Mobile Developer News by Ron Beaman

Developer news for iOS, Android, Apps, Game Development, VR, SDKs, Mobile Marketing, and other topics relating to making mobile apps, and software development.

Cloud Services

Nimbix Adds Docker Integration to JARVICE Platform

• Friday, September 23, 2016
• By Ron Beaman

Nimbix just announced a new capability, PushToCompute, a method for rapid cloud deployment and monetization of containerized compute intensive applications. This capability is built into the JARVICE platform which powers the Nimbix Cloud.Th...

Windows Mobile

Microsoft Buys Capptain to Get a Piece of the Mobile Push Analytics Arena

• Sunday, June 1, 2014
• By Ron Beaman

Microsoft has announced that it has acquired Capptain, which offers app user analytics and provides push notification services based on customer usage patterns.According to a Microsoft statement, “Capptain will bring a vital new element to ...

Enterprise

Xamarin Releases SAP SDK for Native Enterprise App Development

• Monday, February 24, 2014
• By Ron Beaman

Xamarin has announced a partnership with SAP to help developers create native mobile apps to integrate enterprise data and processes. The jointly-developed Xamarin SAP SDK provides a native .NET interface to the SAP Mobile Platform allowing...

Mobile Tech

Will Closed Smart Device Systems Squeeze Out App Developers

• Wednesday, February 19, 2014
• By Ron Beaman

BMW has recently announced that is creating a program to offer marketing apps to drivers through its future navigation systems. The program is being developed as a potential new feature of the BMW’s ConnectedDrive system.From the recent release: “In ...

Press Announcements

Chirp GPS Tracking App for Family and Friends Gets a Huge Update

• Saturday, February 15, 2014
• By Ron Beaman

Moonbeam has just posted an update to it's GPS tracking app "Chirp" with lots of new tracking features, a brand new interface, pin dropping, location sharing, and even a new speedometer function.Now on version 1.4, Chirp has quickly rose to be a...

Programming

Best Platform For Mobile App Development

• Tuesday, January 28, 2014
• By Ron Beaman

“…an exploration of the subject from one perspective intended as a vehicle for shedding light on the merits of any platform as it pertains to mobile development…” When it comes to computing platforms, few debates cause more bias-rage and consternatio...

Enterprise

Synechron and Mobile Labs Partner to Enterprise Mobile Application Testing

• Wednesday, January 15, 2014
• By Ron Beaman

Synechron has announced that it will offer secure, hosted mobile app testing offerings to its clients through Mobile Labs’ solutions, including the internal cloud-based testing platform, deviceConnect.Mobile Labs services enable enterprises to d...

Programming

Aspiring App Developers Get Real World Training at Mobile Makers Academy

• Monday, December 16, 2013
• By Ron Beaman

Headquartered in Chicago, USA, the Mobile Makers Academy attracts individuals who are interested in careers as mobile developers. The full-time, eight-week iOS bootcamp simulates a real work environment with independent and team-based hands...

HTML5

FileMaker Introduces FileMaker 13 Enterprise Development Platform for iPad, iPhone, Windows, Mac and the Web

• Thursday, December 5, 2013
• By Ron Beaman

FileMaker, an Apple subsidiary, publishes enterprise software solutions for iPad, iPhone, Windows, Mac and the web. FileMaker 13 is an HTML5 browser-based technology and the software’s new enhancements allow the platform to provide additional support...

Mobile Tech

Target Stores Offer Special Trade in Deal For a New iPad Air

• Wednesday, November 6, 2013
• By Ron Beaman

I have to admit, I can be a bit miserly sometimes. Even though I love new gadgets, they can put a real crimp in the wallet, so I try to hold on to things as long as I can. No surprise then, that I've been struggling to find a way to upgrade from my f...

Programming

Assets for App Creation: Leveraging Visual and Audio Resources for App Developers

• Thursday, September 19, 2013
• By Ron Beaman

When it comes to software development, there are two sides of the creative coin, artistic creativity and technical creativity. Visual design and in some cases audio expertise dominate one side of the coin with skilled graphic designers and artists wh...

Monetize

AdIQuity Offers App Developers a Part of 1 Million USD Matching Funds With New Incentive Program

• Wednesday, August 14, 2013
• By Ron Beaman

AdIQuity has set up a developer incentive program where developers using the AdIQuity monetization SDK can get a share of 1 million USD the company has set aside for the program. There are three ways developers can receive funds with the opportunity ...

Programming

Ignite UI For HTML5 and Jquery Controls

• Tuesday, August 13, 2013
• By Ron Beaman

Ignite UI is a set of advanced HTML and JavaScript user interface controls that enables developers to create browser based, touch enabled tablet, mobile and desktop applications. Ignite UI is based on jQuery Core, jQuery UI, jQuery Mobile JavaSc...

Enterprise

Flow Corporation Announces New Version of Social Activity Stream Management Solution

• Sunday, August 4, 2013
• By Ron Beaman

Flow Corporation has announced the launch of the newest iteration of its stream management solution, which provides an enterprise mobility solution for companies to distribute real-time information to employees, customers and partners. The cloud-ba...

Enterprise

Oracle Announces 12c Releases of its Cloud Application Foundation

• Friday, July 26, 2013
• By Ron Beaman

Oracle has announced the latest 12c releases of its Cloud Application Foundation, which integrates application server and in-memory data grid capabilities into a foundation for Cloud computing. Oracle’s Cloud Application Foundation consists of Oracle...

Enterprise

Helpshift Offers New Dashboard for End to End Mobile Help Desk

• Friday, July 26, 2013
• By Ron Beaman

Helpshift provides end-to-end mobile customer service solutions by providing in-app help-desk support so that users do not need to exit an app to get the support they require. Helpshift’s native SDK and API integrates into an app to offer a complete ...

Android

Fortumo Announces Carrier Billing Coverage for 1.15 Billion Mobile Phone Subscribers in China

• Friday, July 26, 2013
• By Ron Beaman

Mobile payments provider Fortumo has announced direct carrier billing agreements with China Unicom and China Telecom which extends its mobile payment reach to over 1.15 billion mobile phone subscribers in China, which is now the largest Android marke...

Android

Google Announces Release of App Engine 1.8.2

• Monday, July 22, 2013
• By Ron Beaman

On the Google Cloud blog the company has announced the release of App Engine 1.8.2 which includes improvements for large-scale application development, developer tooling, runtimes and a new dedicated memcache service. App Engine's new shared and ded...

Android

Mid Year 2013 Android Developer Survey is Now Open

• Wednesday, July 17, 2013
• By Ron Beaman

On the Android developer blog Reto Meier, Android Developer Relations Tech Lead, has announced the opening of the mid-year Android Developer Survey. The survey should last between 15 and 20 minutes covering topics including challenges developers f...

Programming

The Emergence of Mega SDKs

• Tuesday, July 16, 2013
• By Ron Beaman

A guest contributed post from Panos Papadopoulos, CEO and Co-Founder of BugSense was featured on the Mobile Marketing Watch website providing an interesting perspective on the growth and consolidation of what he terms "Mega SDKs." In the article, Pa...

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