Google Mobile lets you search the Web using your voice in a way that is technically off-limits to iPhone developers, according to a report.(Credit: Apple [App Store]) If Google wasn't Google, there's a fair chance that its new mobile application for the iPhone wouldn't be allowed ......
Filed under: Multimedia, Software, T-MobileIn the UK, T-Mobile-speak for web content on your phone is "web'n'walk." Historically, the branding hasn't been used in the US -- but they are getting closer now with the launch of "web2go." The new Web browsing experience (T-Mobile's language, not ours) incorporates an all-new content stack that features a customizable home page and access to a My Downloads feature that'll allow certain apps and media to be moved between phones when you upgrade (frickin' finally). T-Mobile's also using the opportunity to launch new unlimited data bundles that include data and messaging in a single package....
App developers know that Facebook’s restrictions on application emails have made the use of email as an effective communication channel much more challenging. Tonight, there is good news: Facebook is announcing several new features for developers to employ in their application emails. Here’s a quick summary: Many new formatting tags are available for the first time. For a complete list of which HTML tags developers can use in their emails, see the Developer Wiki page. Demographic restrictions are now available in email through FBML Personalization is now available in subject lines through FBML (”Justin, your latest updates…”) Internationalization tags are...
In 2005, the city approved new upzoning laws for the Greenpoint waterfront, allowing up to 30 stories (pictured: the city's rendering of what the waterfront could look like). Now the Brooklyn Paper reports that developer Dean Palin (the man behind this monstrosity) wants to build a 40-story, 422-unit rental tower as part of a 620-unit development at his 155 West Street property. Brownstoner points out that he "paid a whopping $84,750,000 for the site a couple years back and has just recently filed for demolition permits." He'll have to fight to get those extra 10 stories, which he claims to...
“Just give me a damn status!” growled Murray, the aging IT project manager who everyone thought would have been retired by now. In fairness, the fifty-nine year old’s job performance hadn’t waned one bit through his decades-long tenure at Bell Labs. In fact, some would even say that in his later years, he traded some of his trademarked ferocity for geniality. “Dammit,” Murry barked two seconds later at Tom Limoncelli, one of the developers sitting around the conference table, “I don’t have all day! Give me a status!” “Okay, okay,” Tom nervously responded, flipping through some papers, “we’re… uh,...
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One of the biggest problems with Facebook’s platform for developers is the limits placed on them. Whether it’s a limit on the number of invites they can send, a limit on the types of emails they can send users, there are many restrictions. Today one of those restrictions have been loosened and developers can “now incorporate a number of HTML tags so” they can format messages as they wish. Included in the loosening of the restrictions is the ability to include FBML tags including fb:restricted-to and fb:name in the subjects to make emails more targeted at each individual user....
Our sister site AppData is a useful tool for spotting new trends on the Facebook Platform. For developers and journalists interested in spotting the next big thing, checking out the top gaining applications can often elicit trends on what’s coming in the near future. (For those interested in digging deeper, charts for the top gaining applications of different audience size or category are also freely available.) If you look at the Top Gainers By Percent This Week leaderboard, it would be impossible to miss the theme this week: Even though Black Friday is still a week away, it’s already Christmastime...
I’ve been excited about an iPhone game named Rolando ever since a video of it spread throughout the internet back in July right before the launch of the iPhone 3G (and App Store). The developers had hoped to release it in August, but that came and went, and the buzz largely subsided. But today I got a chance to play the basically completed version of the game — it’s even better than the original demo video — the buzz will be back soon. The game, developed by Hand Circus and being released by one of the fast rising iPhone gaming...
From the practical to the political, from the serious to the silly, developers of over 150,000 sites around the world continue to inspire us with their creative uses of the Google Maps API.To celebrate this blossoming ecosystem, we've redesigned our Case Studies video site. Timed with this relaunch, we've got two new videos showcasing innovative API uses, this time for sites that help you make the most of where you live.Yelp was an early and eager adopter of the Google Maps API. As their local reviews site has grown in size and geography, Yelp has aggressively built upon our platform with intuitive neighborhood maps, static maps that load quickly but...
