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BlackBerry 10 goes 'gold' for developers
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RIM has released the final version of its BlackBerry 10 OS software for developers to start writing apps. [Read more]...
Swivl announces two motion tracking docks with support for tablets and DSLRs
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Earlier this year, if you recall, a startup called Satarii started shipping the Swivl, a crowd-funded smartphone dock designed for motion tracking. Now the company is back, this time with a bigger model that can accommodate tablets and DSLRs. Actually, make that two docks: there's a "Basic White" model...
FTC: Apple and Google need to improve privacy protection in kids' apps
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Having investigated 400 randomly chosen apps for kids, the FTC has noted that almost 60 percent of them were transmitting sensitive device information to developers, advertisers or analytics firms. The report points the finger at the app makers and the lack of information given on privacy and interactive features...
Fraunhofer releases its 'CD-like' audio codecs to developers, lends a little HiFi to VoIP apps
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For those who relish high fidelity but not high data consumption (and bills), Fraunhofer introduced its IIs Full-HD codec for Android and iOS earlier in the year, which is currently being used in apps like Facetime. Now you can bring some of that "CD-like" audio quality to your own...
Buffer relaunches today as a sharing platform -- a conduit, not a destination -- with benefits
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Social engagement tool Buffer is relaunching today as a sharing platform … with big benefits. And analytics, and a great user experience, and some cool new features that HootSuite should start getting worried about. Buffer started as simply that: a way to buffer or space out your social tweets and...
Google releases Windows 8 search app
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Google has launched a dedicated search app for Windows 8 ahead of Friday's official release of the OS. Google Search for Windows 8 is now available free in the Windows Store and will be an alternative to Bing, which is the default search engine in Internet Explorer on Windows...
CA to app devs: get privacy policies or risk $2500-per-download fines
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flickr / iMAL.org They had a month—and now it's over. Any California mobile-app developers who don't have a privacy policy obviously available to consumers need to get one and fast. If they don't, they could be facing potentially massive fines: up to $2,500 per app download. On October 30,...
Nokia engineer explains how to hack Windows 8 games
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The engineer is highlighting the issue to alert developers to the possibility of the revenue stream generated from their games being demolished by knowledgeable users. [Read more]...
RIM's 'really cool' BlackBerry 10 SDKs go gold
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It’s been an agonizing wait for RIM (RIMM) fans, but the launch of BlackBerry 10 is getting tantalizingly close to becoming a reality. RIM announced on its developer support page today that all the software development kits for its upcoming BlackBerry 10 operating system have gone gold and are available...
History: The Legacy of Linus Torvalds: Linux, Git, and One Giant Flamethrower
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Linus Torvalds created Linux, which now runs vast swathes of the internet, including Google and Facebook. And he invented Git, software that's now used by developers across the net to build new applications of all kinds. But that's not all ......
Google Play Gets Real: Reviews Will Now Be Posted With Your Google+ Name And Picture
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When you visit a review on Google Play for an app, book, song or movie, you won’t have to worry as much about whether someone is sheepishly hiding behind a computer firing off nasty words, as Google has now flipped on the switch to display your Google+ name and profile...
New iMac and iPad mini to be in Short Supply Until 2013
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DigiTimes reports that shipments of both the iPad mini and iMac are expected to be constrained throughout 2012. In both cases, display production appears to be the limiting factor. For the iPad mini, the panels have reportedly seen low yield rates, especially from one of Apple's suppliers. As a result,...
Xbox SmartGlass app to launch with Windows 8 this week
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Microsoft confirmed Tuesday that its Xbox SmartGlass companion app will launch with full functionality on Windows 8. The app will be built-in to the "Games" section on Windows 8 and RT PCs and tablets, which are launching on October 26th. Last week's Xbox Live dashboard update added SmartGlass support...
Actually, The iPad Mini Might Not Change Anything For Developers (AAPL)
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Greg Harper of Supercell, an iOS game studio, believes that the iPad Mini won't change anything with game design or his company's current tablet strategy. "Practically, our job stays the same. The iPad Mini is close enough in size to the iPad that we don't believe it will actually change...
Steve Ballmer: Android Ecosystem Is Wild And Uncontrolled, Apple Is High Priced And Highly Controlled
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Tonight, during Steve Ballmer’s interview by Reid Hoffman, the two talked about everything Microsoft. Now that Ballmer is talking about his competitors he let out a few bonzo words when it came to Google and Apple. On the Android ecosystem, Ballmer called it: “Wild”, “Uncontrolled”, and succeptable to malware. On...
