During the Verizon Developer Community Conference in Las Vegas, the Big Red carrier unveiled NAVBuilder Inside (NBI), which is an SDK that gives developers a simple way to add interactive location, mapping, and other location-based services to their applications across multiple operating systems. In addition, the APIs included offer the capability to provide 3D voice-guided…
Particle is a new company offering developers tools to develop once for multiple mobile platforms
A company called Particle launched a new technology platform that allows developers to automatically create native apps for any platform. You know the problem right? There are so many platforms out there and developers need to re-code their apps for each of them. Particle is definitely not the first contender in their space, but it…
Verizon intros location, messaging APIs
Verizon has introduced a plethora of new application programming interfaces for developers which should make it easier for content creators to create apps for Big Red. Is this a precursor to the Verizon app store for Android? At its developer conference today, the nation’s largest carrier introduced a messaging API which enables app creators to…
UnrEVOked updated, brings more one-click root lovin
Everyone’s favorite one-click root program for HTC Android phones, UnrEVOked, has been updated after being MIA for a while. The new version, 3.21, focuses on reliability. The update is minor, but we’re glad the guys are still hard at work to give users the best experience. The previous update was said to be a little…
The Astonishing Tribe lives up to its name – brings us Horizon Maps and Contacts
For those of you who are unaware of The Astonishing Tribe, or TAT, it is a software company that makes slick UI skins, among other things. Today, we are getting a glimpse of what they’ve been working on, and it is truly astonishing. First up, there’s the Horizon Maps, which is a mash-up of 2D…
Android Developer Meetup: Love and Appiness 2 is hitting San Francisco on September 23rd
Android Developer’s Meetup, Love and Appiness 2, is coming to San Francisco on September 23rd. The 2-hour long meetup, from 6 to 8 PM (PT), will take place in Roe Restaurant and Bar at 651 Howard Street. The main idea behind Love and Appiness 2 is to learn and share your experiences on the Android…
Ansca Mobile’s Corona SDK and Corona Game Edition toolkits upgraded with cross-platform development capabilities
Ansca Mobile launched the upgraded Corona SDK and Corona Game Edition toolkits for mobile app and game development. The main new thing is the addition of cross-platform capabilities, allowing developers to build apps for iOS and Android devices from the same set of code. As part of this implementation, Corona SDK will automatically scale graphics…
Qualcomm showcases Snapdragon Mobile Development Platform with 1GHz MSM8655 Chipset
Qualcomm has been showcasing its Snapdragon Mobile Development Platform (MDP), designed to “help content developers and publishers maximize the performance of applications on Snapdragon chipsets.” Here’s specs rundown unveiled during the company’s second annual Innovation Qualcomm event: 1GHz MSM8655 chipset Sleek smartphone form-factor Support for either Android or Brew Mobile Platform (Brew MP) 3.80-inch WVGA…
Apsalar’s marketing tools give app developers insight into user behavior
A company called launched what they say is the “next generation mobile analytics platform” at Demo Fall 2010 with the idea to provide developers with crucial data about how users interact with their apps. Apsalar’s offering consists of the following parts: ApScience – a user-centric conversion analytics tool that defines and then interprets different conversion…
Microsoft Windows Phone 7 dev tools are ready
The Microsoft Windows Phone 7 platform is just a few weeks away and the company is definitely jazzed about it but it’s time for developers to start getting excited because the developer tools have also gone gold. Mobile developers have already had access to the beta version of the tools, as well as training kits…