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Tim Sweezy - Fri, Jul 01, 2022
Google has agreed to terms with Android developers to settle a lawsuit that accused the tech giant of using methods to divert most payments through its Google Play billing system with a default service fee of 30%. The company has agreed to...
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Jeff Butts - Mon, Jan 31, 2022
In a change on its developer website, Apple has announced support for unlisted apps on its App Store. This means developers can finally submit apps (and get them approved) that are only discoverable if the user has a direct link.
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Lane Babuder - Sun, Jan 23, 2022
In and industry worth about $138.4 billion dollars as of 2021, how well do you think the workers are represented? Activision Blizzard's Subsidiary, Raven Software's Quality Assurance (QA) employees believe not well enough.
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Nathan Ord - Tue, Jun 29, 2021
Ensuring accounts are secure is an important part of being online, as there are always people out to try and get you. This is especially true for app developers who may be targeted for the data they do or could possess. Thus, Google is...
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Brittany Goetting - Thu, Nov 08, 2018
Waiting for an app to update is not the end of the world, but it can certainly be very irritating. There soon may be a way to work around this annoyance; Google recently announced at the Android Dev Summit that users will be able to...
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Shane McGlaun - Sat, Jun 23, 2018
Valve has announced that it has made some major changes to its Knuckles EV 1.3 controller. It has been sending out Knuckles EV 1.3 developer kits to game devs over the past year to test and that it has been listening to the feedback from...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Jan 08, 2015
It was a record breaking year for Apple app developers, who collectively pocketed more than $10 billion in revenue in 2014, helped in part by a 50 percent rise in billings. Riding on that momentum, Apple today announced that the first week...
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Seth Colaner - Sun, Nov 24, 2013
Google’s Chromecast streaming device struck a chord with consumers this summer when it debuted, with the company selling out of the $35 device within days. The company is about to turn things up a notch by soon releasing the official Chromecast SDK (called the “Google Cast...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Aug 12, 2013
After three weeks of downtime, Apple finally finished restoring its Developer website. Apple was forced to unplug its Developer portal back in July after it was discovered the site had suffered a security breach by an "intruder" who...
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Dave Altavilla - Tue, Jun 12, 2012
Lisa Su, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Global Business Units, opened up this year’s AMD Fusion Developers Summit by reiterating AMD’s commitment to heterogeneous computing. She began her talk by saying that AMD is firmly committed to heterogeneous computing because...
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Marco Chiappetta - Tue, Jun 12, 2012
Lisa Su, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Global Business Units, opened up this year’s AMD Fusion Developers Summit by reiterating AMD’s commitment to heterogeneous computing. She began her talk by saying that AMD is firmly committed to heterogeneous computing because...
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Joel Hruska - Thu, Feb 09, 2012
Over the past 10 days, we've discussed the question of used games and how revenue is divided. One of the few points that both GameStop and game developers agree on is that buying a used game doesn't directly benefit the publisher or developer in any way, though there's reason to think that a...
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Seth Colaner - Sat, Jan 14, 2012
Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) is a big step for the platform, and Google is clearly interested in maintaining some level of uniformity across the ICS-based products created by developers. In a blog post, the Android User Experience Team...
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Marco Chiappetta - Fri, Oct 10, 2008
Microsoft Kicks Off Competition for Developers Who “Dare to Dream Different”Contest provides developers with opportunity to create simple yet powerful embedded devices based on the .NET Micro Framework. REDMOND, Wash. - Microsoft Corp. today announced a call for entries for the Microsoft Dare...
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Daniel A. Begun - Mon, Sep 29, 2008
If you are an Apple iPhone or iPod touch owner, you've likely noticed that nearly every time you check out the App Store, there are several updates available for applications you've downloaded. At first, this makes sense, as the iPhone/iPod touch is still a relatively new platform for developers, which puts them still early on the learning...
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Chad Weirick - Sun, May 18, 2008
While Bill Gates claims that Vista is selling well, the big question is how many customers out there are requesting software with Vista specific technology. The answer came in a recent survey of developers claimed that less than 1 in 12 developers were actively developing software that was Vista-specific.Is the continued existence of XP causing...
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Daniel A. Begun - Wed, May 07, 2008
Not only did Id Games announce today that it is hard at work on the next installment of the first-person shooter DOOM series, DOOM 4, but the company is looking to hire designers, artists, animators, and programmers to develop the new title."DOOM is part of the id Software DNA and demands the...
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Chad Weirick - Tue, Jan 22, 2008
Sometimes it pays to keep a low profile. Navy and Air Force pilots refer to it as flying under the radar, but IT people refer to the concept as security via obscurity. No matter what you call it, the idea is simple: if you don't draw attention to yourself, you should end up with...
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Marco Chiappetta - Mon, Apr 16, 2007
New Intel Tools Help Developers Create, Debug And Tune Applications For Windows Vista And Latest Multi-Core Processors SANTA CLARA, Calif., Apr. 16, 2007 – Intel Corporation today announced the availability of new versions of its Intel Thread Checker, Intel Thread Profiler, Intel VTune Performance Analyzer and...
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Marco Chiappetta - Wed, Nov 22, 2006
AGEIA Empowers Professional Software Developers to Create Even More PhysX Applications Royalty Free New End User License Agreement Terms Brings Every Developer the Power of PhysX MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - November 22, 2006 - AGEIA Technologies, Inc., the pioneer in hardware-accelerated physics...
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Matt Beauvais - Mon, Nov 20, 2006
With the millions of people arguing over the XBOX 360 vs the Playstation 3, it's always interesting to get a game developers take on the issue. One of the major points of argument, is that even though the PS3 has better hardware specs on paper, its lack of programming flexibility will hamper its performance. While the anonymous interviewee...
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Sandy Drew - Mon, Oct 09, 2006
VarBusiness is reporting that IBM is "quietly" laying off approximately 400 engineers from their Bladecenter development group. The move comes as IBM is trying to restructure and cut cost due to a lower than expected 2nd quarter earnings in the Systems and Technology Group...
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