Is NET MAUI the future of cross platform development
Tuesday, May 28, 2024 by Richard Harris
With .NET MAUI poised to replace Xamarin in the tech sphere this May, dive into the architectural differences between the two, the revolutionary impact .NET MAUI is expected to have and the importance of exploring alternatives frameworks like Flutter and React Native. Uncover key insights into the suitability of cross platform development frameworks for different develo...
Mobile gaming cross platform Pley brings games to the web
Tuesday, November 21, 2023 by Richard Harris
Pley, the cross-platform solution that makes mobile games playable on the web, announced a partnership with Tilting Point to distribute its farming simulation game Homesteads: Dream Farm. Pley’s complete solution has enabled Tilting Point and game developer Enixan to port and distribute the title on Pley’s "native web" browser platform, e...
AI expands cross border payment capabilities
Monday, August 8, 2022 by Freeman Lightner
Once regarded as a futuristic technology confined to the realm of films and comic books, AI’s science-fiction reputation has given way to practical usage in a fast-growing range of everyday business processes in the finance industry. This extends to cross-border payments, where AI is already automating processes to speed up transactions, strengthen security and im...
Global gaming revenue to cross $200B
Friday, May 27, 2022 by Freeman Lightner
The video gaming industry is set to cross a significant landmark in 2022. According to the numbers presented here by SafeBettingSites.com, the gaming industry will bring in more than $200 billion in revenues for the first time in 2022. The United States and China would continue to be the biggest gaming markets and account for half of the global revenue.
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Cross chain Narni Bridge beta launches from Umbria Network
Wednesday, August 25, 2021 by Austin Harris
Umbria Network has announced that Narni ‘Insta’ Bridge is in Beta and available to the public.
Cross chain Narni Bridge extends functionality
Users of the bridge - bridge.umbria.network can now transfer $UMBR (Umbria's governance token) between the Ethereum Mainnet and Matic Mainnet quickly, easily, and cheaply. Imminently the bridge...
Modern cross browser testing helps engineers test faster
Thursday, October 1, 2020 by Brittany Hainzinger
Applitools announced an industry report empirically proving that modern cross browser testing powered by Visual AI helps engineers test 18.2x faster across the full test cycle including writing, running, analyzing, reporting, and maintaining tests.
Data for the report was sourced from 203 engineers across 75 countries who spent 3,112 hours completing the Ultrafast Cr...
Mobile Development and the race to cross-platform
Monday, August 24, 2020 by Alin Turcu
Since the turn of the century, mobile app development has increased dramatically year over year. In Q1 of 2020, the Apple App Store had approximately 1.8 million applications while Google Play Store had approx. 2.5 million. More important, every indication says this trend will continue, and with COVID-19 impacting every business of every size, the reality is that all bu...
Applitools ultrafast cross browser testing hackathon
Wednesday, May 27, 2020 by Brittany Hainzinger
Applitools announced the industry’s first modern cross browser and cross device testing hackathon. Focused on the use of Visual AI and Ultrafast Grid, this virtual event seeks to educate and upskill developers and test automation engineers all over the world to test at incredible speeds and deliver better quality software faster and for less money than they do tod...
Cross platform graphical toolkit from the Qt Company arrives
Monday, August 26, 2019 by Freeman Lightner
The Qt Company introduced Qt for MCUs to enable companies to create fluid user interfaces (UIs) on cost-effective microcontrollers (MCUs). The new offering leverages the existing tools and libraries from the widely used Qt for Device Creation, allowing companies to deliver better user experiences for displays powered by MCUs while reducing their hardware ...
Cross channel analytics and marketing automation solution get updated
Monday, November 12, 2018 by Richard Harris
Pyze, who says they are now powering over 300,000 mobile / web apps, announced the general availability of its latest growth Intelligence platform release featuring, what they claim, is the most advanced cross channel analytics solution in the industry. The release also features customizable user dashboards, and a new user interface. Driven by customer de...
