The Linux Foundation, a nonprofit consortium dedicated to fostering the growth of Linux, has announced it will be offering a series of both Android and MeeGo courses for developers. There are six training courses available - three for Android and three for MeeGo. The courses were built in collaboration with...
Microsoft recently rolled out new Windows Phone Developer Tools, which include, among many things, the anticipated copy-and-paste functionality that will arrive in the operating system's first major update. The public launch of that update is still unknown at this time, however.Says Microsoft, the toolkit will let developers build apps using...
Microsoft recently rolled out new Windows Phone Developer Tools, which include, among many things, the anticipated copy-and-paste functionality that will arrive in the operating system's first major update. The public launch of that update is still unknown at this time, however.Says Microsoft, the toolkit will let developers build apps using...
The long-rumored Playstation Phone just made its official debut by way of a high-profile Super Bowl advertisement and updated Facebook page. The phone, known as the Xperia Play, has been expected to appear at next week's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Now, according to Sony Ericsson's Facebook page, the date...
According to IDC, smartphone manufacturers shipped 100.9 million devices in the fourth quarter of 2010, while PC manufacturers shipped 92.1 million units worldwide. Or, more simply put, smartphones just outsold PCs for the first time ever.The number of smartphones sold in Q4 2010 was up 87.2% from the 53.9 million...
Waze, a user-driven collaborative mobile traffic mapping and sensor service, today added voice notifications and input concerning traffic hazards to its iPhone app. The company said the feature would soon be added to its apps on other platforms.Waze hopes that the addition of a read/write voice interface will both lower...
In a number of places, places rich in history and therefor rich in latent archaeological information, it is too hard to dig. Either the politics, terrain or the need to budget makes even educated guesswork prohibitive. But now, an Australian archaeologist has found almost 2,000 new sites in Saudia Arabia...
An advertisement from Best Buy appears to show the highly anticipated Google Android 3.0-based tablet, the Motorola Xoom, with a starting price of $799.99 - or $300 more than the least expensive iPad on the market today. What's worse, the ad also says that it requires the purchase of a...
If the vast majority of analysts and pundits are to be believed, 2011 will be the year of the tablet, and the popular adoption of the devices won't stop there. In a recent report, Forrester predicted that tablet sales could quadruple from 2010 to 2015, leading to a surge in...
The violence, ongoing turmoil, and occasional triumphs in Egypt impacted our news coverage every day this past week. But it was Marshall Kirkpatrick's tale of life on the AOL content farm that ended up as readers' top choice in the week's most popular stories. Verizon, and its plan to throttle...
On Monday, Apple shipped its long-awaited iOS 4.2.1 update for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch, which was the first major upgrade for the iPad since its launch earlier this year. Finally, iPad users have access to features like multitasking, app folders, threaded messaging and a Unified Inbox, thanks to...
According to rumors, the latest version of Apple's mobile operating system, iOS 4.3, will be released on February 14th. At 10 a.m. PST to be precise. Unlike the cheap box of chocolates that leaves you guessing whether the next bite brings nougat or that strawberry cream filling, we've already figured...
Omniar, a soon-to-launch startup company that offers computer vision as a service to mobile app creators, has hired serial startup leader Scott Rafer as its new CEO. A member of the Techstars family of startups, Omniar provides mobile application developers with technology that lets them identify real-world objects from mobile...
Omniar, a soon-to-launch startup company that offers computer vision as a service to mobile app creators, has hired serial startup leader Scott Rafer as its new CEO. A member of the Techstars family of startups, Omniar provides mobile application developers with technology that lets them identify real-world objects from mobile...
At this week's press event at Google headquarters, Google Director of Products for Mobile Hugo Barra told journalists that the newest version of the Android mobile operating system, version 3.0, also known as "Honeycomb" is designed for tablets, and just tablets. At least, for now. He said the company is...
Every Thursday evening PT we shine a spotlight on the Internet of Things, which is when everyday objects are connected to the Internet. Today we look at one of many companies making 'things' happen in the evolving Internet of Things. Based out of Cambridge, MA, the aptly named ThingMagic makes...
This Week in Cloud Computing featured our very own Klint Finley as a guest in the last episode. It seemed like the right time to give credit to this show that has emerged as one of the most consistent voices in the world of the cloud.Hosted by Amanda Coolong and...
Lord. Where to start? Well, some things happened in Egypt this week. I can't think of a better way to cover them than to start a week ago, and end with today's developments. Egypt's Internet blackout. For only the second time in history (the first being Burma during the Saffron...
For this week's One Million by One Million roundtable, we partnered with the Indian Angel Network (IAN). India, as you all know, is a rising power in the entrepreneurship firmament, and the country's entrepreneurs are making a long-awaited switch from pure outsourcing and labor arbitrage to now venturing into building...
This post is an excerpt from Rana Sobhany's new book, Mobilize: Strategies for Success from the Frontlines of the App Revolution. Mobilize walks developers through the positioning, marketing and outreach needed to create successful apps. In her opening chapter, Sobhany follows the history of the app store phenomenon from its...
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