Open source software turns 20
Tuesday, February 6, 2018 by Richard Harris
First let me say in full disclaimer that I love open source software and initiatives, and I come from the enterprise world as it where in 1998. The days where IT budgets were as fat as overfed guppy goldfish, and open source tech was barely used in production environments. Open source source software has always had the same set of challenges following closely behin...
HyperLoop Lets You Access All Native Mobile API's Using Javascript
Saturday, August 13, 2016 by Richard Harris
Appcelerator has announced the GA release of Titanium SDK 5.4.0, Appcelerator CLI 5.4.0, and Appcelerator Studio 4.7.0. The highlight of these releases is the introduction of Hyperloop, which provides the ability to directly access 100% of all native APIs via JavaScript.Jeff Haynie with Appcelerator explains, “With Hyperloop, the need for OS-specific modules disappears....
Red Hat's Mobile App Platform Includes New Push Notification Capabilities
Wednesday, December 30, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
The main focus of the recently released Version 3.6 of the Feed Henry’s (which is now owned by Red Hat) cross platform Mobile Application Platform (MHP) is the integration of the Aerogear UnifiedPush Server into the platform which provides improved iOS, Android and Windows Phone push notification functionality. Also new is Windows 10 support.With the UnifiedPush Server ...
Appcelerator Launches New Cloud Based Service for Building APIs
Monday, April 6, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Appcelerator has released Appcelerator Platform 4.0 which introduces a new service called Arrow, offering framework for building APIs, with a scalable cloud service for running them. Arrow forms the backbone of the Appcelerator Platform’s MBaaS. It consists of two primary components - Builder and Cloud. Arrow Builder lets developers assemble APIs, data models and d...
Corona Now Supports Windows Phone 8 via CoronaCards
Thursday, October 23, 2014 by Richard Harris
Corona has announced support for Windows Phone 8 via its CoronaCards, which provides flexibility for developers using the Corona platform to develop for Windows Phone 8. CoronaCards is a version of the Corona platform (running the Corona Lua code) that can be embedded into any native app allowing developers to also hook in any native functionality via a native/Lua bridg...
VMware’s AirWatch Launches AirWatch AppShield for Mobile App Security and Management
Wednesday, September 10, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
VMware’s AirWatch has introduced the AirWatch AppShield which utilizes the AirWatch SDK and the AirWatch App Wrapping engine to provide users with security and management capabilities. AirWatch also has announced the charter mobile application management platform (MADP) providers that interoperate with AirWatch AppShield.AirWatch provides the ability to containerize app...
Appcelerator Adds Enhancements to its Mobile Platform
Friday, July 18, 2014 by Richard Harris
Appcelerator has made enhancements to its mobile platform. The company says that platform is “smarter, more connected and more flexible than ever.”The company’s flagship is Appcelerator Titanium, an open, extensible development environment for creating native apps across different mobile devices and OSs including iOS, Android, and BlackBerry, as well as hybrid...
Tizen: The OS of Things has Arrived in a Ripe Market
Thursday, June 5, 2014 by Brian Warner
There’s been a lot of talk recently about Tizen, a new open source mobile operating system developed primarily by Samsung and Intel, and hosted as a Collaborative Project at The Linux Foundation. So what is it, and why is it important? Fundamentally, Tizen is about convergence, and developing a single platform that can be used for all manner of devices. But to rea...
Appcelerator Enterprise Apps Now Supported by Mocana Security Platform
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Mocana has announced that enterprise mobile apps developed using the Appcelerator Platform or the Appcelerator Titanium mobile development environment are now MAP-Ready and supported by the Mocana Atlas platform. Apps built using either the Appcelerator Platform or Titanium environment can now be secured by the latest version of Mocana’s Mobile App Protection ...
FeedHenry Offers New Enhancements to Mobile Cloud Offerings Including mBaaS and API Management
Thursday, May 8, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
FeedHenry has introduced FeedHenry 3, the latest version of its mobile cloud that offers new features around its core mBaaS and API management, role-based development, team collaboration and support for a wide range of app development frameworks including Backbone, Angular and Xamarin. The platform now offers increased support for a range of client app develop...
Apperian Opens API for Enterprise Mobile App Development
Wednesday, April 9, 2014 by Richard Harris
Apperian has announced the availability of an open API for its entire enterprise mobility platform. Apperian offers a fully extensible platform for users to integrate and extend their own solutions into their own or third-party IT infrastructures. Recently, the company launched a new mobile app policy engine for enterprises and business partners to develo...
