Developer Relations Foundation formed by Linux Foundation
Monday, October 28, 2024 by Richard Harris
The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, recently announced its intent to form the Developer Relations Foundation (DRF). The DRF is a new community-driven project under the Linux Foundation, with the mission to elevate the professional practice of developer relations (DevRel) and increase awareness of its role as a c...
No code mobile app developer lands from Pocketfied
Thursday, January 20, 2022 by Richard Harris
Welcome to the seamless new world of mobile app development. Pocketfied is live, offering no-code mobile app development in record time, just one day.
Pocketfied is not a standard mobile app builder. It creates your app quickly with a flawless design and offers full integration with Shopify’s online stores and it handles AppStore and Google Play registrati...
Visual AI from Applitools reaches one billion images analyzed
Tuesday, June 23, 2020 by Brittany Hainzinger
Applitools announced its Visual AI technology has surpassed one billion images analyzed since launching commercially and is projected to double year over year. Each of the one billion images analyzed includes AI enhancing data from over 130 different browser and version combinations, viewport information, and direct user feedback on defects, dynamic content, and more. T...
G Suite developer platform gets a new Apps Script dashboard
Tuesday, November 6, 2018 by Austin Harris
Google has announced the Apps Script dashboard that will aim to offer new and expanded functionality under the new name the G Suite Developer Hub to make it easier to create, track and manage developer projects within the G Suite developer platform.
With the G Suite Developer Hub, customers will be able to:
Get started quickly.
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App development strategies from Swish's CTO Jeff Whelpley
Wednesday, May 30, 2018 by Richard Harris
Deciding on how to get your idea to the mobile market can be a long journey. Things like building your own infrastructure vs. a managed services approach, and leveraging open source technologies to keep dev costs down are just a few of the things to consider.We had a recent discussion with the CTO of Swish (a budgeting app founded by the guys who did Get Human) on mobil...
The shifting power dynamics of news on the Web
Monday, December 11, 2017 by Andrew Betts
Over the last several years, control of news on the web has drastically shifted. Social networks and search are increasingly how we find content, and our old loyalties to our favorite publications are giving way to consumption of content from varied and ever changing sources. Large, respectable publishers are still vital to a healthy news industry and indeed a healthy d...
Developing in AR with Thyng
Monday, November 6, 2017 by Richard Harris
Augmented reality (AR) has gotten a lot of attention of late, with Apple and Google respectively launching ARKit and ARCore to help mobile app developers embrace AR. Well-known brands like Ikea and Strava have deployed ARKit apps, and many app developers are contemplating building AR elements into existing apps or coding new AR apps from scratch.In Chicago, startup Thyn...
Google ARCore SDK releases Unreal Engine support
Friday, September 1, 2017 by Richard Harris
Google has announced ARCore, bringing augmented reality (AR) functionality to Android smartphones. Developers can immediately get started with Google’s developer preview of ARCore, which also includes Unreal Engine support. ARCore enables AR development across Android ecosystem, giving developers the ability to make compelling AR experiences without the need for any add...
Google Developer Group's DevFest Season Kicks Off
Friday, September 2, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson
The Google Developer Group kicked off its annual DevFest season on September 1, offering a series of developer community-run events which will be happening over a three month period.Google Developer Group (GDG) chapters from around the world will host #DevFest16 events which bring together local developers to exchange knowledge, share ideas, and forecast the future of d...
Google Announces First Group of Certified Google Developers
Thursday, June 9, 2016 by Richard Harris
Last December Google created the Google Developers Agency program, a global initiative by the Google’s Developer Relations team to work more closely with app development agencies by providing personalized training through local events and hangouts, dedicated content, priority support from product and developer relations teams, and early access to upcoming developer prod...
Google Releases New Android People API
Thursday, February 11, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson
The Google Android dev team has release a new People API that allows Android developers to retrieve data about an authenticated user’s connections from their Contacts. Prior to the new API, developers had to make multiple calls to the Google+ API for user profiles and the Contacts API for contacts. The new People API uses the newest protocols and technologies and will e...
New Google Drive Rest API Version Released
Wednesday, December 16, 2015 by Richard Harris
Version 3 (v3) of the Google Drive Rest API has been released providing developers with a leaner, faster by default, and more consistent interface to Google Drive. This latest update is designed make it easier for developers who are integrating with Drive for the first time.The Drive platform provides developers with a group of APIs along with client libraries, language...
Google Cloud Deployment Manager Ready for Production Use
Thursday, August 13, 2015 by Richard Harris
Google has announced that its Cloud Deployment Manager is now generally available and ready for production usage. The Cloud Deployment Manager facilitates the deployment of Google Cloud Platform resources including virtual machines, networks, and storage to power applications..Deployment Manager allows developers to specify the resources they want instead of the process...
Google Expands Mobile App Testing Options with New Cloud Test Labs
Monday, June 1, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Google has announced the upcoming release of its new Cloud Test Labs service as part of its cloud platform. Coming later this summer, the new service will allow developers to test on virtual and real devices worldwide.For virtual testing, Google provides almost every brand, model and version of devices in a variety of languages, orientations and network conditions aroun...
