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Facebook still pitching itself to open-source crowd
Facebook's rep at the Future of Web Apps event in Miami this week was David Recordon, the company's open-standards guru. That's a crowd that the social network still has yet to win over. Read more »
Intel acquires Linux mobile developers for Atom
Intel Corporation has acquired OpenedHand, a London-based company which specialises in mobile Linux development and services. Read more »
Sun open-sources mobile Java UI toolkit
Sun has open sourced its toolkit for creating Java-based user interfaces for mobile phones. Read more »
Apple answers call for iPhone applications
Apple wowed the cell phone industry a year ago with the first version of the iPhone. And now its new software development kit and soon-to-be-launched application store featuring third-party applications could change the game yet again. Read more »
Sony Ericsson to bridge Flash and Java
Sony Ericsson is to release a new technology that it claims will bridge two major development platforms for mobile phones. Read more »
US$100m Apple iFund: Widgets need not apply
Venture capitalist firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) placed a US$100 million bet on Apple's iPhone on Thursday by creating the iFund. KPCB partner Matt Murphy talks about the iFund and the type of big ideas the fund is seeking. Read more »
Counting down to the iPhone SDK
While Australia waits for the iPhone, time is quickly closing in on the beginning of a new chapter in the history of the iPhone, one that could signal just how far Apple can take its maiden voyage into the smartphone world. Read more »
Safari key to iPhone app developers: Jobs
Smartphone developers learned on Monday that they won't be shut out of Apple's iPhone. But they're going to have to wait for the red carpet. Read more »
Sybase launch new mobile development tools
Sybase launch a new set of tools to help developers integrate enterprise applications to mobile devices. Read more »
Ninemsn to acquire mobile developer
Ninemsn plans to acquire Sydney-based Web content developer HWW as the Microsoft/Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd joint-venture looks to bolster its mobile presence next year. Read more »
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Why 2008 was another great year in web technology
This article offers a look back at web development software updates and new products in 2008, with an eye toward 2009. It discusses SOA, mobile development, Silverlight, Visual Studio 2008, Python, and more. Read more »
RIM releases BlackBerry development tools
Research in Motion has announced new developer tools for those who want to write or adapt applications for the latest BlackBerry handsets. Read more »
Initial impressions of Visual Studio 2008
Visual Studio 2008 was recently released to MSDN subscribers, and it's slated to be available to the general public soon. These recent developments spurred me to take a closer look at the latest version of Microsoft's flagship IDE. Read more »
Local game studios face skill shortage
The Australian game development industry is now worth $130 million, employs around 2000 people -- and there has never been a better time to break into it. Read more »
Interview: The future of mobile development
In the first instalment of our Web Directions South content, we ask mobile business experts Rob Manson and Alex Young where they think the Australian mobile development market is going in the near future. Read more »
The Mobile Future
The next battle for the hearts and minds of internet developers will be fought on the mobile phone. Read more »
Australian Mobile Development Landscape
Slow networks, expensive data charges, and a plethora of technical problems have prevented the mobile phone taking off as a computing platform. Is that about to change? Read more »
Flex: The new face of design and development
Far more than just a toy for graphic-savvy developers, Adobe's Flex is one of the best Rich Internet Application tools around. Read more »
Builder AU's June Top 10
Have you had your head stuck in a project and missed the latest Builder AU news, features and reviews? Keep in touch with our top 10 stories for June. Read more »
Mobile development in Australia--Part 3
In the final part in this series, Builder AU wraps up with advice for developers wanting to take their mobile applications to market. Read more »
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China poised for 3G
-- A major overhaul of the telecommunications industry in China will clear the way for 3G services to possibly over half a billion mobile phones. Read more »
Newbie guide to Google's Android
-- Google's platform for mobile devices has been announced and ready for developers to get their hands dirty. Here's the basics of what it's all about and the core architecture overview. Read more »
The break-up of Borland
-- This week I caught up with David Intersomone, VP of developer relations worldwide, and Malcolm Groves, regional product director for Asia Pacific, from Borland's Developer Tools Group to talk about the immediate and planned future of the group once this division is sold by Borland. Read more »
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