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During RIM’s quarterly conference call tonight, execs announced that developer QNX handsets and platform tools will be available at their annual dev conference next month. (Update: The replay just went live, which clarified things a bit… The QNX platform will be demonstrated at DevCon and prototype phones available “in the not too distant future”. Whether…
A man by the name of Michael Pineschi submitted his new app for iPhone and iPod touch to the App Store just a few days ago. It’s called “Phone Story“, and it’s a pretty graphic game involving the making of smartphones in China. 20 hours after Apple approved it, they changed their minds and pulled…
In an effort to get more developers on board, Amazon is offering $50 towards Amazon Web Services, which can be used to build a range of connected applications – from social to gaming, media and business apps based on each individual developer need. In order to take advantage of this deal — which BTW runs…
If you a) own an Android smartphone or tablet; and b) was looking at the AR.Drone with a dose of envy – we have good news for you. Yep, now you can control the popular quadricopter from your Android device just as well iOS users could (and those with Symbian smartphones, though unofficially), relying on…
After a short beta period, RIM has launched the new version of their software portal, BlackBerry App World. Most of the new stuff is just user interface shuffling, like new app categories, and updated search bar placement. There are a few functional updates, like sharing apps to Facebook, Twitter, and BBM, and every month there will…
Apple has relapsed iOS 5 beta 7 and Xcode 4.2 with iOS 5 SDK beta 7. Interested developers can grab it from the iOS Dev Center or install it over the air from devices that run iOS 5 beta 5 or later. Presuming you’re a developer looking to make apps for iPhone, iPod Touch and/or…
Spotify announced today a brand new developer API by the name of libspotify, or by the more comprehensible name, the Spotify Embedded Player. It’s an iOS-exclusive API that will enable developers to insert the Spotify player into their applications. In the bigger picture, this encourages the development of many third-party apps using their excellent streaming…
RIM has just lost another member of their senior staff. Mike Kirkup, Senior Direct of Developer Relations for the BlackBerry platform is calling it quits today, saying on his blog “this is a great company with leaders I respect and admire. It has been an honour to share in the success and growth of such an…
What could be better than a HP TouchPad for stupid cheap? How about an operating system that has a lot more apps and features and a development community just aching to get it running on anything possible? That’s exactly what’s happened and below you can see the TouchPad running the most popular custom Android ROM,…
Just because iOS 5 is still not available for the end users, that doesn’t mean developers can’t start making apps for the upcoming version of Apple’s mobile OS. bit.ly decided to help them [developers] out by releasing the iOS 5 compatible SDK to allow individuals and companies to make shorter URLs from their apps and…