App Development

Leap Motion with Windows

Glenn — Tue, 21 May 2013 20:09:55 +0000

The following video shows how Leap Motion technology will work easily and seamlessly with Windows OS.

When leap motion is available this year you’ll be able to browse the web and interact with your computer just by moving your hands and fingers in the air. With Leap Motion technology and Windows, you can do everything that’s possible with multi-touch inputs — without actually touching anything. This also means that existing applications in Windows 7 and 8 will respond to your natural hand and finger movements

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App Developers get to view Google Glass

Glenn — Wed, 08 May 2013 16:39:03 +0000

The Wall Street Journal has confirmed that App developers are getting the chance to preview Google’s Internet-connected eyewear, Google Glass. The WSJ’s Michael Kofsky hears the pros and cons from two early adopters in Silicon Valley. Watch the Video here.

Appcelerator Celebrate 450,000 Developers

Glenn — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:19:42 +0000

Congratulations to Appcelerator for reaching a whopping 450,000 Developers!

Create Apps with Appcelerator Titanium

Appcelerator Titanium – An open, extensible development environment for creating beautiful native apps across different mobile devices and OSs including iOS, Android, Windows and BlackBerry, as well as hybrid and HTML5. It includes an open source SDK with over 5,000 device and mobile operating system APIs, Studio, a powerful Eclipse-based IDE, Alloy,

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Apple iPhone 5S or 6 in production this quarter

Glenn — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 08:52:37 +0000

According to Wall Street Journal sources the a new iPhone is ramping up for production soon. It will reportedly look nearly identical to the iPhone 5 and given past form it’s therefore quite likely that it will actually be an iPhone 5S rather than an iPhone6. An iPhone 5S launch would be rather disappointing though and Apple seriously need to pull this one out of the bag if they are to catch up with the burgeoning Android marketplace.

The seriously talented British designer Jonathan Ive – Apple’s Senior VP of Industrial Design – is taking over ”leadership and direction for

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Leap Motion Controller hits App Development

Glenn — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 11:57:47 +0000

Today we received our Leap Motion Controller and we have to say this is really exciting. Leap motion aim to “fundamentally transform how people interact with computers’ and we are joining them as part of their development team. Our goal is to create an App that will propel this awesome device in a new and perhaps unexpected fashion.

About the Leap Motion Controller – The Vision

Michael Buckwald | Co-Founder & CEO

“From transcendent Star Trek holosuites to mind-blowing Minority Report graphics, our vision for computers has enticed and intrigued us for decades, but ultimately the

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2013 Facebook Hacker Cup

Glenn — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:45:29 +0000

Just letting you know that registration opened on 09-Jan-2013 for the 2013 Facebook Hacker Cup, Facebook’s annual worldwide programming competition.

The Hacker Cup tests programmers from around the world on their accuracy and speed as they race to solve algorithmic problems, through up to five rounds of challenges.

Those who registered for a previous year are automatically registered for this year, but need to check their information is up-to-date. New registers can sign up here:https://www.facebook.com/hackercup/register and get ready for the qualification round beginning on 25th January.

More information about last year’s winner Roman Andreev and the event itself can be found here:https://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook-engineering/the-2012-facebook-hacker-cup-world-champion-is-crowned/10150628445978920

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What’s Next for Apple – Peak or Plateau?

Glenn — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 20:58:22 +0000

A pictographic representation of Apple’s fortunes and what the future may hold: -

Infographic Source: OnlineBusinessDegree.org

Appcelerator’s Mobile Predictions for 2013

Glenn — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:56:13 +0000

Here’s the roundup from the Appcelerator/IDC Q4 2012 Mobile Developer Survey in November 2012

Key Findings

Interest in iOS and Android Platforms Remains Stable
Despite the introduction of new products in Q4 and the massive success of devices like the iPod mini, Amazon Kindle, Samsung Galaxy S III, and iPhone 5, developer interest in the most popular platforms (i.e. iOS, Android, Blackberry) remains high, but relatively unchanged since Q3 2012.
Amazon Kindle Struggles
Despite Amazon’s sizeable investment in its signature Kindle tablet, developers doubt that the device provides significant revenue opportunities.
Google Nexus Starts Strong
An unprecedented number of respondents express strong interest in developing mobile apps for
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Codestrong Appcelerator’s 2012 Mobile Conference Highlights

Glenn — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 11:23:35 +0000

550+ mobile innovators gathered for Appcelerator’s CODESTRONG 2012 Mobile Conference last week in San Francisco, California. Some of the world’s best in mobile networked, learned and collaborated – showcasing technology partnerships, enterprise customer successes, mobile innovation and industry thought leadership.

CODESTRONG 2012 Highlights

You can watch all the highlights in glorius Technicolor below.

CODESTRONG 2012 Keynote – Jeff Haynie, Appcelerator’s CEO

Appcelerator’s Product Roadmap

Web vs Apps

Creating a Mobile Strategy

Technologies to Enable Mobile First Enterprises

CODESTRONG

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Microsoft launches Surface Tablet

Glenn — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 12:03:32 +0000

You may have blinked and missed it at the Windows 8 launch but We can confirm that Microsoft have launched their ‘Surface” Tablet. The much anticipated launch is widely seen as Microsoft’s response to the Apple iPad. However with Apple recently launching the iPad Mini and a raft of other products it seems that the launch was indeed somewhat muted. Yet again Apple seem to have got the jump on Microsoft.

The Surface RT runs Windows RT, a specially built version of Windows 8 designed for more traditional tablet devices and which runs on ARM processor architecture. A real issue however

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