Canadian college and university students to create a mobile game over the weekend of September 28th and compete for a chance to win fame and a $25,000 grand prize Toronto, Ontario – September 11, 2012 – Mobile game developer XMG Studio Inc., The Electric Playground, and The Globe and Mail have teamed up to […]
Expanded Developer University to Return to the 2013 International CES
Arlington, Va., September 20, 2012 –Today, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® announced that Developer University will return to the 2013 International CES®. Developer University is a unique event that brings app developers together with many different platform vendors, helping developers learn about the numerous opportunities available to them, and helping platform vendors reach a larger […]
Get hands on at the Windows Azure Developer Camp.
Make it Happen in the Cloud with the latest development tools at the free, one-day Windows Azure Developer Camp. It’s a day of coding—led by local Microsoft partners who specialize in Windows Azure—where you’ll have the opportunity to try out the newest features of Windows Azure in a 1:few, hands-on, interactive setting. Details: […]
Amazon Appstore Drives Monetization for Developers
SEATTLE–Aug. 31, 2012– (NASDAQ: AMZN) – Amazon.com, Inc. today announced that since Kindle Fire was introduced less than a year ago, customers have downloaded hundreds of millions of apps and games from the Amazon Appstore, and the number of developers building apps for Amazon Appstore continues to grow quickly. This growth is being driven […]
Developers switch to Windows Phone as app momentum continues
PureView camera technology, NFC and Nokia Maps integration see next generation of unique and differentiated apps for Nokia Lumia
Hey, Developers: Start Building for Windows 8 and the Microsoft Platform
Visual Studio 2012 and .NET 4.5 have been released to the Web — the simplified toolkit enables developers to build modern apps across the Microsoft platforms and for the cloud
deCarta’s Third Generation Map API makes it easy to have your own on-line maps
deCarta Helps Customers Map Their Own Destiny – Third Generation JavaScript API makes it easy to implement mapping & location capabilities without giving valuable data away to third parties
World Bank Announces Winners in Apps for Climate Competition
WASHINGTON, June 28, 2012 – A software application developed in Argentina that teaches about energy consumption, climate change and the actions needed to reduce carbon emissions took first place in the World Bank “Apps for Climate” competition today. “Ecofacts” was one of 14 finalists from around the world that were celebrated tonight at the Connecting […]
eXo Accelerates Cloud-based Development for Google App Engine
Google I/O — SAN FRANCISCO — June 28, 2012 — eXo, the user experience platform-as-a-service (UXPaaS) company, today announced during the Google I/O developers conference that its cloud-based integrated development environment, eXo Cloud IDE, now integrates with Google App Engine. Developers building Java or Python applications for Google App Engine can now develop, debug, deploy […]
The Trimble Survey Student Competition
An amazing opportunity for students has been brought to my attention by gene Roe of LiDARnews, Gene shares an update on the Trimble Survey Student Paper Competition. From Gene… As somewhat of a follow up to the last post on attracting students to the industry (see the numerous comments that have been sent) I wanted […]