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Here’s one for mobile developers. With jQ.Mobi, a new open source mobile development framework, you can quickly create HTML5-based sites and apps using familiar jQuery-based functions. Touted as 2.5X faster than desktop jQuery and much smaller to download (only 3K vs. 36K), JQ.Mobi is made with particular focus on delivering an “identically high quality user…
With tablets increasingly getting adopted by retailers all around the world, the question is when the standard POS terminals will be pushed back to history. And while we’re still far from that point, some savvy companies experiment with new technologies, improving the shopping experience along the way. The problem, however, may turn to be communication…
We have good news for those of you out there who were able to grab yourself an HP TouchPad during the fire sale in hopes of one day running Android on it. The folks over at CyanogenMod have been diligently working to resurrect the dead webOS tablet, and their efforts seem to be finally paying off. The…
CyanogenMod, insanely popular for its customized aftermarket firmware for select Android devices, just announced an impressive milestone of 1 million installs (combining both official and unofficial). If you aren’t familiar with hacking or installing custom ROMs then you should know the CM team is the standard. These talented developers are great at finding ways to…
Tired of being limited to just two mobile OS’s when it comes apps? Well, this may be a thing of the past. OpenMobile today announced its Application Compatibility Layer (ACL) technology that allows Android apps to run on any platform. This software ports more than 300,000 apps available for Android to devices running on other OS’s…
Android’s open nature has long been a double-edged sword. From security issues and fragmentation on the bad side, to insane amounts of customizations, mods, and ROMs on the good side. Manufacturers who have created custom user interfaces for its Android handsets, which is essentially everyone, have furthered the fragmentation of the OS with slower update…
It certainly wasn’t good news to hear that the Transformer Prime’s bootloader was locked and encrypted, which blocks the ability to load custom ROMs onto the quad-core tablet. Well, it may not be long until said bootloader will be able to be unlocked through an Asus provided tool. When people got word that the bootloader…
Kik Messenger is expanding its service into other, third-party apps with a brand new API. As a result, a whole new category of applications is emerging (Apps That Kik) that enable Kik users to discover and download new stuff right inside Kik Messenger. Kik’s idea is to help developers “achieve immediate growth and momentum” using…
Samsung has made a new version of the S Pen SDK available, allowing developers to take advantage of the Galaxy Note’s built-in stylus. In this release, the configuration classes and APIs for the pen and eraser have been added, as well as CanvasView APIs. More precisely, here’s what’s new: Added PenSettingInfo class – so developers…
Developers can already use a number of third-party SDKs to integrate such things as maps, ads, videos and so on into their apps. How about ticket sales? That’s now possible as well thanks to the new SDK from the online ticketing marketplace Seatwave. The functionality provides developers with a new way to monetize their apps,…