LiMo rumoured set for recall to Linux mothership
Bill Ray, The Register, 8/4/2010 The operator-backed LiMo Foundation is on the verge of folding into the Linux Foundation, according to Taiwanese manufacturers working with the standard. Digitimes reports that Vodafone has given up on the platform following poor sales of its LiMo-based Vodafone 360 handsets, and that the remaining partners are having a hard [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: API, LiMo, Linux, Motorola, Samsung, Vodafone
Google launches HTML5 developer site
Paul Krill, InfoWorld, 6/28/2010 HTML5 rocks, Google declared this week. The company launched a developer resource site devoted to HTML5 technologies and is calling it HTML5rocks.com The budding HTML5 specification features multimedia capabilities for the Web and it is being embraced by companies ranging from Google to Microsoft and Apple. HTML5 covers a broad spectrum, [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology, iPhone · Tagged with: API, Flash, HTML5
Meet goMobi – A New Content Mobilization Platform
Ruadhan, MobiForge, 6/23/2010 Here in dotMobi we’ve just launched our latest product. The culmination of months and months of hard work by the dotMobi team has resulted in the release of our spanking new content mobilization platform: goMobi. You can find all the official blurb over at http://gomobi.info along with some videos of our CEO [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology, iPhone · Tagged with: API, Flash
Skype Opens Up SkypeKit SDK To All Devices And Desktop Apps
Erick Schonfeld, TechCrunch, 6/23/2010 Today, Skype is releasing an open software development kit (SDK) for developers called SkypeKit which will allow Skype calls, instant messaging, video chat and other features to be integrated into consumer electronics and computers. For the past few years, Skype has found its way into a variety of devices from cordless [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology, iPhone · Tagged with: API, IM, Linux, SDK, Skype
Apple tweaks iOS rules for developers, but still no Flash
Erica Ogg, CNET news, 6/14/2010 Developers working with the iOS platform got a small concession when Apple recently updated the developer agreement. Apple threw more gas on the fire in its feud with Adobe last month when it quietly updated its developer agreement to say that “Applications that link to Documented APIs through an intermediary [...]
In: Mobile Technology, iPad, iPhone · Tagged with: API, Flash
iPhone OS 4.0 – now iOS – is here
John Biggs, TechCrunch, 6/8/2010 The second biggest news out of San Fran today? The announcement of iPhone OS 4.0, Apple’s biggest improvement to the iPhone OS since, well, 3.0. This new version includes multi-tasking (although backgrounding would be the proper term), app folders, a new version of Mail, and a carrier unlock (Not officially sanctioned [...]
In: Mobile Technology, iPad, iPhone · Tagged with: 3G, API, Bluetooth, Cisco, HTML5, Skype, VoIP
iPhone 4 unveiled: gets HD video, LED flash, dual cameras
Chris Foresman, ArsTechnica, 6/8/2010 During a keynote address at WWDC today, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the next revision of the company’s iconic iPhone hardware. Dubbed “iPhone 4,” Jobs called the new iPhone model “the biggest leap since the original iPhone.” He said that the new device has over 100 new features, but he detailed [...]
In: Mobile Technology, iPhone · Tagged with: 3G, API, AT&T, HSPA, WiFi
New research reveals troubling security issues for iPhones
Chris Foresman, ArsTechnica, 5/28/2010 Though Apple has added additional data security features to the iPhone with every iteration of the OS—including encrypting files on-device for the iPhone 3GS—vulnerabilities still exist. These issues are of particular concern to enterprise users, since sensitive corporate data may exist on any given employee’s mobile device. A new vulnerability revealed [...]
In: Mobile Technology, iPhone · Tagged with: 3G, API, AT&T, JailBreak, Linux
Drag Drop JavaScript Library for iPad & iPhone
Hatem, AJAX Magazine, 5/20/2010 Tommaso Buvoli has written a JavaScript library that allows developers to add Draggables and Droppable for an iPad or iPhone on their websites. From the website : “In large part, the iPad’s magic comes from its touch-based interface. Touch-based interfaces are generally “incompatible” with those made for a mouse and web [...]
In: Mobile Technology, iPad, iPhone · Tagged with: Ajax, API
HTML5 to be highlighted at Google event
Paul Krill, ComputerWorld, 5/17/2010 HTML5 will figure prominently at this week’s Google I/O technical conference for developers. HTML5 is the budding specification for standards-based Web multimedia. It is gaining traction from not just Google, but Apple and Microsoft as well. A status update on HTML5 itself will be offered at one session during the San [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: API, Chrome, Flash, HTML5