AR app from The Red Cross shows the devistation of war
Thursday, March 8, 2018 by Richard Harris
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has unveiled “Enter the room,” an augmented reality experience for iOS app users. In a narrative told through the eyes of a child, the free app provides a visceral, first-person experience of war at a family’s doorstep. Entering through a portal on the screen of their device, users see the brutal impact of years of fig...
Xojo 2017 cross platform tool updates are now available
Tuesday, August 15, 2017 by Austin Harris
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 ...
Cross channel game advertising and the holistic approach
Thursday, December 1, 2016 by Richard Harris
Surprisingly for a mobile-centric world and an industry dominated by mobile games, game marketers are still spending a hefty amount of marketing dollars on television ads. TV isn’t dead yet, but ‘cord-cutting’ is a phenomenon among the millennial generation that can’t be denied. For those still tuned in to TV programming, their attention is increasingly divided bet...
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...
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...
Kony Makes Updates to Visualizer Cross Platform Solution
Thursday, March 17, 2016 by Richard Harris
Kony has released a number of updates to the cloud-based Kony Visualizer application design and development solution offered through Kony’s Mobility Platform. Enabling cross-platform mobile app development, the release of Visualizer 7.0 includes updates to simplify and accelerate the mobile app development process, enabling developers to build connected, omni-chann...
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,...
Kony's MobileFabric Cross Platform Development Solution Available on AWS Marketplace
Tuesday, November 3, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Developers looking to leverage the advantage of cross-platform development in a cloud based environment can now take advantage of Kony MobileFabric in AWS Marketplace, which includes the availability of a free Developer Edition.Kony is an enterprise mobility solutions company which provides one of the leading cloud-based mobile application development platforms (MADP). ...
Marmalade Offers New BackendasaService for Cross Platform Game Developers
Tuesday, October 20, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Marmalade is now offering Marmalade Game Services offering a new backend service powered by GameSparks, a cross platform Backend-as-a-Service (BaaS) provider for games. Through the GameSparks platform and integration via their C++ SDK, Marmalade Game Services allows developers to build the server-side features of their game, offering the ability to connec...
Fuse Releases Cross Platform UX Tool Suite
Tuesday, October 13, 2015 by Richard Harris
Fuse has announced that its UX tool suite is out of beta and now available for download. One of the advantages of the platform is its ability to provide developers with a prototyping tool that outputs working native code, instead of slideshows and GIFs.In closed beta for a year, the Fuse platform allows developers to create user experiences for native mobile apps. It us...
Why Enterprise App Development Needs Cross Platform Code
Thursday, July 16, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
You read a lot today from experts, pundits and others (like yours truly) who talk about how to choose a mobile app development approach - do you go native, HTML5 or go the hybrid route? From an enterprise standpoint, unless you’re the local neighborhood pizza joint, it’s really not a matter of choosing which way to go, it’s about how to have it all – and for every devic...
Qt Releases New Version of Its Cross Platform Development Environment
Wednesday, July 15, 2015 by Richard Harris
The newly released Qt 5.5 offers new functionality for the Qt cross platform development environment as well as a more simplified product offering structure. Among the top aspects of the release is the company’s preparation for Windows 10 functionality once it is officially released by Microsoft. Qt is currently running on top of the new WinRT APIs on Windows 8 and...
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...
Mozilla Taps Tappx for Firefox OS Collaborative Cross Promotion Advertising
Thursday, May 14, 2015 by Richard Harris
Mozilla has announced that Tappx, an open cross-promotion community for app developers, will offer its no-cost advertising service to Firefox OS developers. Tappx is based on a collaborative sharing economy, where members host advertising on each other’s apps. Tappx runs on credits (called Tappix) that are earned whenever a developer advertises another member’s app...
MyAppBuilder Releases Cross Platform Shopping Cart for iOS, Android App and Web Apps
Wednesday, May 6, 2015 by Richard Harris
The new Shopping Cart app released by MyAppBuilder.com offers turnkey solutions to create a cross-platform shopping cart.MyAppBuilder cloud is offered as a Backend as a Service offering a template-based app which allows developers to customize the user interface. The app has cross-platform abilities allowing users to implement a shopping cart for iOS, Android and HTML5 ...
