Low code app development and API webinars from LANSA
Tuesday, February 6, 2024 by Richard Harris
Are your development projects hitting roadblocks due to complexity or cost? The answer could lie in professional low-code!
Build custom applications and solve your most pressing business problems efficiently. Join LANSA’s upcoming webinars to learn how. Hosted in three different timezones, registration is free and you can pick the session that works best for yo...
NET MAUI and the end of IE
Thursday, August 4, 2022 by Richard Harris
Earlier this year, Microsoft announced the general availability of .NET MAUI, enabling developers to build cross-platform applications from a single codebase, saving costs, and eliminating the need to maintain multiple codebases.
According to Microsoft, the primary goal of .NET MAUI is to enable developers "to deliver the best app experience as designed speciall...
ABBYY updates machine learning library
Tuesday, June 22, 2021 by Brittany Hainzinger
ABBYY announced a major update for NeoML, its cross-platform open-source machine learning library that allows developers to build, train and deploy machine learning models. The update adds support of the Python programming language, the most popular language for machine learning and AI. The framework also offers 5-10x speed improvements as well as 20+ new ML method...
Faster customized chat experiences announced from Sendbird
Thursday, April 22, 2021 by Brittany Hainzinger
Sendbird unveiled its latest tools for developers to bring industry-leading chat capabilities into their applications. Sendbird’s new Flutter SDK makes it easy for developers to build chat in Flutter applications. Because Flutter apps can extend across multiple platforms with a single code base, time to market to launch Sendbird Chat can be dramatically decreased....
App discovery increases coming in 2021
Thursday, January 7, 2021 by Freeman Lightner
COVID-19 has rewritten the rules of user acquisition campaigns for app developers, favoring specific categories of apps, and driving massive boosts in mobile usage and install volume. App marketers have had to pivot in a heartbeat, optimizing their marketing mix, and responding to volatility with very little to guide them. This volatility will not go away in 2021 and ap...
CircleCI for Microsoft Windows is here
Wednesday, August 7, 2019 by Richard Harris
CircleCI launched the general availability of support for Windows jobs. Organizations such as Angular, Samsung NEXT are able to achieve further flexibility over their development pipelines with the addition of Windows.
According to Stack Overflow’s 2019 Developer Survey, nearly half of respondents reported building on Windows, yet no native Windo...
Sony acquires audio engineering company AudioKinetic
Thursday, January 10, 2019 by Christian Hargrave
Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) and Audiokinetic, Inc., a provider of cross-platform audio solutions for the gaming and interactive media industries, announced they have entered into a definitive agreement for SIE to acquire Audiokinetic. With this acquisition, SIE will tap into Audiokinetic’s vast audio engineering expertise, adding significant value to the ...
Merged mining partnership between Bitmain and Elastos
Tuesday, August 28, 2018 by Christian Hargrave
Elastos (ELA) announced a merged mining partnership with Bitmain Technologies. The merged mining partnership means that for miners and future users of the smart web platform, it guarantees the security of the Bitcoin network by sharing its hashpower. Merged mining allows Bitcoin (BTC) and the ELA coin to be mined simultaneously and more efficiently, and conserves energy...
Mobile app design tips for all generations
Thursday, July 12, 2018 by Janani Vasudev
The way we use technology to communicate varies drastically based on age, perhaps most conspicuously within family circles. Communication between a brother and sister, or another generational peer, is typically a much more fluid experience than with a parent, grandparent or distant relative. While younger generations have commonly adopted social media platforms to stay ...
Javascript based mobile app framework Native gets bumped to 4.0
Thursday, June 21, 2018 by Richard Harris
The open-source Javascript based framework for delivering cross-platform native iOS and Android apps - NativeScript 4.0 from Progress has been announced. With a new development workflow, support for advanced navigation scenarios and deeper integration with Vue.js, NativeScript 4.0 aims to let developers create cross-platform mobile apps faster.
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The future of Progressive Web Apps
Wednesday, March 21, 2018 by Richard Harris
Back in 2012, Max Lynch, CEO and co-founder of Ionic, developed his company’s open source framework for cross-platform apps with the foresight that the web would be the future of how apps were built. Six years later, Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) are gaining traction as brands like Starbucks, Twitter and Pinterest have reported significant uptick in engagement upon replac...
New reference guide for DevOps teams is out
Thursday, March 8, 2018 by Richard Harris
Perfecto has announced the release of the ninth edition of its FACTORS reference guide, which has expanded its focus from mobile to include both mobile and web platforms. Combining Perfecto’s internal data with current market analysis from 16 countries, FACTORS provides decision makers with a prescriptive methodology to accelerate velocity by defining what's required fo...