Appcelerator Integrates MobileIron Enterprise App Security Platform
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 by Richard Harris
Appcelerator, a provider of the Appcelerator mobile enterprise platform, has announced plans for a multi-tiered integration with MobileIron, a provider of security and management for mobile apps, content and devices. The integration will offer greater functionality to Appcelerator’s platform to help enterprises streamline the delivery and management of secure mobil...
Kinvey Launches New Libraries for Mobile Web Development
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Kinvey has announced new libraries for mobile web development including a full range of JavaScript, Backbone.js, Ember.js and Angular.js frameworks in addition to enhancements to its PhoneGap and Appcelerator Titanium modules. These new capabilities give enterprise customers more flexibility to deliver mobile applications for employees, partners and custo...
Kii Introduces A|B Testing, Now Javascript SDK PhoneGap and Titanium Compatible
Saturday, March 15, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Kii has introduced new A/B Testing functionality which is included with all Kii accounts, including the free ones. Developers using Kii can run an experiment and then push the optimal result to all users with one click, without having to update an app.Kii A/B Testing supports multiple variables to provide the ability to test combinations around app experience,...
Corona Hints At a New Ad Network With New CoronaCards
Thursday, March 6, 2014 by Richard Harris
Corona sent a letter to developers today to announce a new "closed beta" of CoronaCards. Essentially it allows developers of Corona and other platforms such as GameSalad, and Unity to "overlay" a version of Corona from within their apps (think interstitials). Here are a few examples of what they say cards will be good for:Developers using frameworks like&...
Appcelerator Debuts Appcelerator Insights Real Time App Analytics Service
Saturday, December 28, 2013 by Stuart Parkerson
Appcelerator has announced Appcelerator Insights which enables business and IT professionals to measure success metrics across their apps, including acquisition, engagement, retention, and quality.
Appcelerator Insights tracks a number of metrics including the following:
Acquisition - including the number of app installs and connected devices to show the...
HTML5 App Development: Insight into Choices for Mobile Developers to Bring Web Apps to Market
Monday, November 11, 2013 by Stuart Parkerson
How HTML5 mobile app developers decide between four fundamental choices to bring web apps to market is the basis of a recent report by Vision Mobile.
The report is taken from data derived from four different sources: raw data from Vision Mobile’s Q2 Developer Economics survey (6,000 respondents, April-May 2013); analytics from 30,000 plus Android apps available in Goog...
Lanica Game Platform: Why App Developers Should Pay Attention
Tuesday, September 17, 2013 by Stuart Parkerson
Lanica has announced the release of its Lanica Game Platform for iOS and Android app developers to the indie development community. While the meat of the platform is Platino, a 2D and 2.5D cross-platform JavaScript game engine, the company also sets a full plate with its Cosmo cloud back-end services and Animo toolset which includes a sprites animation editor and much m...
Mozilla Temps App Developers With Round 2 of Free Firefox Phones
Thursday, September 5, 2013 by Stuart Parkerson
In May Mozilla launched the Phones for Apps for Firefox OS to encourage app developers to port their HTML5 apps to the Firefox platform. The free Geeksphone Keon phone program maxed out and many developers were unable to get a free phone.
Mozilla has restocked its phone inventory and is again enticing developers to port their current HTML5 app. The company is not guara...
Consolidation in the App Development Industry Continues as Appcelerator Purchases Singly
Tuesday, September 3, 2013 by Stuart Parkerson
Appcelerator has added another bullet to its arsenal of Cloud based mobile services with its acquisition of Singly and its API integration management services.
Appcelerator and CEO Jeff Haynie have shown that they are not shy in doing what it takes to increase growth, including going outside the company to bring in complimenting assets.
With the purchase of Sin...
My Thoughts On The Windows Phone 8 Marketplace
Monday, August 12, 2013 by Peach Pellen
Now that Windows Phone 8 is 3rd in mobile platforms marketshare, I've had developers ask me whether or not I think it's worth trying to port some of their more successful apps to the marketplace, questioning whether or not they might benefit from the added visibility that goes with having a fraction of the apps to compete with compared to the App Store or Google Play.Ho...
App Developers Focus On Tablets
Sunday, July 7, 2013 by Stuart Parkerson
App Developers are increasingly including tablets in their efforts to develop enterprise apps.
According to a Survey by Appcelerator and IDC, mobile developers for iOS and Windows are equally creating apps for smartphones (84%) and tablets (81.3%). The study points to the growth of enterprise usage of tablets as a driving force to develop for the devices....
Appcelerator developer survey results
Thursday, December 13, 2012 by Richard Harris
A quarterly survey from Appcelerator took on some tough questions about developers interest in iOS, Android, and Windows apps and the companies behind their SDKs, and distribution.While there is still a tremendous amount of interest in developing and deploying apps for the Apple App Store, but that doesn't make it any easier to deal with Apple's constantly changing...
