If you’ve heard some unpleasant rumors about Google controlling device manufacturers and making Android less open, don’t swallow them just yet. Google’s Andy Rubin told the company’s side of things yesterday, referring to the other tales as FUD. Rubin wrote in a post on the Android Developers Blog, “As always, device makers are free to
Developers who intend to make apps for tablets other than the iPad can start making more precise plans about their futures immediately. Google announced yesterday that it’s making a preview of the Android 3.0 SDK available. Xavier Ducrohet wrote on the Android Developers Blog, “[W]e are releasing a preview of the Android 3.0 SDK, with
Developers with an interest in “smart” TVs might want to give a second thought to Yahoo’s involvement in the field. Today, Yahoo put out a call for developers to build widgets for the Yahoo Connected TV Store. Juan Carlos Perez reported this afternoon, “Yahoo is expanding its Connected TV program so that developers can build
The recently announced Nook Color, a full-color e-reader backed by Barnes & Noble, may do well, considering it’ll be nicer-looking than the Amazon Kindle and less expensive than an iPad. Developers can benefit from its success, too, since the “NOOKdeveloper” program was launched this week.
It’s a good time to be a developer, or at least a PSP2 developer who’s on Sony’s good side, judging from a new report. Sony’s supposed to have given out PSP2 hardware to some developers so that they can take an early crack at making games. Rob Crossley wrote earlier this week, “Sony has handed
AMD announced today the availability of the ATI Stream Software Development Kit (SDK) v2.2 with OpenCL 1.1 support to provide developers with the tools they need to build applications. By taking advantage of both CPU and GPU processing power in a given system, applications like 3D video, HD video chat and multi-display 3D gaming are
Solid Documents, a developer of document reconstruction software, has introduced its latest release of its Solid Framework.Net Software Development Kit (SDK). Version 7.0 gives developers more flexibility in developing applications with the SDK. It includes tools, documentation and samples developers can reference to write, build, test and deploy .NET Framework applications. It is also designed
The files sitting on your computer are waiting to be used on other devices in your home. With the HSTi Wireless Media Stick you can stream media files from your PC, to any USB enabled device. Featured at CES 2010, the HSTi Wireless Media Stick plugs into a USB port which connects wirelessly to the
One of Polaroid’s trademark technologies throughout the years has always been instant film. Their instant film line ended back in 2008, but due to popular demand, has made a strong return at CES 2010. Polaroid’s Chief Marketing Officer, Jon Pollock spoke with WebProNew’s Abby Johnson about the reasons behind their return to instant film. The
WebProNews got to check out what Mike McDonald from WebProNews would call the coolest gadget at CES 2010 – the RCX4 Star Stryker by Digittronics. Patrick Le from Digittronics gave Mike an overview of this new remote control flying helicopter. The RCX4 Star Stryker has 10 minutes of flight time and can hover about 1
