Covalent teams up with Cronos blockchain
Tuesday, July 26, 2022 by Freeman Lightner
Covalent announced integration with the Cronos blockchain, the EVM chain supported by Crypto.com. The partnership will simplify workflows for developers, data analysts, and more. The new partnership between Covalent and Cronos plays a pivotal role in easing the Web3 data experience, enabling projects and developers to seamlessly access the information needed to power de...
Google Maps API updates include styling boundaries
Friday, July 1, 2022 by Richard Harris
Displaying data through maps enables you to communicate key information to your users in a more visually engaging and intuitive way. One way to do this is by utilizing polygons to highlight regions and data. Many of you have told us that purchasing, updating, and maintaining your own boundary data to style polygons and create choropleth maps is expensive and takes a lot...
What is an API and why are they important to developers
Wednesday, April 11, 2018 by Richard Harris
API is technically short for “Application Programming Interface”, and the term is tossed around in the programming industry so much, the overall complexity of what they are and how they can make your life easier - or a living hell gets overlooked. It’s amusing that there are so many street-talk definitions for what an API is too. One definition I found is “a set of...
Google Releases Android M Developer Preview
Tuesday, June 9, 2015 by Richard Harris
Google has released the Android M developer preview, offering a clear timeline for testing and feedback plus more updates to the preview build. For the M release, Google reports they have focused on improving the core user experience of and making big changes to the fundamentals of the platform.The M Developer Preview includes an updated SDK with tools, system images fo...
Google Play Services 7.5 Offers New APIs, Security and More
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 by Richard Harris
Google Play Services 7.5 was announced at Google IO offering new capabilities and optimizations to devices across the Android ecosystem. Included in the release is the addition of Smart Lock for Passwords, Instance ID, new APIs for Google Cloud Messaging and Google Cast, as well as access to the Google Maps API on Android Wear devices. The 7.5 SDK is now available for d...
Lots of App Development Goodies Announced at Google I-O 2015 Including Android M Developer Preview
Friday, May 29, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
A number of new initiatives were announced at the keynote of the 8th annual Google I/O conference as more than 5,600 developers looked on at Moscone Center. The event also was viewed by over 530 I/O Extended communities around the world and millions via the I/O Live stream. During the keynote, Google made a number of announcements that covered the evolution of the ...
Chirp GPS Tracking and Telematics App Gets Updated
Wednesday, September 25, 2013 by Stuart Parkerson
The app "Chirp" by Moonbeam Development has just been updated to version 1.2 in the iOS app store and was created by our very own editor of ADM, Richard Harris and his development shop. Some of the more notable changes with the popular GPS tracking app is the change from Leaflet which uses open street view, to the latest Google Maps API - all while b...
New Google Maps 1.1 tools for iOS developers
Thursday, February 28, 2013 by Richard Harris
Google has released an update for the Google Maps IOS SDK, into the wild so any iOS developer can access its Google Maps data and integrate the features into apps (previously it was by invite only for the advanced feature set). You can get your MAPS key on the Google Maps API Console.Google developer advocate Paul Saxman says in a video demonstrating the new tools,...
Being an App Developer Contractor
Saturday, February 2, 2013 by Richard Harris
Developing apps for other people can be sticky business. Knowing how to navigate around certain legal areas, pricing, and publishing rules are just a few things you'll need to have ready before working with a potential client. We spoke with several app developers to get their experience in dealing with app development freelance, and we formed a short list of things you'...
Google maps come back to iOS
Thursday, December 13, 2012 by Richard Harris
While Apple is still working hard to release iOS 6.1 which should have most Apple mapping issues fixed, Google has released a new version of it's mapping app software into the iOS world.The new Google maps app is built on top of the new Google 3.0 maps API which includes many new features including multi-layering and indoor maps. In addition the app also now includes tu...
An update to the Google maps API is here
Monday, December 3, 2012 by Richard Harris
It looks like Google has stepped up to the plate and fulfilled the request of many developers by updating their Google maps API which is available now on the Google android developers page.Google says there are numerous updates to the API that will make developers smile. For instance the API now contains the ability to create multiple layers on top of the screens &...
