Northwest Arkansas tech summit returns in 2019
Friday, September 6, 2019 by Brittany Hainzinger
The Northwest Arkansas Tech Summit is returning to Northwest Arkansas for its 7th year, introducing a conversation among leaders in business and technology to enhance, diversify and prepare Northwest Arkansas for its future.
The theme for the year is ‘What’s Next … After Next,’ which will allow attendees and participants to look beyond where ...
GDC 2018 is better than ever
Tuesday, March 20, 2018 by Richard Harris
The 2018 Game Developers Conference (GDC) kicked off its 32nd edition at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco. Adding to GDC’s lineup of lectures, tutorials, roundtable discussions and networking events, GDC 2018 will feature the Vision Track, a series of mini-keynotes designed to provoke and inspire, which will be presented by speakers including Supercell’s C...
Unity Unite conference series focused on bridging developers and artists
Friday, January 27, 2017 by Richard Harris
Unity Technologies just announced its worldwide Unite conference series. Focused on bringing developers and artists the knowledge and networking they require for success, Unity is holding eight Unite conferences globally in 2017. Creators will be able to attend them in Amsterdam, Austin, Beijing, India, Melbourne, Seoul, Singapore and Tokyo. Unite events are unique oppo...
Dreamforce 2016 is here and we've got 7 hacks for surviving it
Monday, October 3, 2016 by Peter Terhune
Dreamforce: Simultaneously exhilarating and exhausting. As you and thousands of your peers gather for this year’s conference, there are several things to keep in mind for your whirlwind experience in the heart of San Francisco. For both first timers and seasoned veterans of the show, here are seven tips to make your Dreamforce adventure the best possible.1. Know Your Es...
Chatting With Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson About the API Economy Coming of Age
Monday, January 4, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson
We recently visited with Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson about emerging impact of the API economy. Jeff is a serial inventor with over 15 years of entrepreneurial and product experience. Prior to co-founding Twilio, Jeff was Founder & CTO of NineStar, Founding CTO of Stubhub.com and Founder, CEO and CTO of Versity. He was also one of the original product managers for Am...
IBM developerWorks Now Offers New Premium Subscription Model
Tuesday, December 1, 2015 by Richard Harris
Developers who are interested in expanding their access to IBM developerWorks portfolio of technical resources can now join developerWorks Premium which offers access to IBM developer services including credits towards developing apps using the Bluemix platform and gaining virtual machine access through SoftLayer. The cost is $399 USD for an annual subscription. I...
Top App Developer Events for April and May
Saturday, April 4, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
When planning your event calendar there are two biggies that you’ll want to include on your list compliments of two of the biggest companies (and rivals) in tech today – Microsoft and Google. More about these events and others for April and May are included here. April- IoT Stream Conference: Defining the Stack for IoT: This event is located in Bently Reserve, San ...
App Developer Magazine Definitive Guide to the Top Mobile App Developer Conferences for 2015
Monday, January 5, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
You would think that we would be able to stop and take a breath as we close out 2014, but noooo; I’ll be on an early Southwest flight to Las Vegas to catch the first three events of the year – ATT Developer’s Conference, AppNation and CES – all the first full week of January 2105. It’s going to be a crazy year for sure!I really haven’t even thought about my conference s...
App Dev Trends Conference at Mandalay Bay Las Vegas in December – Count Me In!
Monday, September 15, 2014 by Richard Harris
I don’t know what you’re doing the first of December but I’ll be at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas covering the new App Dev Trends conference on December 8-11, 2014.The event is being hosted by 1105 Media which conducts a number of conferences including the Visual Studio Live!; Live! 360; and TechMentor events. 1105 Media is also the publisher of Appl...
SAP Tech Conference to be Held in October
Friday, August 15, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
On October 20–24, 2014 the Venetian| Palazzo Congress Center in Las Vegas will be the site of SAP TechEd && d-code, part of a global series of SAP tech conferences for developers, engineers, and technologists. A $100 discount off registration is available through September 26.The SAP TechEd && d-code conference focuses on learning, live coding and collab...
New Google android wear smart watch OS
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 by Richard Harris
Google likes to be front and center during major developer events and so after announcing new Google Play Services on Monday, on the second day of the GDC they have announced their new Android Wear OS for smartwatches and other wearables. And if you want to know everything about the Android Wear from an app developer standpoint, you’ve come to the right place.
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Your Complete Guide to the 2014 Game Developer’s Conference (GDC)
Saturday, March 15, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
If you plan on attending the Game Developer’s Conference (GDC) you better get plenty of sleep this weekend because the event each day is packed from the crack of dawn to late in the night.We thought we’d provide a highlight of what to see and what to do.GDC Store: Monday – Friday , March 17 - 219:00am - 6:00pmSouth Hall, Street LevelBreakPoint Books is the official book...
Mobile World Congress Coverage
Monday, February 24, 2014 by Richard Harris
It’s the Superbowl of mobile. A full 12 months since the last MWC is culminating week and all the big mobile teams are showcasing their best players. Its 4 days packed with everything digital tech ending on February 27.And there is way more news than any single news outlet to cover. Fortunately, since our focus is the app development industry, we can focus on news that ...
Apps World to Launch New Enterprise App Conference in 2014
Monday, December 23, 2013 by Stuart Parkerson
While the environment that indie app developers/publishers and those vested in enterprise mobile operate in might not be convergent, there is a holistic aspect to the approach of mobile and the mobile app infrastructure that is shared by all who operate in this golden age of smart mobile devices.
Recognizing this reality, the people behind the popular Apps World ...
Big Week for App Developer Events
Monday, October 21, 2013 by Richard Harris
It’s a big week for app developer conferences. Apps World Europe is kicking off in London tomorrow, October 22, and on the same day the HTML5 Developers Conference will begin in San Francisco.
Apps World has become a huge affair, with an almost Disney World like array of exhibits, speakers, seminars and more. It’s a catch-all of everything app related where the center ...
Dropbox Announces Three New APIs at First Annual DBX Developers Conference
Wednesday, July 10, 2013 by Richard Harris
It's not easy to follow up San Francisco mega developer events such as Microsoft Build and Apple's WWDC, however Dropbox has done an admirable job so far with its version, the DBX Developers Conference.Of course, no self respecting developer conference would be without the announcement of new introductions and Dropbox has done so with the introduction of three...
Amazon phones will be great, Microsoft surface not so much
Thursday, November 29, 2012 by Richard Harris
Rumors are swirling today about two tech giants, Amazon and Microsoft, both rolling out branded smartphones. One of these is a good idea: Amazon's phone could really shake up the mobile market, albeit in a way that will make geeks very uncomfortable. For Microsoft, though, building its own phone is a distraction, and one that could lead to the whole Windows Phone e...
