and SDK
Nokia is giving developersOvi APIs and the Ovi SDK Beta. Announced at its annual Nokia World conference, the company said it will progressively roll out web and mobile APIs for its services, beginning with the Ovi Maps Player API and the Ovi Navigation Player API for cutting-edge location solutions …
RIM Helps Developers Plug-in to BlackBerry Web Apps with Eclipse and MS Visual Studio Plug-ins
Research In Motion offers new and enhanced tools for developing web applications for BlackBerry smartphones. The tools include the new BlackBerry Web Development Plug-in for Eclipse and the BlackBerry Plug-in for Microsoft Visual Studio version 1.2. These tools are part of a complete portfolio of Bl…
Sprint Opens Programs for Developers
Sprint announced at the JavaOne conference, their newest programs for application developers.Sprint Developer Sandbox will provide access to tools to let developers quickly and easily create location-based services (LBS) applications, messaging applications and more.T…
Both Sides of Free SMS Fence iPhone App: Infinite SMS Now Finite
Google does not like independent developers entering their territory. Infinite SMS a 99 cent iPhone app (developerd by Innerfence) used the Google free text messaging in Gmail Labs so that iPhone owners could send free SMS.The app was hit because text messages for 140 characters are too expens…
Microsoft App Store Details Revealed, Developers Get 70% Cut
Microsoft detailed how developers can build and sell applications for Windows smartpones through Windows Marketplace for Mobile, the app store available with the Windows Mobile 6.5. operating system. Developers will get at 70% cut, no coast distribution, set their own prices and get marketing and gu…
Cascada Breeze Partners with Polar Mobile for More Mobile Apps
Cascada Mobile announced a partnership with Polar Mobile to utilize Cascada's Breeze mobile development platform to extend the reach of Polar Mobile's platform beyond smartphones to Java-based mobile phones. With Cascada Mobile's Breeze platform, developers can create mobile apps in as l…
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