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Google showed off the results of its Native Client SDK at an in-house event recently, highlighting some of the ways early adopters such as Square Enix, Unity Technologies and Bungie have used the Web development technology. Google originally launched the Native Client SDK in beta toward the end of ...
Microsoft will begin accepting submissions for the Windows Store, its Windows 8 app store, when it unveils its Windows 8 public beta in late February. It also invited applications from devs to submit applications using the Metro-style touch user interface for inclusion in the Windows Store. The stor...
Jakob Nielsen, the design expert dubbed "the guru of Web page usability" by The New York Times and "the Web's usability czar" by WebReference.com, didn't find too many user-friendly features on Amazon's new Kindle Fire, according to a report he published on his website Monday. The device is too heav...
What's the future for Flash devs now that Adobe has turned its back on Flash Player for mobile devices and has shifted focus to HTML 5? Will Flash for the desktop survive or will it die out too? Adobe has pledged to enable Flash devs to package native apps with Adobe AIR for all the major mobile app...
Adobe announced on Wednesday that it would no longer continue to develop Flash Player for mobile devices after the release of Flash Player 11.1 for Android and the BlackBerry PlayBook. It will instead switch to HTML5 for mobile devices. Adobe will continue supporting Flash Player for existing device...
"Build once, run everywhere" has been the goal of many platforms, although most recently the motto was used for Java. It has rarely been completely true. In Java's case, "build once, test everywhere" was closer to the mark. A true universal platform offers many financial benefits: It removes uncerta...
Research In Motion has once again pushed back the release of a much-desired software update for its PlayBook tablet. RIM has decided to delay the launch of BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0, originally expected this month, until it's confident that it has fully met the expectations of its developers, enter...
Software development drives business innovation, but many application development teams are stymied by some common, solvable challenges that can sidetrack the success not only of their project, but also of their company. The top three: achieving effective alignment with business concerns; managing t...
Can a new mobile operating system pull Research In Motion, maker of BlackBerry devices, out of its current funk? Not only has the company been steadily losing market share to competitors with flashier phones -- namely Apple and makers of Android handsets -- but its worldwide network recently experie...
Legendary computer scientist and creator of the C programming language Dennis Ritchie has died at the age of 70, leaving behind a legacy that touches virtually every aspect of modern life. News of Ritchie's death was apparently first revealed to the world on Google+ by Rob Pike, a distinguished engi...
Oracle this week made a slew of announcements around the programming language and computing platform Java, which it acquired when it purchased Sun Microsystems in 2009. At the JavaOne conference, Oracle disclosed a road map for Java Standard Edition on Mac OS X. The company also announced that it's ...
New developments announced by Facebook at its F8 Developer Conference in San Francisco on Thursday might give the social networking king new advantages over Google as the two battle for dominance. They may also create a world of hurt for Apple. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Timeline, which ...
Adobe on Wednesday announced its Flash Player 11 and Air 3 packages. These have a heavy focus on games and online video across multiple devices and platforms. Those platforms include Android, Apple iOS, BlackBerry Tablet OS, Mac OS X, Windows and connected TVs. Flash Player 11 and Air 3 let game pub...
Over half a million copies of the developer preview of Windows 8 have been downloaded, according to Microsoft, giving app makers around the world a sample of the software maker's upcoming operating system. Those developers, though, may have to go through a learning curve if they want to build Window...
Adobe on Monday announced the first public preview release of its Edge HTML 5 Web motion and interaction design tool. This lets Web designers add animation to websites using standards such as HTML, JavaScript and CSS in much the same way they do with Flash Professional, Adobe said. It's adopting an ...