Voice to text in multiple languages for speechenabled apps
Monday, November 13, 2017 by Rebecca Ray
It seems that our fingertips will finally get some rest from the constant tap-tap-tap on keyboards that continue to shrink beyond recognition. Companies such as Amazon, Baidu, Google, and Microsoft are working to take us into a voice-activated future. Their speech-enabled platforms are designed to support natural language conversations with the devices, gadgets, sensors...
Xojo 2017 cross platform tool updates are now available
Tuesday, August 15, 2017 by Christian Hargrave
Xojo, Inc., a company helping developers create native cross-platform applications, has announced the availability of Xojo 2017 Release 2. Xojo is a rapid application development tool for making apps for the desktop (macOS, Windows and Linux), web, iOS, and Raspberry Pi. In addition to over 250 improvements, this release focuses on enhancements to 64-bit support, Linux ...
Corona goes free today including enterprise version
Thursday, June 22, 2017 by Richard Harris
Corona Labs, the creators of a cross-platform app development platform, has announced that the Corona framework will become completely free for app developers starting today. Until now, the Corona development platform existed in two versions: a free core product named Corona SDK and an additional paid option named Corona Enterprise. The Enterprise version allowed...
FileMaker updates to version 16 and packs a punch
Tuesday, May 9, 2017 by Richard Harris
FileMaker, Inc. announced the release of the FileMaker 16 Platform, the latest version of its custom app platform. Their platform includes everything needed to create, share, and run custom apps for business teams. This simplifies and accelerates the design and delivery of custom apps for mobile, cloud and on-premises deployments. The FileMaker 16 Platform packs powerfu...
Mobile automation testing tips
Tuesday, February 7, 2017 by Adam Croxen
As mobile application development matures, the range of features increases, but so does the effort required to test for regressions before shipping updates. A robust automation testing strategy can help in this situation but it is important to look at some key factors when setting up test suite infrastructure. An automated UI test suite can quickly run through all ...
Sencha opens up about SenchaCon, developer challenges, and platform updates
Tuesday, November 29, 2016 by Richard Harris
Sencha, a company that provides developers with frameworks, tools and services to help them build cross-platform web application experiences, recently held its sixth user conference SenchaCon, the largest universal application event in the world. We caught up with Sencha’s CEO Art Landro to learn more about two announcements the company made at SenchaCon: an enhanc...
OutSystems 10 launches as a new option for lowcode app development
Wednesday, October 5, 2016 by Richard Harris
OutSystems has announced the availability of OutSystems 10, a low-code application development platform with advanced capabilities for enterprise mobile applications. OutSystems 10 addresses two huge problems enterprises face with their mobile app strategy: 1) The relentless demand to stay competitive by bringing new mobile solutions to the market 2) The scarcity o...
Sencha Launches Ext JS 6.2
Monday, September 19, 2016 by Richard Harris
Sencha has announced the general availability of its flagship Ext JS 6.2 and core products Sencha Cmd 6.2, Sencha Architect 4.0, and the new Sencha Themer 1.0. With these latest releases, Sencha is introducing advanced data visualization capabilities along with new framework components, enhanced web application development tools, and solutions for faster application the...
The Growing Benefits of Cross Platform App Development With VPlay
Saturday, August 20, 2016 by Richard Harris
We recently visited with Christian Feldbacher, co-founder and CEO of V-Play, to discuss the growing benefits of cross-platform development and how V-Play aims to make it easier than ever for developers to bring their apps to market.ADM: Who is V-Play? What does the company do?Feldbacher: V-Play provides a cross-platform development tool for mobile app and game developer...
Qt Releases Version 5.7 of Its C++ UI Development Framework Adding 3D Module
Friday, June 17, 2016 by Richard Harris
The Qt Company announces the release of Qt 5.7, the latest version of its cross-platform application and user interface (UI) development framework. Qt 5.7 offers new UI creation opportunities including a new Qt 3D module, as well as new ways to create modern touch-based UIs with Qt Quick Controls 2 and Qt Quick Designer. Qt 5.7 follows the evolution of modern C++, lever...
Embarcadero Technologies Releases Updates to Cross Platform Coding Platforms
Wednesday, April 27, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson
Embarcadero Technologies has released the 10.1 versions of RAD Studio, C++Builder and Delphi. The updated products, referred to as “10.1 Berlin,” offer new capabilities including Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity improvements and new, multi-device preview options.In March, Embarcadero announced its strategy to focus product and engineering resources exclusively on t...
How Realm's New React Native Database Helps Developers
Wednesday, March 2, 2016 by Richard Harris
We recently visited with the Tim Anglade, Realm's VP Product + Marketing & Partnerships to talk about the recent announcement at Facebook’s React.js Conference of its new mobile database built specifically for React Native. The new solution is a replacement for SQLite and Core Data which offers a fast database with live objects, change events and support for un...
