News tagged with application development

Facebook smartphone could come by next year: report

Facebook hopes to release its own smartphone by next year, as the newly public social networking giant looks to boost its revenue in the mobile Internet market, the New York Times reported Monday.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

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Launching multiple products to attract both consumers and application developers key to tech firm success, study says

(PhysOrg.com) -- High-tech firms should market multiple product versions at the same time, such as Apple did with the iPhone and iPod Touch, both to attract early adopters and build a network of individuals and companies ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

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Chinese court hears Apple appeal on iPad trademark

(AP) -- A Chinese court on Wednesday began hearing Apple's appeal of a ruling against its right to use the iPad trademark in China.

Technology / Business

created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Automated stress testing for Web 2.0 applications helps Web developers find programming errors

Web applications such as Google Mail, Facebook and Amazon are used every day. However, so far there are no methods to test them systematically and at low cost for malfunctions and security vulnerabilities. ...

Technology / Software

created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Microsoft to open 'app store' in February

Microsoft began wooing developers for a February opening of its first "app store" for computers powered by the US technology giant's Windows software.

Technology / Software

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Spotify opens up to app developers

Spotify announced Wednesday that outside developers can create applications for the popular online music service and unveiled partnerships with Rolling Stone, SongKick, TuneWiki and others.

Technology / Internet

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Facebook, HTC building Android smartphone: report

Facebook has allied with Taiwan's HTC to build a customized smartphone powered by Google's Android mobile operating system, according to technology blog All Things Digital.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 22, 2011 | popularity 1.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Apple accepts payment in China's yuan currency

Apple has started accepting payment in China's yuan currency through its online store, opening it up to the biggest Internet market in the world, company officials said Monday.

Technology / Business

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Google tunes Internet television offering

Google on Friday set out to breathe new life into its moribund Internet television platform.

Technology / Internet

created Oct 28, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 4

RIM out to rev up BlackBerry with sexy new apps

Research In Motion (RIM) on Tuesday set out to rev up its BlackBerry and PlayBook lines with a tactic from Apple's winning playbook -- sexy, entertaining software applications.

Technology / Business

created Oct 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Google Dart debut sparks chatter of JavaScript coup

(PhysOrg.com) -- When the news appeared earlier this week that Google was unveiling a new programming language, Dart, for developers. tech blogs ignited with talk of how Google is staging a JavaScript coup. ...

Technology / Software

created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

More than a million Twitter 'apps' registered

Twitter on Monday announced that the number of applications registered at the popular microblogging service has topped a million.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Select tech workers are in high demand

Thousands of people in Silicon Valley are unemployed and looking for work. But for tech workers with the right skills, work is looking for them.

Technology / Business

created Jun 28, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Nokia to transfer 2,800 staff to Accenture

(AP) -- Nokia Corp. said Wednesday it has completed a deal to outsource Symbian software development to Accenture, including the transfer of 2,800 workers to the global management-consulting firm.

Technology / Business

created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Apple to nix apps that tip off drunk drivers

(AP) -- After pressure from four U.S. senators, Apple Inc. has said it will start rejecting iPhone applications that tip drivers off about police checkpoints for drunken driving.

Technology / Software

created Jun 09, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 8