Nevron Releases Updates to Its Open Vision for .NET Cross Platform Component Suite
Friday, May 1, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Nevron Software has released Nevron Open Vision 2015.1 with updates to its cross-platform component suite for .NET application development. With this release Nevron is introducing the NOV Diagram for .NET along with new features in the already existing controls.Following is a partial list of updates:New Diagram Framework (NOV Diagram for .NET)NOV Diagram is a diagrammin...
ZapMyApp's Cross Promotion Platform Offers Free In App Marketing
Monday, April 27, 2015 by Richard Harris
ZapMyApp is a platform to drive user installs that allows you to participate in cross promotion campaigns that tap into a large network of iOS, Android and Facebook app publishers to drive new traffic and app installs to your app. The concept is simple - you show promotional ads by other developers and they'll show promotional ads for you. Using ZapMyApp's cro...
New Cross Platform Releases for Game Developers from Google’s Fun Propulsion Labs
Wednesday, April 15, 2015 by Richard Harris
Google’s Fun Propulsion Labs (FPL) has announced several new releases for game developers including an updated Pie Noon - Google’s open source Android TV game - with networked multi-screen action, and new libraries including the Pindrop audio library and the Motive animation system.With Pie Noon multi-screen action, FPL has used the NearbyConnections API from the most r...
Cross Channel Strategies for Mobile App Publishers
Saturday, April 11, 2015 by Tim Koschella
Customers connect and engage with advertisers across many channels, including email, the web, physical locations, social media networks and increasingly, in mobile apps. These channels aren't silos, and users are not channel-specific. People don't only use Facebook, or play Angry Birds, or only read online papers; they increasingly interact with brands across numerous p...
Every CIO Should Cross the App Delivery Chasm in 2015
Thursday, March 19, 2015 by Gottfried Sehringer
Across all industries, companies are transforming their business with more multi-channel and customer facing apps. This trend is increasing pressure on IT teams to deliver more applications, quicker than ever before.A recent survey of nearly 500 IT and business professionals found that the business demand for custom applications is far greater than IT’s ability to deliv...
IncrediBuild Boosts Mobile and Cross Platform Development Capabilities for Developers
Wednesday, January 7, 2015 by Richard Harris
When enterprises require Android compilation tasks and applications in keeping up with competition, IncrediBuild’s latest version 6.0 allows for more developer support for shared projects.Enterprise organizations have recognized that developers are working under extreme pressures to produce products across multiple platforms, IncrediBuild raises the bar for cross-platfo...
Trends In BYOD Allow PanTerra Networks To Take Cross Platform Reality To The Next Level
Thursday, December 4, 2014 by Richard Harris
PanTerra Networks is pushing cross-platform reality forward through its SmartBox communications-enabled content management and file-sharing platform. The platform enables collaboration and call center services, audio and video calls and IM/SMS. The company is working to provide such workers and managers more flexibility allowing them to remain connected anyti...
How App Publishers Can Leverage Cross Promotion Opportunities
Saturday, November 22, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
App publishers are discovering that excelling with the main functionality of their mobile app is no longer enough to keep and engage users.While every app is different, it’s hard to avoid the impact that cross-promotional opportunities present. Full-function, cross-platform mobile applications can help keep users entertained and provide deeper engagement.Case in point -...
Perion Network Launches GrowMobile Cross Network, Self Serve Mobile Advertising Platform
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Perion Network has announced the launch of the GrowMobile Self-Serve which offers a cross-network, self-serve mobile advertising platform. The service offers an enhanced, do-it-yourself version of the technology built by San Francisco-based GrowMobile which Perion acquired earlier this year. GrowMobile is part of Perion Lightspeed, the new mobile division of P...
Sencha Expands JavaScript Tools that Leverage Cross Platform HTML5 Mobile App Development
Wednesday, October 29, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Sencha has released Sencha Space 1.2, an application management platform to deploy, audit, and secure cross-platform HTML5 applications on supported desktop, tablet, and smartphones.Sencha as a company provides and supports JavaScript tools and platforms that leverage HTML5 to deliver solutions for desktops, smartphones, tablets and more. Sencha Space 1.2 provides addit...
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