Mobile Developer News by Richard Harris

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

Mobile Tech

Everything.me, can it really bridge HTML5 and Native apps

• Wednesday, November 28, 2012
• By Richard Harris

Native apps are stealing the show when it comes to usage and functionality on mobile devices these days, but a lot of companies continue to hold out hope that more open HTML5-based mobile web services will ultimately win the day. In the meantime, tho...

Android

Amazon maps API and developer help

• Wednesday, November 28, 2012
• By Richard Harris

Developers can now add interactive maps and custom overalys to Kindle appsIDG News Service - Amazon.com has opened its Maps API to all Kindle developers, who can now use it to integrate maps in their applications for the Kindle Fire family of ta...

Mobile Tech

Stick to just one platform most developers say

• Wednesday, November 28, 2012
• By Richard Harris

Android, iOS, Amazon, Windows Mobile, HTML5 - how do you pick! Each has a unique advantage and associated challenges! Lets break it down by comparing some known facts about each market.There are Android and iOS, with 700,000 available apps each and h...

Windows Mobile

Windows phone SDK version 8.0 is here!

• Wednesday, November 28, 2012
• By Richard Harris

Inside Windows Phone 41 | Peter Torr tells us all about what WP8 means for DevelopersWindows Phone 8 is an enormous new release of Windows Phone that opens up a new universe of possibilities for developers... but what does this mean for you?Prog...

Windows Mobile

Microsoft Visual Studio Update ready

• Wednesday, November 28, 2012
• By Richard Harris

Microsoft has released Visual Studio 2012 Update 1, which provides improvements for Windows 8 app development and more.Microsoft has released Visual Studio 2012 Update 1, the first official update for Visual Studio 2012.The update is now availab...

HTML5

OnGameStart in New York: March 15th, 2013

• Wednesday, November 28, 2012
• By Richard Harris

OnGameStart, the original HTML5 Game Development conference, is expanding to the US with an US-based event taking place on March 15, 2013 in New York City.Michal has once again upped the bar for HTML5 Conference Websites by creating a full WebGL-base...

Android

Amazon Appstore comes to Japan

• Wednesday, November 28, 2012
• By Richard Harris

Japan welcomes the arrival of Amazon as a new choice for an Android tablet portal. The giant in online retail announced earlier today that customers in Japan can now access content for their Android devices and Kindle Fire products.Amazon Appstore de...

Mobile Tech

Cloud based apps

• Wednesday, November 28, 2012
• By Richard Harris

Developing mobile applications for the cloud can be tricky work. Here's how to choose a platform and decide if your back-end systems are up to the task.What's expanding at the same blistering pace as your company's mobile workforce? How about the dem...