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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 10, 2013
Inside any new car are a plethora of sensors and microprocessors, crunching away at data to control the various systems in the vehicle. Announced today at CES 2103, Ford's new OpenXC ...
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by Andrew Martonik
Dec 14, 2012
Alongside its release of a native Android app, Facebook is bringing its SDK 3.0 for Android developers out of beta today. The Facebook SDK for Android lets app developers on the platform integr...
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by Alex Dobie
Nov 30, 2012
Sony has completed its SDK (software development kit) collection with the launch of today's Sony Tablet SDK add-on. The pack allows developers to "make use of the special features included ...
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by Alex Dobie
Nov 20, 2012
After a few months in beta, Sony's PlayStation Mobile Developer Program is today ready for prime-time. The program allows game developers to build titles for PlayStation-certified Android phones...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 13, 2012
Fire up the old SDK manager, as you've got a new version to download!
The Android team has made the Android 4.2 SDK (API level 17) available for download, and it looks like there a few new g...
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by Victoria Ho
Oct 18, 2012
Following the update for iOS developers a few weeks ago, Facebook has completely revamped the Android SDK, it said.
The new changes, touted as the “bigge...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 17, 2012
It looks as if Amazon did not patch the standard method to root ICS devices discovered by SparkyM over at XDA, and the Kindle Fire HD can be rooted in mere minutes. In fact, the most difficult part ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 18, 2012
Google has made the full 4.1 Android SDK available for download, along with a revised set of SDK tools (20.1.1) and the NDK (rev 8b). As always, the SDK and assorted tools are available for Win...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 28, 2012
Google has made it clear at Google I/O -- they love Google+ and are going full steam ahead with the social platform. We don't blame them, as we think with the right nurturing it can stand out am...
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by Chris Parsons
Jun 27, 2012
With Google I/O 2012 now kicked off and Android 4.1 Jelly Bean unveiled, the time has come to download the tools to make the magic. During this mornings keynote address, it was announced Android 4.1...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 26, 2012
Qualcomm this morning announced the Snapdragon SDK at its Uplinq conference, "giving developers and device makers the ability to differentiate their applications on devices by exposing a new se...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 23, 2012
Intel has released the long awaited x86 system image of Ice Cream Sandwich for the Android SDK and emulator. This will allow the Android emulator (long plagued with slow and buggy performance) to ru...
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by Alex Dobie
Apr 19, 2012
As promised, Sony has launched the public beta of its PlayStation Suite SDK, following on from the closed beta that's been available to select developers in the US, UK and Japan since last Novem...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 21, 2012
We first looked at the new SDK tools and various resources coming with version 17 at the beginning of the month, and today they have become available for installation through the SDK manager pr...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 07, 2012
Sony has announced that the software development kit for its PlayStation Suite will launch in public beta form from this April. The public release follows the closed beta of the SDK, which began in ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 05, 2012
Anyone doing development for Android (or any software platform) knows that good tools are the most important part of the whole process. We've seen that the Android team has been hard at work to ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 16, 2012
You see handhelds being used in businesses just about anywhere these days. Your doctor probably uses one, so does the place you grab your coffee. Heck, even some lumber yards use them. &...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 16, 2011
Know that Android 4.0.2 update the Verizon Galaxy Nexus owners were so proud of yesterday? It's old news today. Google just announced Android 4.0.3 and an increase in API level (it's now 15)...
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by Richard Devine
Oct 28, 2011
During Thursday's presentation at the Samsung Galaxy Note World Tour event in London, the S-Pen stylus was extensively shown off including a local artist creating the image seen here. Further en...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 20, 2011
As we explained yesterday, now that the Ice Cream Sandwich SDK has been released, we're about to see a deluge of SDK-based ROM ports. We're not going to cover them all here, but will will co...
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by Alex Dobie
Oct 19, 2011
Can't wait until November for your Ice Cream Sandwich fix? You can now find eleven new high-resolution wallpapers from the recently-released Android 4.0 SDK build over on the Android Central for...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 19, 2011
With the Galaxy Nexus and Ice Cream Sandwich just around the corner, everyone's excited for all the new features and look. We can't offer a way to get any of the features just yet -- t...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 18, 2011
We're all waiting for news about the release date for both the Galaxy Nexus as well as the Ice Cream Sandwich update for our existing phones, but in the meantime Google has already released the ...
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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 Alex Dobie
Sep 15, 2011
Sony Computer Entertainment has announced that it'll be releasing a software development kit for its PlayStation Suite starting this November, with the newly-created games becoming available from spr...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 22, 2011
Back in May at Google I/O 2011, we learned that Honeycomb would be coming to Google TV, and that we would be seeing an SDK add-on for developers to begin work on apps for the big screen. Si...
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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
Jul 06, 2011
The Android SDK tools and ADT plugin for Eclipse have both been updated to version 12. It looks like the big change in the SDK tools allow developers to use system images compiled...
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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 Chris Parsons
May 10, 2011
With the announcement today of Android 3.1 rolling out to Verizon Xoom owners today, Google has gone ahead and updated the Android SDK to reflect the changes as well. If you're working on some Android...
