ADC 2023 schedule
Thursday, November 16, 2023 by Brittany Hainzinger
The highly anticipated 9th Annual Audio Developer Conference (ADC23) is just a week away, and limited in-person tickets remain available for this groundbreaking event. The conference kicks off next week from November 13-15, 2023, offering a unique opportunity for professionals and enthusiasts alike to delve into the latest advancements in audio development. Fo...
Apple WWDC23 rumors
Thursday, June 1, 2023 by Richard Harris
As the highly anticipated Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC23) approaches, Apple developers, enthusiasts, and tech aficionados are buzzing with excitement and sharing rumors. The event is just around the corner and we have gathered the top rumors that are fueling the anticipation for yet another groundbreaking Apple event.
Top rumors for WWDC...
Why leaders should not fear layoffs in 2023
Friday, January 13, 2023 by Richard Harris
Peter Pezaris from New Relic discusses his predictions for 2023, including why leaders should not fear layoffs, why we will see renewed investments by the end of 2023, how FOMO will unleash venture capital funding, and why founders should foster a network of VC insiders and entrepreneurs to get insights and perspectives.
Leaders should not fear layoffs
"Entre...
DevSecOps 7th annual Community Survey results
Wednesday, April 15, 2020 by Brittany Hainzinger
Sonatype published findings from its seventh annual DevSecOps Community Survey, based on responses from 5,045 software engineering professionals. The survey, developed and conducted in partnership with Carnegie Mellon’s Software Engineering Institute, CloudBees, DevOps Institute, DevOps.com, DevSecOps Days, NowSecure, Security Boulevard, Verica, and All Day DevOps...
What Apple iOS developers can expect from iOS 13, iPhone, and more
Tuesday, September 10, 2019 by Richard Harris
Unlike the WWDC held by Apple every year, today is the Apple event any gearhead wants to sit and watch - even if you aren't a developer. New iPhones, new iPads, new Macbooks - there will be no shortage of hardware news coming from Steve Jobs Way, Cupertino, CA.
Here is all we know so far, which is largely speculatory -but some of this is founded on actual re...
Angular 7 highlights, improvements, and gotchas
Tuesday, November 6, 2018 by Richard Harris
Google recently announced its new Angular 7, which has been noted as a major release spanning the entire platform, including the core framework, Angular Material, and the CLI with synchronized major versions. These benefits along with more, such as CDK virtual scrolling capabilities and drag & drop feature, have developers excited to dive in. Carl Bergenhem, a Produ...
What the iPhone X and iOS 11 mean to app developers
Tuesday, September 12, 2017 by Richard Harris
The excitement of Apple launch day always reminds me of the Willy Wonka “opening of the gates”, you know - where the public gets a peek inside Apple's secret factory for a brief moment. But this year the Apple event feels a bit different. Maybe it’s the recent leaks, maybe it’s because we all know Apple is facing a ceiling of innovation they have to punch through - and ...
Fungus OS Lets You Run iOS on Android Devices and Android on iOS Devices
Wednesday, April 1, 2015 by Richard Harris
There are many iOS users who also own an Android device and similarly there are Android users who own an iOS device. Each platform has its own strengths and weaknesses but now users can finally run iOS and Android together on the same device thanks to a neat solution from Moonbeam Development. Moonbeam has opened the doors to enjoying both iOS and Android on the sa...
Smartphone Market Grows 25 percent While Samsung Loses Grip on Android Market
Monday, November 3, 2014 by Richard Harris
According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker for the third quarter of 2014, increased emphasis on emerging market smartphone releases drove global smartphone shipments above 300 million units for the second consecutive quarter. According to preliminary data, vendors shipped a total of 327.6 million units during the ...
App Promotion Via Podcasts
Monday, July 21, 2014 by Artyom Dogtiev
It was the summer of 2005 when Apple introduced iTunes version 4.9 to support a new phenomena of that day - Podcasts. The novelty of Podcasts gave people an entirely new channel to listen to. It covered various topics in order to satisfy their hobby of recorded radio broadcasts without having to listen to them at a specific time.Suddenly, people could subscribe to a spe...
BlackBerry Takes Swing at Competitors with BlackBerry Fact Check Portal
Tuesday, July 1, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Riding high on recent reports that BlackBerry has actually shown a small profit for the first quarter of this year, the company is going on the offensive to protect its enterprise reputation and customer base. The company has created the “BlackBerry Fact Check Portal,” a place where it can fire back at the number of competitors that are working to chip away at its ...
Tizen: The OS of Things has Arrived in a Ripe Market
Thursday, June 5, 2014 by Brian Warner
There’s been a lot of talk recently about Tizen, a new open source mobile operating system developed primarily by Samsung and Intel, and hosted as a Collaborative Project at The Linux Foundation. So what is it, and why is it important? Fundamentally, Tizen is about convergence, and developing a single platform that can be used for all manner of devices. But to rea...
Google Believes it Will Rule Smart Wearable App Market With New SDK
Thursday, March 13, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Sundar Pichai with Google has dropped the news that Google will release an SDK for the wearable’s market in a couple of weeks. He discussed the SDK during a presentation at SWSX on Sunday.It’s the latest salvo in the war for app domination by the two biggest players in the market. Last week Apple launched CarPlay with Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz, Honda, Hyunda...
