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Tuesday, September 7th, 2010
As most would-be photographers know, snapping pictures while you’re out and about isn’t too hard. It’s returning to your computer and transferring all the files that can be a pain. But now Eye-Fi, which solved that problem with wireless memory cards, is letting developers get in on its game.
The Eye-Fi Developer Program launched today, and [...]
By: Doug Caverly in Developer Program
Friday, September 3rd, 2010
Give another point to cloud computing advocates. Yesterday, VMware demonstrated its support for their cause by introducing a cloud application platform, and developers should be pleased, because VMware has their interests at heart in addition to its own.
A formal release issued by the company explained that this move should allow “developers to build and run [...]
By: Doug Caverly in Cloud
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
Due to the existence of language barriers, this piece of news probably qualifies more as an FYI than a heads up about something that’ll actually help or hurt the average DevWebPro reader. Just the same, you may be interested to know that Baidu, China’s top search company, has launched an app store of sorts.
Loretta Chao [...]
By: Doug Caverly in Baidu
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
Despite what Apple and Google have accomplished, Palm still controls a respectable share of the mobile market, and developers can now start to play with the operating system that’s meant to improve its fortunes. A developer beta of WebOS 2.0 was released yesterday.
A page created to celebrate the move declared, “We’ve got lots of new [...]
By: Doug Caverly in Palm
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
A TV that allows viewers to look up all sorts of programming, plus check the weather, shop, and accomplish many other things, holds a lot of promise for both consumers and developers. And Samsung wants to speed up its spread with what it’s calling a “Free the TV Developer Day.”
The event’s taking place at the [...]
By: Doug Caverly in Samsung
Monday, August 30th, 2010
Verizon’s received a lot of negative attention recently due to its net neutrality announcement with Google, and we’re not going to suggest anyone ignore that fact. However, developers who still think Verizon’s user base is worth taking into account should know that the second annual Verizon Developer Community Conference has been scheduled.
The event will take [...]
By: Doug Caverly in Conferences
Monday, August 30th, 2010
Design experts who live in Illinois – or who wouldn’t mind visiting it for most of a week, at least – may want to block September 20th to 24th off on their calendars. The third annual Design for Mobile Conference will be held in Evanston, Illinois during that period.
More specifically, the conference will take place [...]
By: Doug Caverly in Design, Web Design
Friday, August 27th, 2010
Yahoo isn’t going to stand in the way of developers who want to make money. Yesterday, the company cleared the path for developers to monetize social data gathered from over 600 million (consenting) individuals.
This isn’t a free-for-all, of course; Yahoo wants everyone to comply with certain terms and conditions. Still, this looks like the opening [...]
By: Doug Caverly in Yahoo
Thursday, August 26th, 2010
Developers should perhaps not rush to spend every spare marketing dollar on Apple’s new iAds. One developer gave them a shot, and while everyone’s results may of course vary, he saw some startlingly bad returns.
David Smith, the founder and owner of Cross Forward Consulting, wrote on his company’s blog, “From August 19 through August 25 [...]
By: Doug Caverly in Advertising
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
Today may be rough for everyone’s finances in some respects – don’t check your 401(k) unless you want to be depressed – but another developer success story has popped up to serve as inspiration. The developer of two Android apps explained that they’ve made him quite a lot of money.
Arron La released Advanced Task Manager [...]
By: Doug Caverly in Android