Steve Ballmer: Android Ecosystem Is Wild And Uncontrolled, Apple Is High Priced And Highly Controlled
Apple's App Store has now seen more than 1 million approved apps since launch
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Today, Apple (unofficially) will be celebrating another important App Store milestone — there have now been 1 million apps submitted to its marketplace, according to App Store discovery company Appsfire. Ouriel Ohayon, co-founder of Appsfire, provided some details of how the App Store sits today. Of the one million app submissions...
iTunes 11 to Launch as Soon as Thursday?
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The Wall Street Journal has published a profile of Apple's senior vice president of Internet Software and Services, Eddy Cue, which includes hints about the release date of iTunes 11. The newest version of iTunes was expected to be released at the end of October. Instead the software was delayed with...
Wearable tail 'Tailly' wags when you get excited and your heart rate rises
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You may already be familiar with Necomimi‘s brainwave controlled cat ears (and now devil horns), but the world of automated appendages should not stop with your head right? A Kickstarter campaign by Shota Ishiwatari, one of the developers who worked on Necomimi’s ears, is for the other end of your...
Bloomberg's App Portal brings its financial market terminals into the app store age
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Monitoring financial data and trading stocks in the big leagues often means using a locked down Bloomberg terminal pre-loaded with sanctioned software, but now the platform has caught the app store bug. Starting today, stock market buffs will be able to purchase apps on the Bloomberg App Portal, which...
popSLATE case adds e-ink screen to the back of iPhone 5
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Sure, the new iPhone 5 has a gorgeous retina display. That doesn’t mean fans of e-ink have to carry a second device though: popSLATE is an iPhone 5 case that has a 4-inch e-ink display on the back, making for a second screen experience on one handhand gadget. The popSLATE...
Google revamps Developer Console for Google Play, eases tracking Android app ratings over time
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Android developers need as much tender loving care for their interfaces as the users, don't they? Google thinks so, as it just reworked Google Play's Developer Console to offer a more direct, faster loading design. Along with scaling elegantly to let app writers see and manage many releases at...
Mozilla's Popcorn Maker Lets You Remix, Edit & Enhance Videos, All On The Web
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Yesterday an exciting new ‘Popcorn’ based project was released at the Mozilla Festival. Popcorn is a video editing & hacking project from Mozilla that allows developers to integrate the web into their videos with dynamic interactivity and information. Yesterday the product... Please visit Marketing Land for the full article....
Welcome to the new and improved, leaner and faster Engadget
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This one has been coming for a long time, dear readers, and we're all incredibly thrilled to unleash upon you the latest look of Engadget -- but don't call it a redesign. Our amazing developers and designers have been hard at work for the better part of a year...
New Apple Print Ads Feature iPad Mini and Newsstand
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9to5Mac has pooled together some images of a new set of print ads from Apple. The ads show off the 7.9-inch iPad mini's Newsstand capabilities on the back covers of magazines like The New Yorker and Time. The ads tout that the magazines that people are reading are also available...
Mag+ releases its app SDK to help developers and agencies create their own publications
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Mag+ the digital publishing ecosystem, has announced it’s new app SDK so that publishers, agencies and developers can choose between the white-label app or building their own. Using the SDK, users can still take advantage of Mag+’s creative tool set, distribution features to optimise their work for Android and iOS...
Here's How To Get Advertisers To Stop Tracking You On Your iPhone (AAPL)
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Did you know that Apple was tracking your engagement on the iPhone? Well, they were. Luckily Apple's new iPhone operating system, iOS 6 comes a new feature that allows users to limit developers from tracking their every move for targeted advertising. We knew there had to be a silver lining to...
Deezer takes a cue from Spotify with the launch of its new App Studio
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Music-streaming service Deezer lifted the lid on its whopping $130m funding round last month, as it rolled out in 76 more countries, taking its total tally to 160 territories, with Africa and Asia getting a big look-in on that occasion. Now, Deezer is taking a leaf out of Spotify’s book...
New iMacs to Go On Sale as Early as Tomorrow?
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Belgium-iPhone.Lesoir.be claims that Apple will be delivering the new 21.5" iMac to Apple Premium Resellers in Belgium starting on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the 27" iMac model is still believed to be scheduled for December. The site also believes that the new iMac would be available for online orders at approximately the...
Sony's PlayStation Mobile Developer Program officially kicks off, SDK ready for prime time
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After unveiling plans for PlayStation Mobile last summer, opening the storefront and letting its software development kit marinate in beta for roughly a year, Sony has finally given the dev platform the "go" (no, not that one) for launch. Developers eager to create games and apps for PlayStation-certified Android...
Deezer Takes Aim At Spotify With New App Studio, APIs, Echonest And Songkick Deals And App Updates
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Deezer, which earlier this year announced a $130 million round of funding to ramp up its music streaming business internationally. But to make sure that its service can compete against Spotify and others on the product level, today adding a bunch of new bells and whistles: it is launching a...
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