Google crash course for Android development Google is offering an online training course for experienced developers new to Android or mobile. The course, Developing Android Apps: Android Fundamentals, will be available through Udacity and provides step-by-step training to building an Android app, and best practices for mobile development in general. “With Android expanding rapidly into … continue reading
Bountysource, a crowdfunding platform for open-source software The popularity of crowdfunding sites such as Kickstarter and Indiegogo has finally extended to developers with Bountysource, a crowdfunding platform for open-source software. Bountysource allows open-source developers or any other community members to offer a “bounty” to developers to fix a particular bug or help develop a … continue reading
Kids programming robots to learn new skills With just a smart tablet and Angry Birds, Georgia Institute of Technology researchers are making it possible for kids to program robots. The researchers have paired an Android tablet paired with a small humanoid robot, and kids are teaching it how to play Angry Birds just by dragging … continue reading
Google offers temporary workaround for Android Wear bugGoogle’s wearable platform, Android Wear, is missing a way for users to install paid apps on their devices. Users can see the apps in the store but can’t install them. To rectify this problem, Google has issued a temporary workaround to enable paid apps on Android Wear. Until … continue reading
Oculus debuts its first developer conference, Xiki Kickstarts upgrade and global tablet sales will surpass PC sales in 2015 … continue reading
Android is the spearhead of Google’s plans for cars, smart devices, TV and more … continue reading
Keynote surprises with DIY virtual reality, and telling omissions of Google Glass and Google+ … continue reading
Native mobile framework will allow developers to build Android, iOS and Windows Phone apps solely in JavaScript … continue reading
Operating system features a new design approach, 5,000 new APIs, and improved performance and battery life … continue reading
A team of computer scientists made a large-scale measurement of Google Play and found thousands of secret keys … continue reading
New complimentary subscription plan gives C++ developers free Android phone targeting forever … continue reading
New Kickstarter project, Console OS, promises to let users toggle between Windows and Android on desktop and tablets … continue reading