Synchro Labs Releases Cross Platform App Creator Using JavaScript
Monday, December 14, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Synchro Labs has released its new solution that allows developers to create cross-platform native mobile apps using JavaScript and Node.js. All of the application code, including client interaction logic, runs in the cloud on Synchro Labs client-server platform.Synchro is built on Node.js, and Synchro apps run in a Node environment. Developers create apps in JavaScript,...
Embarcadero Technologies RAD Studio Now Supports iOS 9
Tuesday, October 13, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Embarcadero Technologies has launched the latest version of its RAD Studio 10 Seattle cross platform application development platform now offering support for iOS 9. Using RAD Studio 10 Seattle, developers can build Delphi and C++ iOS applications that will run on iOS 9 32-bit and 64-bit devices, with debugging support for both. RAD Studio provides the ability for ...
Productivity Hacks for Enterprise App Development
Wednesday, July 29, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
In the case of mobilizing the enterprise, the nonstop introduction of new mobile technologies is placing more and more pressure on development teams as they struggle to update and transition legacy systems.And while mobile provides an opportunity to significantly increase the efficiency of a company’s workforce and engagement with customers, the mobilization of the ente...
Qt 5.5 Release Includes Windows 10 Support and New IoT Functionality
Friday, July 3, 2015 by Richard Harris
Qt has released Qt 5.5, the latest version of its cross-platform application and user interface (UI) development framework. Qt offers a C++ based framework of libraries and tools that enables the development of interactive and cross-platform applications and devices. This latest version extends support for multimedia and graphics creation with 3D capabilities as well as...
Amazon Releases New Cross Platform Plugins for Unity, Adobe Air, and More
Wednesday, June 24, 2015 by Richard Harris
Amazon has developed a number of plugins for cross platform tools to allow mobile developers utilizing the Amazon platform to access Amazon Services without the need to write boilerplate code to bridge cross platform code with native language Amazon APIs. Amazon has recently released several new plugins for Apache Cordova, Unity, Adobe Air, and Xamarin to allow dev...
DevCon5 Will Delve Into HTML5 Concepts, Tools and Design in New York July 20 22
Tuesday, April 28, 2015 by Richard Harris
DevCon5 provides attendees with thought leadership on HTML5 concepts, tools and design best practices as well to provide insights into leveraging HTML5 to ensure a superior user experience through JavaScript frameworks, user metrics, responsive design, web services and more.The event will feature cross platform development experts and providing insight into the best app...
Telerik Launches JavaScript Open Source Network for Web Developers to Build Native Apps
Monday, March 16, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Telerik announced the beta availability of NativeScript, an open source framework enabling developers to use JavaScript to build native mobile apps running on all major mobile platforms, including Apple iOS, Google Android and upcoming for Windows Universal. The NativeScript framework is designed to be familiar to developers who are comfortable with web technologie...
Beta Launch of Silver Native Swift Compiler for .NET CLR, Java Android JVM and Cocoa
Tuesday, March 10, 2015 by Richard Harris
Created by RemObjects Software, Silver is a native Swift compiler for .NET CLR, Java/Android JVM and Cocoa runtime. Currently in beta, Silver is not just a compiler, but a complete toolchain and development environment for creating apps.Silver is part of RemObjects Software’s Elements compiler tool chain which also includes two other languages (Oxygene, C#) and related ...
New Version of IncrediBuild Released for Game Acceleration and Multi platform Development
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
IncrediBuild, a provider of software development and continuous delivery acceleration technology, has released IncrediBuild 6.1 with enhancements for accelerating multiplatform development including support for Xbox and Playstation SDKs and additional QT acceleration.IncrediBuild harnesses unutilized processing power across networks, speeding the code build and other co...
Fuse Powered Announces the Acquisition of Corona Labs Mobile Game and App Development Platform
Tuesday, November 4, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Fuse Powered, a mobile monetization platform based in Canada, has announced that it has acquired Corona Labs and its mobile game and app development platform. All According to Walter Luh, CEO/Founder of Corona Labs, “Let me be crystal clear that Corona is not going away – quite the opposite. Everyone on the team (including me) is joining Fuse and we’ll continue to ...
New Kony Visualizer Offers Multi user Collaboration for Creating Cross Platform Apps
Wednesday, September 24, 2014 by Richard Harris
Kony’s new Kony Visualizer is a new mobile app design solution that enables business users, designers and developers to collaborate and create native and Web mobile app experiences for iOS, Android, Windows and the Web. The next generation Kony Visualizer 2.0 will be available for limited release next month. It provides a single solution that enables coll...
