There once was a time that it seemed like C/C++ was going to slowly die out and be replaced by other languages such as Java, Ruby and JavaScript. But now C++'s future is looking brighter than ever. John D. Cook, who once asked whether C++ had jumped the shark recently...
This week at Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference the company made its tablet strategy more clear. As reported by Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Windows Phone President Andy Lees said: "We view a tablet as a sort of PC. We want people to be able to do the sorts of things that...
Analytics firm Flurry has analyzed trends on its network of 45,000 companies and 90,000 apps to determine where developers are investing their R&D budgets this year. In a comparison of Q1 2011 and Q2 2011, you can see that the Android project starts have dropped from 36% to 28% while...
Paul Palmieri, Co-Founder and CEO of mobile advertising service Millennial Media just gave a really valuable talk at the International Startup Festival in Montreal titled "Investing in Your Influencers." Palmieri talked about how startups can get the most value out of their advisors and friends. Prior to founding Millennial, Palmieri...
We just came across a new service which app developers are going to love: App.net, a site that lets you make customizable landing pages for your mobile application. Using simple templates, your landing page can feature a description, a mockup of a mobile phone with a rotating carousel of the...
Apple is launching a new program designed for business customers: App Store Volume Purchasing. With this option, U.S. businesses have a way to purchase mobile applications built by third-party developers in volume, using a corporate account. In addition, the program sets up a separate app store of sorts where developers...
After two years of waiting, the U.S. market finally gets a chance to try out Spotify, the music-streaming service that's now wildly popular Europe. But why is there so much hype around Spotify, you may wonder? Don't we already have plenty of music streaming services here, like Pandora, Last.fm, Slacker...
Mobile ad network Millennial Media is out with its report for June and the numbers look good for Android. 16 of the top 20 devices on the network run Google's mobile OS, keeping Android as the leading OS on the network for the 7th consecutive month. Android also accounts for...
CMOs have been chomping at the bit for a way to access Facebook content. And Gateway for Facebook, a cloud-based service from Microstrategy Inc. might just be the ticket.Jacquelyn Gavron is a Brooklyn, NY-based freelancer who specializes in usability and content for mobile and online apps. Previously, she was Content...
BasysKom, Codero, Gluster and Nixu Open Join The Linux Foundation, further enhancing the position in the Mobile and Embedded Systems fields. Here is the Announcement with basyskom & Nixu being of direct interest to MeeGo and Codero & Gluster potentially providing infrastructure and open source storage support in...
During my recent visit to Seattle I visited the Bellevue offices of Verizon Wireless, the largest mobile network and wireless phone provider in the U.S., to talk about the Internet of Things. There I met with Bobby Morrison, president of the Pacific Northwest region. The term that Verizon Wireless uses...
Over 400 college students from around the world gathered this week in New York City for the 2011 Finals of the Imagine Cup. Microsoft's student technology competition. On stage this evening, the awards were handed out to the winning teams in a variety of categories. You can read the full...
In 1996, Josh James founded Omniture, a Web analytics company that sold to Adobe in 2009 for $1.8 billion. After selling Omniture, James founded a startup that's been in stealth until today. The new company, Domo (formerly called Shacho), is a business intelligence software-as-a-service and has received $43 million in...
Kik, makers of the cross-platform mobile messaging service by the same name, recently launched a new SDK aimed at mobile app developers. The Kik Mobile SDK lets developers add user-to-user sharing within mobile applications in a matter of minutes. This is a different take on the "app sharing apps" of...
Today at the MobileBeat 2011 conference, payments leader PayPal announced it would support NFC (near field communications) on mobile as a new way to both shop and pay. The company demonstrated its solution in the form of a new NFC-enabled Android widget that lets people send payments just by tapping...
Facebook unveiled a new mobile application yesterday called Facebook for Every Phone, designed to bring the social platform to every corner of the globe. The new mobile app has been designed to work with 2,500 feature phones across cellular carriers worldwide which could bring Facebook to users in the developing...
Online notes platform Evernote has landed $50 million in new funding led by Sequoia Capital. That is a significant round for a notetaking and media storage application, yet the most interesting news is not how much the company raised, but what Evernote CEO Phil Libin is saying about the funding.Libin...
"Mobile video is shaky by definition," says Norman Winarsky, VP at SRI Ventures, part of Silcon Valley-based SRI International, a nonprofit performing sponsored R&D for governments, foundations and businesses. "A shaky image affects bandwidth and reduces the experience," he explains.But with the technology Google has licensed from SRI, image stabilization...
One of the most interesting aspects of Web technology and social media nowadays is how it's being deployed by non-techies. Recently I had the chance to connect with the U.S. Army to find out how it is using the Web. Blogging, Twitter, Facebook, online video and more is currently in...
This is the ninth year for the Imagine Cup, Microsoft's student technology competition. Teams from all over the world, representing 70 countries, have gathered this week in New York City for the Imagine Cup finals. It's down to the final round today with those making it to the very last...
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