Google at GDC 2015 Launches New Tools for Android Development Monetization, Analytics and TV
Tuesday, March 3, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Google has introduced new tools and features for Android developers at its Developer Day during the Game Developers Conference. The new offerings include analytics for Google Play Games, new advertising options for AdMob and a Nearby Connections API for Android TV. Google has introduced Player Analytics, giving developers access to Android analytics repor...
Google to Host Developer Day Including Code Labs at GDC 2015
Friday, February 27, 2015 by Richard Harris
Google’s GDC Developer Day will take place in Room 2006 of the West Hall of Moscone Center on Monday, March 2. The schedule will include:Opening Keynote - 10AM: Google will kick off the day by sharing how to make games more successful with Google. You’ll hear about new platforms, new tools to make development easier, and ways to measure your mobile games and moneti...
Google Warns Developers Not to Put User Testimonials in App Descriptions
Friday, December 26, 2014 by Richard Harris
Android developers listen up, if you have user testimonial (review) text in your Google play store descriptions, you are in risk of being pulled from the market! In a recent announcement by Google, they reminded all developers that putting reviews in your app store description is a violation of their terms of use. "Please do not include user testimonials in yo...
Google's New YouTube Show For Developers
Tuesday, December 16, 2014 by Richard Harris
Google just introduced its new YouTube series for mobile app developers. Its new Route 85 series is just for developers who are looking to learn about developing using iOS. There are even a Dev.Bytes shows featuring the Google Cast introduction to the SDK. Dev.Bytes series on YouTube also feature shows such as Developing an Android Wear Watch Face, Android Wea...
Android Developer Team Offers Developing Android Apps: Android Fundamentals Course
Tuesday, July 29, 2014 by Richard Harris
Developing Android Apps: Android Fundamentals is an online training course featuring Google Developer Advocates Reto Meier, Dan Galpin, and Katherine Kuan, working with the team at Udacity. The Android dev team says that the class is “advanced and technical enough for experienced developers who are new to Android , maybe even new to mobile , but not new to programming.”...
Google Acquires Appurify to Help Streamline Android App Testing
Friday, June 27, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
One of the announcements to come out of Google I/O is the company’s acquisition of Appurify, which provides automation optimization and testing for websites and apps. Google Ventures had invested in the company so their interest and purchase is not surprising.Here is what Appurify posted on their website about the acquisition:We’re thrilled to announce that we’re joinin...
Google IO Announcements Include New Developer Services to Build and Optimize
Wednesday, June 25, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Among other things announced today at Google I/O , is the introduction of new services to help developers build and optimize data pipelines, create mobile applications, and debug, trace, and monitor their cloud applications in production. These include:Google Cloud DataflowCloud Dataflow is a fully managed service for creating data pipelines that ingest, transform and a...
Google IO Developers Conference June 25 26
Monday, May 26, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Google I/O 2014 is set for June 25-26 at Moscone West in San Francisco. The event will again offer a full slate of programming including a number of breakout sessions with technical content, such as "What's New in Android" and "Wearable computing with Google” from Android, Chrome and Cloud, and cross-product, cross-platform implementations. Developers can...
Hurry, You Only Have Three Days to Register for the 2014 Google I|O App Developer Conference!
Tuesday, April 15, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
The 2014 Google I/O conference will be held from June 25 – 26 at the Moscone West Convention Center in San Francisco.This year Google is making some changes to this year's registration process. The window to submit a registration application will open today (April 15th) and stay open until April 18th. Google will randomly select applicants after the window closes o...
Google Confirms Security Compromise in Android Apps Using Java Cryptography Architecture (JCA)
Wednesday, August 14, 2013 by Richard Harris
Today on Google's Developer blog, Alex Klyubin, Android Security Engineer confirms they have found a serious security compromise in Android apps that use JCA for certain functions such as key generation and signing, or random number generation.Alex says, "We have now determined that applications which use the Java Cryptography Architecture (JCA) for key generation, sign...
GDC Europe 2013 to Include Content on Mobile Online Gaming Development
Monday, July 22, 2013 by Richard Harris
GDC Europe 2013 organizers have announced a collection of industry presentations featuring an entire day boot camp covering Google Play Game Services, Cloud, and Mobile App Analytics as well as Havok sessions on its 3D game engine for mobile.
The boot camp is held during the three-day conference to be held August 19th-21st in Cologne, Germany. The event precedes the Ga...
Busy, Busy, Busy App Developers
Wednesday, June 26, 2013 by Richard Harris
The Summer of 2013 is in full swing now and with the closing of the WWDC, and the Google Developer Conference (I/O), and the starting of the Build Microsoft Conference - we app developers are finding it a bit difficult to keep up with all of the happenings around the globe. From changing API's to new OS's, all the way to enhanced hardware support and 3D game engines, it...
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,...
