Posts Tagged ‘Developers’

Playbook OS 2.1 Rolling Out

May 30th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: PlayBook OS (QNX) | No Comments »

RIM is preparing the BETA of PlayBook OS 2.1 for download by the community. The 2.1 update will offer a few improvements in the usability of the device, but mainly increase possibilities to app developers.

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Google Play Adds Support for Czech, Israeli, Polish and Mexican Devs

April 13th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Starting today, developers in Czech Republic, Israel, Poland and Mexico can sell priced applications and in-app products on Google Play, using their local bank accounts for payments. This move is part of Google’s effort to support more countries and currencies in Google Play.

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Sony’s SmartWatch Hits the States

April 13th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Sony has released its SmartWatch in the US. The SmarWatch is a followup to the SonyEricsson LiveView and allows Android phones to send updates to it. In return, the SmartWatch can be used as a remote for mobile apps.

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LicenseMyCode, A new Source of Revenue

April 11th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

It seems there is a new source of revenue for mobile developers. The new project is called LicenseMyCode and allows developers to sell non-exclusive licenses to their sourcecode.

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Unity Passes 1 Million Registered Developers

April 10th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Unity Technologies, the provider of the well known middleware, announced that 1 million developers are registered to their services. On top of that, the engine and tools had over 6 million downloads to date.

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Chinese Developers Bypass Google Play

April 3rd, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

Though many Android developers rely heavily on Google Play, those in China seem to ignore Google’s app store. Instead, developers prefer to deliver the .apk files direcly to the consumer.

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Apple Blocks Apps that Request UID Access!?

March 26th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

According to rumours, Apple is no longer accepting apps on the App Store that require access to the UDID of an iOS device. Various developers reported the new Apple policy to Techcrunch.

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Google Play Kicks Off with Late Payments…

March 14th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

It seems various developers in Europe are getting sweaty palms as payouts from Google over the month of February still haven’t arrived in their bankaccounts.

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RIM Extends Playbook Giveaway to Android Developers

February 14th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: BlackBerry | No Comments »

It seems RIM is faring well, courting Android developers by handing out free Playbook tablet computers to whoever signs up and re-launches an Android app on BlackBerry App World.

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Free PlayBooks for Android Developers

February 3rd, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: PlayBook OS (QNX) | No Comments »

RIM seems to do just about anything to spread their believe in the BlackBerry PlayBook. Following the launch of the support for Android apps on the device, Android developers can now get hold of a free PlayBook just by converting their Android app to the device.

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