The changes in iOS 12 for developers
Monday, October 1, 2018 by Richard Harris
It's here, iOS 12 - Apple's latest operating system, and it's chalked full of changes in everything from the user experience to under the programming hood. Along with the new OS, Apple has also released a new round of hardware, most notably with bigger screen sizes, a faster A12 chip, and the new Apple watch series 4. We've all seen the key note int...
12 interesting uses for WebRTC
Friday, February 24, 2017 by Richard Harris
Editor's note: Guest submission by Sherwin Sim, CTO of Temasys CommunicationsIf you’re new to Web Real Time Communication (WebRTC), you may be under the impression that this technology is similar to Microsoft Skype - a free, Web-based chat service.It’s more than that. WebRTC is actually a far different animal, altogether.Unlike Skype, WebRTC is an open source proje...
Qt 5.8 released one framework to rule them all
Monday, January 23, 2017 by Richard Harris
Qt 5.8 has been released and is available for download from qt.io. Qt 5.8 does of course come with Qt Creator 4.2.1 and an update to Qt for Device Creation. Qt 5.8 is a rather large release, containing quite a large set of new functionality.The highlights of the release include:Qt LiteOne of the main themes of Qt 5.8 has been to make Qt more flexible and easie...
Wireless Networks, SSL, Content Delivery Networks: What You Need to Know
Thursday, August 18, 2016 by Pete Mastin
Everything and everyone is going mobile. We all hear it every day. We see people wondering around parks looking for Pokémon. Increasingly, we see people using mobile devices to replace desktops and laptops professionally. How are architectures for application performance evolving to keep up with the shift to mobile? Let’s look at two trends that are conspiring...
VMware Releases Liota SDK for Building IoT Gateway Orchestration Applications
Thursday, June 16, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson
VMware has launched Liota (Little IoT Agent), a vendor-neutral open source software development kit (SDK) for building secure IoT gateway data and control orchestration applications. Liota has been generalized to allow, via modules, interaction with any data-center component, over any transport, and for any IoT gateway. It is intended to be easy-to-use and provides...
Five Common Mobile App Security Vulnerabilities And How to Fix Them
Saturday, April 30, 2016 by Seth Jaslow
Mobile app security leaves much to be desired. That was the conclusion of a 2016 Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) study which found that a staggering 96 percent of 36,000 mobile apps failed at least one of 10 privacy checks. Three years ago, a similar HPE study found that 97 percent of 2,000 apps reviewed held insecure private information. As mobile app usage conti...
Java Based WildFly 10 is Now Available
Wednesday, February 17, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson
Java EE 7 application server platform WildFly 10 (formerly JBoss Application Server) is now officially complete and available for download adding a number of capabilities and improvements to the powerful, lightweight, open-source application server.WildFly 10 implements the Java EE 7 Full and Web Profile standards. This release includes all the major features from WildF...
Windows Dev Center Updates Coding4Fun Coding Site
Wednesday, January 6, 2016 by Richard Harris
The Windows Dev Center team has relaunched Coding4Fun with new content for the Universal Windows Platform. Coding4Fun is a site within the Windows Dev Center that’s offers fun and interesting code samples that feature the APIs available on the Universal Windows Platform. The site offers different, unique, and time-saving capabilities as you noodle around the project bas...
Sense360 SDK Expands Mobile Location Aware Technology Capabilities
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Sense360 offers an SDK that provides the ability for an app to automatically and in the background detect when and what users are doing in the real world. Using this capability allows developers to build automated experiences that react to where users are and what they are doing. The platform can help app publishers monetize and market their mobile apps.The SDK manages ...
MediaTek Labs Releases IoT and Wearable Development Platform
Wednesday, April 15, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
MediaTek Labs has released the MediaTek LinkIt Assist 2502 development platform designed for advanced developers looking for a professional environment in which to design and prototype software and hardware for consumer-ready wearables and IoT devices. The LinkIt Assist 2502 consists of four components: a Software Development Kit (SDK) plug-in for the Eclipse IDE, ...
JavaScript Based Node.js v0.12 is Released
Tuesday, February 17, 2015 by Richard Harris
Node.js is a platform built on the JavaScript runtime for building fast, scalable network applications. Node.js uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and efficient, to facilitate data-intensive real-time applications that run across distributed devices.This latest version includes API updates that may require dependency updates. Here are...
Microsoft Releases Developer Updates for Visual Studio 2013 and Windows Phone 8.1
Monday, August 4, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Visual Studio 2013 Update 3 and Windows Phone 8.1 Update emulator package are both now available for mobile developers. Visual Studio 2013 Update 3, is the latest full-featured update to the Visual Studio toolset. It contains many new features, including Application Insights updates, Git repository support in CodeLens and Release Management support for Windows Desi...
Adobe Launches New ColdFusion 11 Enterprise Edition for Deploying Web and Mobile Apps
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 by Richard Harris
Adobe has made available Adobe ColdFusion 11 Enterprise Edition, an all-in-one application server that offers developers a single platform to build and deploy scalable, web and mobile applications in enterprise environments. It includes new features to speed up development, testing, debugging, and deployment of mobile applications. ColdFusion 11 now provides f...
Top Mobile Predictions for 2015 and Beyond
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 by Richard Harris
If you had a crystal ball and looked at 2015 and 2016 to see what will be the driving factors for mobile what would you see? Garnter analyst Nick Jones provides his top 10 predictions in a recent report.And what where they? Drumroll please:1) Multiplatform/Multiarchitecture AD Tools2) HTML53) Advanced Mobile UX Design4) High-Precision Location Sensing5) Wearab...
