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Well, this didn’t take long. The iOS hacking community has cooked up another jailbreak, this time for the newly released iOS 5.1 update. Now users have the ability to tether their iProducts to whatever computer or device they please, courtesy of an updated version to the Redsn0w jailbreak tool. But there is a catch, in…
Wikitude unveiled new SDK based on its ARchitect Engine, allowing developers to integrate augmented reality experiences into their apps using JavaScript. Actually, the whole ARchitect Engine is made as a JavaScript framework that can be embedded in an HTML web view which sits atop the Wikitude camera view and enables developers to control the objects…
Aside from new phones, HTC also used Mobile World Congress to unveil new APIs, part of its HTC OpenSense SDK. The new set of developer tools includes Beats Audio API, Lockscreen API, Mobile Device Management API and soon a HTC MediaLink HD API — using which developers are able to enhance the audio experience of…
Google updated Application Statistics in the Developer Console, showing additional details to developers. There few important changes included, such as: Installation metrics – which show installations measured by unique users, as well as by unique devices. For user installations, you can view active installs, total installs, and daily installs and uninstalls; and for devices –…
Nokia for the past year or so has been on a crusade to dig the company out of irrelevancy in today’s super competitive mobile business. The Finnish-based phone maker teamed up with Microsoft to jazz things up on the operating system, shifting attention slightly away from its own OS Symbian. Now the company has its…
Samsung keeps updating its S Pen SDK, allowing developers to make apps that run on the Galaxy Note devices. Version 2.0 of the SDK is out, packing a number of improvements over the previous release (version 1.5), including: SCanvasView Class inherited from CanvasView has been added – so that developers can animate their drawings and…
We’re big fans of Twilio here at IntoMobile because we believe its communication platform enables a new class of innovative apps. Well, expect that to continue as the company is releasing an iOS SDK which will make it easy for app developers to enable their apps to make calls. Twilio essentially does the hard lifting…
Asus dropped some great news earlier today, as the company released the bootloader unlock tool for its wildly popular Android tablet: the Transformer Prime. This release only came about because of the outrage people displayed over the company launching the slate with the bootloader locked, as it prevented avid hackers from uploading custom roms onto…
Mobile payments company PaymentOne launched the PayOne HTML5 API, which provides an HTML5 compliant web-based payment flow for mobile app developers looking to monetize their offerings across multiple platforms and devices with a “charge it to my mobile phone bill” payment method. As a result, developers who pick HTML5 as their platform of choice can…
Last week HTC gave the world an idea of what handsets to expect to get the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update in the coming months. The line up includes the entire Sensation line, as well as a handful of other handsets, but HTC wasn’t finished. A new Facebook post named “Ice Cream Sandwich Updates:…