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Currently, developers interested in creating and hosting apps for mobile devices have many choices, including Amazon Web Services, Windows Azure, and Google. Each offers developers a unique package of APIs, SDKs and specific functionality. The Amazon Web Services package includes an AWS software developers kit (SDK) for both Android and iOS, each of which includes […]

This week Microsoft announced the release of the almost final test build of SQL Server 2012, codenamed “Denali”. The software, Release Candidate (RC) 0 of SQL Server 2012, is now available for developers to download from Microsoft. Changes included in this release include added core capabilities for increased mission critical confidence, new functionality in the […]

After Tuesday at Microsoft’s annual shareholder meeting, many people were speculating whether Steve Ballmer would discuss whether Microsoft plans to eventually bring the Windows 8 operating system to the phone. After Ballmer’s statements, the question had not officially been answered. During the discussion, Ballmer answered a question about whether we are currently living in a […]

If you are a developer who has no interest in Windows Phone 7, you will still want to keep tabs on ChevronWP7, even if it’s just to understand the unusual logic that powers it all. The story behind the ChevronWP7 website is now part of Microsoft Windows history. The story behind ChevronWP7 is that a […]

Today’s app user base isn’t restricted to just one region. In this article, we walk through the platform support available for developers targeting Windows Phone to develop world ready Windows Phone applications. Introduction Windows Phone has built-in support to build world ready applications. This is because of existing support for globalization and localization offered by […]

The lack of phone support with Google Apps for Business has long been a source of contention for developers. This week Google announced that it has added 24/7 phone support, along with mobile device management, to its Google Apps for Business Cloud productivity suite. The announcement from Google included the fact that admins can now […]

This week at GDC China, Microsoft’s Cloud Evangelist, Brian Prince, discussed the details behind Microsoft’s investment in the cloud platform for the gaming community. After investing billions in their Azure Cloud service, and grabbing some of the market share from Amazon, Microsoft has slowly worked to enhance the service for game developers. The focus for […]

According to a recent survey from Appcelerator and IDC, app developers are becoming more interested in creating applications for Windows Phone 7. The survey showed that Windows 7 is the third most popular platform for developers, with iOS coming in first and Android second. This recent survey has shown a leap of 8 percent, the […]

This week Microsoft announced that developers can new begin to create applications using Visual Studio LightSwitch, Microsoft’s easy-to-use app development software that was designed to simplify and speed up the creation of both desktop and cloud-based business apps. LightSwitch, which comes with customizable templates that allow developers to create custom business logic for their specific […]

Building apps for Android devices often includes the need to store large amounts of information on the device. As a developer, you have two choices for storing large amounts of data including the apps install folder or External Storage. Since many devices have limited internal storage for apps, it is recommended to use External Storage. […]

This week it was announced that SMEStorage for Windows Phone 7 now includes support for the Windows 7 Mango update. Other new features include upload functionality, social network file sharing, more integration with Windows Phone Pictures hub and more. Businesses and developers who are already using the SMEStorage Cloud File Server, which is used to […]

The web-based Cloud9 integrated development environment (IDE) enables developers to more easily create JavaScript-based web apps, and since it is cloud-based itself, developers can use it for their web app projects using just a web browser. Cloud9 is first and formost an editor, and includes syntax highlighting for many languages, including JavaScript, CoffeeScript, HTML, XML, […]