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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 04, 2012
Brandon Watson, a major player in the resurrection of Microsoft's Windows Phone OS, specifically in his work with developers, has taken a job with Amazon. Watson confirmed his departure Friday o...
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by Simon Sage
Jan 16, 2012
At CES 2012, GM was showing off their remote control and monitoring Android app, but I would say their more interesting announcement from the show was a new OnStar API, which will enable outside dev...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 03, 2012
Android Central reader @mjroberts22 this morning alerted us to an evil developer in the Android Market. A number of apps from Quarter MiLL look legit. We've featured Super Why Adventures -- a ch...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 28, 2011
Can't get enough of Google IO? Google's developer conference has just announced expanded dates -- moving from two days in April to June 27-29. The conference will still take place in San Fra...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 18, 2011
Update: We're being told by one developer that actually this wording is unchanged, and the 15-minute window still applies, it's just that Google has that long to refund the money. We're ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 24, 2011
A big question we've had since RIM first announced that the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet would be able to run some Android applications was "Why?" Another question has been "Would a...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 18, 2011
Just as we described earlier. It's a lot like someone developing an app so you can transfer your MP3s to cassette tapes, we reckon.
Source: CrackBerry
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 18, 2011
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Are you a developer who wants to resign, repackage and submit your Android apps to a dying BlackBerry platform for use on devices that are barely selling? RIM's...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 17, 2011
Finally, Google's given us a date for the 2012 edition of its Google IO developer's conference. April 24-25 is the result, with Moscone West once again the venue.
Google IO, of course, is t...
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by Joshua Munoz
Sep 26, 2011
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For those folks interested in the next stage of recovery on your phone, this is one I'd set some time aside for to check out. I'm sure by now some of you ha...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 08, 2011
If you're the serious tinkering type (as opposed to the rest of us who just like to occasionally break things), it's time to check out HTCdev.com. Two-thirds of the site, announced at the beginning of...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 02, 2011
Google has released the numbers for the different platform versions accessing the Android Market ending Aug. 1, and there are no big surprises. Froyo still leads the pack with over 55 percent of devi...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 31, 2011
We've been watching what's become a bit of a thing the past several days in the Android Market. Developers have seen a significant number of comments disappear from their app listings -- hundreds, at ...
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by Chris Parsons
Jul 15, 2011
Developers -- time to fire up your Android SDK installation and grab the new Android 3.2 SDK. The Android development has let everyone know the update is now available to all.Here are some of the high...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 11, 2011
Twitter, which in the past has been accused to treating third-party developers as second-class citizens by basically borrowing their functionality before telling them they're not longer needed, has ju...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 11, 2011
Here's an interesting addition coming to a future version of Android. Apps that don't properly scale up to Honeycomb tablets' greater resolution and larger screen sizes will be able to be zoomed in on...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 17, 2011
AT&T is sponsoring a LG Thrill 4G 3D application development session featuring Henry Nho, 3D Tech lead at LG Electronics. The hour long webcast will be 10AM to 11AM Pacific Time on June...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 15, 2011
It's nice to see Google focusing on supporting developers as best they can. We noticed a shift towards this at Google I/O, and they have released major updates to make app development easier, an...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 09, 2011
Jerry and I are winging our way west today, ahead of the Google IO developer conference Tuesday and Wednesday. Last year we got a look at Foyo and Google TV, plus a sneak peak at Android's music ...
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by Kyle Gibb
Apr 27, 2011
IDC and Appcelerator have released the findings of their survey of nearly 2,800 developers concerning interest in working on various mobile platforms. Unsurprisingly, Android and Apple's iOS were wel...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 24, 2011
A quick heads up for all you CyanogenMod users -- CM7.0.1 CM 7.0.2 stable was just released, and it brings along a slew of bugfixes identified since CM7.0 hit. Here's the official word:It’s been...
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by Chris Parsons
Apr 11, 2011
This isn't the first time we've seen Google I/O tickets go up for sale on eBay -- previously they were being sold for what we thought at the time was an alarmingly high price. But, this one -- this on...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 08, 2011
Not able to attend this year's Google IO conference? (Gasp, it's in a month!) No worries, as the keynotes will be streamed live (just like last year), and big G's tossing in some of the more ma...
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by Alex Dobie
Apr 01, 2011
Can't attend this year's Google I/O conference? Google and the GTUG network have you covered, with a number of Google I/O Extended events around the world where developers can watch live stream...
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by Kyle Gibb
Apr 01, 2011
Youtube link for mobile viewing Developers over at InKnowledge have created a native Android SDK for Microsoft's Bing Maps. The SDK allows "developers a choice in terms of map controls" for ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 15, 2011
Google has flip the switch on app download statistics, giving developers a cool look at who is downloading their apps, where they're from and what devices they're using. You get a Google Finance-like...
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by Chris Parsons
Mar 10, 2011
Want to help out with beta testing a new weather application? Sure you do. MIUI Weather is now available for download and the developers are of course looking for some help with finding any bugs that ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 07, 2011
Remember that blog post from Amazon a couple days back detailing how DRM (digital rights management) would work? Basically, it said if you download an app from the upcoming Amazon App ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 05, 2011
Android applications purchased in Amazon's app store (which may finally go live to consumers any time now) will use Amazon's special sauce of digital locker/digital rights management to help combat pi...
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by Kyle Gibb
Mar 03, 2011
Don't look now, but it would seem that people love them some Angry Birds. A shocker, we know. Rovio announced at the annual Game Developers Conference (GDC) that the free-with-ads Android versio...
