Wave of Trojans breaks over Android
John Leyden, The Register, 6/1/2011 Fake security updates and other Windows malware-style trickery Fraudsters have cranked up production of malware targeting Android device with with a rash of Trojans, many of which apply tricks long used against Windows PCs. F-Secure reports that a rogue developer has modified a harmless app that displays pictures of bikini-clad [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology, Symbian · Tagged with: Malware, MMS, SDK, SMS
Adobe going mobile with Flash Builder, Flex, and AIR
Paul Krill, InfoWorld, 10/25/2010 Upgrades to the development technologies show that Adobe is trying to increase its reach in the mobile space With upgrades to its Flash Builder, Flex, and AIR application development technologies Monday, Adobe Systems is taking a decidedly mobile bent. Adobe will introduce preview releases of the next versions of its Flash [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology, Palm (HP), WinPhone · Tagged with: Flash, Linux, Samsung, SDK
Rhomobile smartphone app framework adds iPhone-like mapping
Paul Krill, InfoWorld, 6/29/2010 Licensing charge also is dropped in Rhodes 2.0, but the planned bidirectional streaming capability is delayed Rhomobile is shipping on Tuesday version 2.0 of its Rhodes framework for developing native smartphone applications, which extends Apple iPhone native mapping capabilities to other devices. Rhodes 2.0 also offers accommodations for back-end applications via [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology, Palm (HP), Symbian · Tagged with: SDK
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, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: API, IM, Linux, SDK, Skype
MeeGo for Netbooks
Sam Churchill, DailyWireless.org, 5/27/2010 MeeGo, the open source, Linux-based operating system that combines Intel’s Moblin project and Nokia’s Maemo smartphone OS, is now available for netbooks and soon the Nokia N900. The MeeGo group says Version 1.0 of MeeGo supports the N900 in addition to a number of Intel Atom based netbooks. Nokia said yesterday [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Linux, Nokia, SDK
Appcelerator CEO: iPhone OS 4.0 Announcement and Our Commitment to You
Email announcement from Jeff Haynie, CEO Appcelerator: First, and most important: we value each and every one of you. As always, we will do everything within our power to ensure that Appcelerator Titanium remains the best platform to enable each of you to develop mobile and desktop applications on. Should any issue arise that may [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: API, SDK
Apple’s iPhone 4 SDK license bans ported Flash, Java, Mono apps
Prince McLean, Apple Insider, 4/8/2010 Apple has updated its iPhone Developer Program License Agreement in the iPhone 4.0 SDK to specifically prohibit the development of apps using “an intermediary translation or compatibility layer or tool,” which would include Adobe’s Flash, Sun’s Java, or Microsoft’s Silverlight/Mono. Apple has always prohibited the use of outside frameworks, runtimes [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: API, Flash, SDK
iPhone OS 4.0 SDK ready for download
Erica Sadun, TUAW, 4/8/2010 The 4.0 SDK for the iPhone OS is now available to developers. Head on over to Apple’s iPhone Developer site (login credentials needed) to download the SDK disk image and get started. As with previous beta releases, the new firmware and SDK remains behind an NDA. This NDA will likely remain [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: SDK
World’s First 3G/4G Android Phone Coming this Summer from Sprint
Mobile Tech News, 3/24/2010 Sprint and HTC Corporation today announced summer availability of the world’s first 3G/4G Android handset, HTC EVO 4G exclusively from Sprint. HTC EVO 4G delivers a multimedia experience at 4G speeds that is second to none, making it possible to download music, pictures, files, or videos in seconds – not minutes [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, 4G, Clearwire, HTC, SDK, Sprint, WiFi, WiMax
Firefox becomes WinPhone 7′s first big native code casualty
Peter Bright, Ars Technica, 3/23/2010 With the confirmation that Windows Phone 7 Series will not support native code development—only C# with Silverlight or XNA—the first major casualty has emerged: Firefox for Windows Mobile. Citing the inability to migrate the existing development effort to the new platform, Fennec (the mobile version of Firefox currently in development [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology, Palm (HP), WinPhone · Tagged with: Flash, SDK