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Google I/O is a developer conference so it’s no surprise to see the company beef up its tools and distribution mechanisms for those making apps. The Android Market has received a few new tools which could make it easier on developers. The biggest change is that developers can now create apps up to 4 GB,…
After some time speculating about the name and what it will bring, Google finally announced the next version of Android, Ice Cream Sandwich. Not only is this the next version of the massively popular mobile operating system, but Ice Cream Sandwich signals a new era for Android. There are plenty of goodies within the tasty…
Google announced some exciting new services today for Android, most of which were in the form of a new software version or updates, but Android@Home is something we’ve never seen, or even thought of before. We’re not talking about a Jetson’s lifestyle (yet), but Google is making its mobile operating system extend to your home,…
Google has just taken the wraps off of Android 3.1 Honeycomb, which is brings a few new features to tablets running the software version. We weren’t expecting a large update with 3.1, but the additions are certainly welcomed and it’s rolling out to Verizon 3G Xooms today. Best of all, Android 3.1 will be launching…
Nokia has recently released Qt SDK 1.1, offering integrated development environment (IDE) for the creation of Symbian and MeeGo applications, as well as desktop apps for Windows 7, Mac OS X and Linux. According to the Finnish company, with this latest version of the SDK, developers get a “complete, easy-to-use tool” that cuts app creation…
The Google I/O 2011 conference officially kicks off tomorrow, and we can expect to Android to be the largest focus yet again. A lot has happened in Android-land since last year, and Google has likely been working around the clock to get the latest and greatest ready to be announced. Whether it’s in the form…
[Update: We’ve extended this contest until May 13th at 11:59pm PT. Please feel free to submit your entry from now until then.] If you’re an app publisher or developer then you’ll be excited to hear this week we’re giving app publishers & developers some love with a free Qualcomm MDP up for grabs. The Qualcomm…
We saw Gingerbread leak out for the T-Mobile G2X not long ago, but it wasn’t available to download. Since then, we’ve had the CyanogenMod Nightly builds to play around with, but one of T-Mobile’s official builds for the hot new handset has leaked out, and is available for your flashing pleasure. The update is rather…
Remember that OTA update the HTC Thunderbolt was supposed to receive two days ago? Well, it looks like the update that would be addressing some issues with the handset has been delayed until further notice. We’re still not sure as to why the update has been delayed, but we’re sure Verizon must have some reasoning…
Here at the BlackBerry World conference, RIM’s Sweden team (better known as The Astonishing Tribe) has been very busy, not only pumping out the Scrapbook app we saw at Mobile World Congress for public consumption, but also doing some cool stuff with the upcoming native software development kit for the BlackBerry PlayBook. TAT has a…