Apple Purchases Burstly and its TestFlight App Beta Testing Platform
Saturday, February 22, 2014 by Richard Harris
Multiple sources are confirming that Apple has purchased Burstly, which services include the SkyRocket in-app ad management platform and the TestFlight platform used to distribute beta and internal apps over-the-air.Rumors are rampant as to why Apple has purchased the company. It seems there is a consensus that TestFlight is the part of the company that Apple really was...
Mind = Blown! Flappy Bird Has Been Removed By The Developer As Promised
Sunday, February 9, 2014 by Richard Harris
"I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened." Obi-Wan Star Wars IVAs we posted yesterday, the top app "Flappy Bird" has been removed from the app store seemingly never to return by the developer who created it. I am not sure what to say to this oth...
Is Apple to Produce a Phablet for 2014
Monday, December 30, 2013 by Stuart Parkerson
Its hard to one-up oneself, especially for a company like Apple who hosts a reputation for both for inventing and innovating the smart phone genre.So, from a gee whiz factor, many of us were underwhelmed by the latest iteration of the iPhone. Really, was there much more they could have done with the current iteration? So expectations have been that there must be somethi...
Is Amazon the New Apple With Rumors About It's Smartphones
Sunday, October 6, 2013 by Richard Harris
The rumor mill has kicked into high gear again surrounding Amazon's anticipated smartphone development project. Independent sources from around the web conclude that the online retail giant is indeed working on two individual smart phone devices. One will be a higher end device featuring a flagship 3D interface and will have 4 (yes 4) front facing cameras to watch your ...
New iPhone Announcement Coming September 10th
Sunday, September 8, 2013 by Richard Harris
In 2007 the first iphone was introduced to the world. Then in 2008 we got the iphone 3G, in 2009 it was the 3GS, in 2010 the ipad and the iPhone 4, 2011 brought us the iPhone 4S and the iPad 2, 2012 was the new iPad 3, iphone 5, ipad 4, and iPad mini.So what's in store for Apple's latest release? If all of the rumors and hype are correct we will see a new iPhone 5...
The Blackberry A10 IS for real!
Tuesday, July 16, 2013 by Stuart Parkerson
Blackberry has been rumored to be working on a 5" touchscreen phone called the A10 and up until now it's been speculation as to if the rumors are true. But a new video surfaced showing the A10 in action. If the rumours and leaked specifications are true, the A10 will directly compete with Samsung's 5-inch Galaxy S4 handset. The full list of specifications show...
Windows Phone 8 Support Ends July 2014
Monday, March 18, 2013 by Richard Harris
In a recent support document from Microsoft, they have announced the end of support for Windows Phone 8 and Windows Phone 7.8 for the second half of 2014.This seems to indicate that they are committed to the 18 month life cycle for mobile products but there is no mention of what's coming next either, though there are rumors of a new Windows device for the 2013 holi...
Samsung confirms Galaxy S4 for release March 14
Monday, February 25, 2013 by Richard Harris
Samsung Electronics will unveil its next flagship smartphone, the
Galaxy S4, on March 14, says CNET
Samsung is will be sending out invitations to a "Samsung
Unpacked" event to be held in New York next month. While the
invitation contained little details, CNET says with a
high-level executive that the Galaxy S4 will make its debut there. A few rumors ...
500 million iOS devices now in the wild!
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 by Richard Harris
Today Apple released their latest earnings report today and is proud to announce they have sold 500 million iOS devices which include iPad, iphone, and iPod. Comparing that to Android devices sold (an figurative number due to a fragmented market) Apple is still ahead.This year there are already rumors spreading that Apple could be releasing another new iphone ...
Apple rumor: New screen size for iPhone
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 by Richard Harris
The Apple World Developer Conference is still months away but the rumors have already started. This one is coming out of China and says Apple might be unveiling a new iphone screen size that will compete with the Samsung Galaxy III size (Android based phone).If this is true it will be yet another thorn in the side for iOS developers due to it being yet "another sc...
No! There will not be a mass exit by Apple developers
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 by Richard Harris
I keep seeing posts around the Internet talking about iOS developers jumping ship from Apple to head over to Google Android Play - much of them coming from Google searches and Google news feeds.These rumors are based on a recent study posted by Distimo, sighting many changes that could be taking place with app development trends as the Android market continues to see gr...
The vanishing Android Developer and ADWLauncher
Friday, November 30, 2012 by Richard Harris
An early Android 2.x power user app called ADWLauncher climbed it's way into many users Android devices early in the Android marketplace. It allowed users to adjust the Android operating system to a customized look and feel. Everyone loved and it quickly grew to millions of installs.While everyone waited and waited for updates, ADW went dark. People wondered what&n...
Surface phones by Microsoft
Thursday, November 29, 2012 by Richard Harris
It looks like Microsoft is up to extend its Surface brand into mobiles and start selling handsets under its own brand.Rumor has it that the software giant has signed a contract with Chinese manufacturer Foxconn, which is also the manufacturer of iPhone. The making of the new Microsoft Surface handsets is set for next year.The source adds that ‘upstream suppliers’ are al...
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...
Tough gig making a living as an app developer
Wednesday, November 14, 2012 by Richard Harris
ROSEDALE, Md. — Shawn and Stephanie Grimes spent much of the last two years pursuing their dream of doing research and development for Apple, the world’s most successful corporation.THE iECONOMYA series examining challenges posed by increasingly globalized high-tech industries.More in This Series »GraphicJob Prospects for App WritersRelatedWhat It Takes to Be an Ap...
