Tag: developers
Apple Announces OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, iPad Inspired OS X (Video)
Today Apple released a developer preview of the next major release of its operating system named Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. You can get a look at one of the significant new features to preview if you download the beta version of Messages. From those who have had a look, Apple will mostly be [...]
Why Apple Mac App Sandboxing is a Good Thing for Users
Apple announced that starting next March developers will have to sandbox their apps in order to get them into the Mac App Store. The concept of sandboxing means the app runs with only limited access to other parts of the operating system or other apps. In order to make it into the app store the [...]
How to Get Early Access to Windows 8
Today Windows officially pulled back the veil of “secrecy” on Windows 8 at Build, their conference for Windows developers. I put that in quotes because we’ve seen quite a lot about it already. If you want to get an early look, then check out their new Windows Developer site after 8PM tonight (Pacific Time). If [...]
Microsoft Prepping Windows 8 App Store?
It looks like in addition to the recently launched Apple Mac App Store for OS X users and the Intel App Up app store for Windows users, Microsoft may be looking to get into the app store game for its forthcoming Windows 8 desktop operating system release. The software-maker is ramping up for a Windows [...]
Eye-Fi Granting Developers Access to Eye-Fi Uploaded Photos
The Eye-Fi is an SD card with a Wi-Fi radio built-in so that users can take pictures and video and instantly upload them to the web or their computer when the card is in range of a configured WiFi hotspot. Now Eye-Fi is starting a developer access program so that software and app makers can [...]
MeeGo v1.0 for Netbooks ready for developers
MeeGo, the new operating system created from the merging of Nokia Maemo and Intel Moblin, is at its first release, MeeGo 1.0. From the press release: MeeGo v1.0 is available for download at MeeGo.com to the developer community. MeeGo v1.0 delivers a wealth of Internet, computing and communication features with rich graphics, multi-tasking capabilities and Google [...]
Interesting hack- porting the Android OS to an iPhone
We all know that the iPhone can do just about anything we ask it to do, other than make a good cup of coffee (only because there isnt a good app and accessory yet *smirk*). But, how about making it run another operating system other than the iPhone OS? Well, a hacker/developer named planetbeing, from [...]
Looks like we can see even more new features coming with iPhone 4.0
The iPhone 4.0 beta was just released to developers a few days ago and already they are finding all sorts of new and interesting things that werent announced on Thursday. Remember, in his address to the developers and the press, Steve Jobs only touched upon seven (7) new features in his speech, even though he [...]
ASUS Access is online
With Intel doing the App Up program and Apple with the App Store, the idea of a vendor specific one stop application store for notebooks is becoming all the rage. The next vendor to take a stab at this, our friends at ASUS with their ASUS Access. What is ASUS Access? According to the email [...]
Intel App Up goes Open Source with Moblin
It seems Intel is always in the news. Ever since their launch of the new Intel Core processor line, its been one new development after another. One of their largest projects this year is the Intel App Up program, a way for developers to get their applications out to the public, using Intel’s App Up [...]
