SAN FRANCISCO– Xamarin, the company with more than 750,000 mobile developers delivering mission-critical enterprise and consumer apps, today announced major expansions to their product lineup that radically improve how developers build, test and manage apps. At the company’s global developer conference, Xamarin Evolve 2014, the largest cross-platform mobile development event in the world, the company … continue reading
When it comes to mobile testing, developers have to test their app on an wide array of devices and platforms. There are about 19,000 distinct Android devices (according to OpenSignal’s recent fragmentation report) and more than a dozen iOS devices, making it difficult for developers to ensure their app performs and behaves well across every … continue reading
VMware acquires desktop application delivery startup CloudVolumes Cloud and virtualization software provider VMware has acquired CloudVolumes, a startup focused on desktop application delivery. CloudVolumes’ platform will enable VMware to build real-time application delivery tools across its end-user, datacenter and hybrid cloud platforms. CloudVolumes virtualizes application-management process above the OS, eliminating the need for virtual machine … continue reading
Experimental Lisp language written in C transpiles into JavaScript Awl—an experimental mini-language written in C to explore interpreter design—can transpile its code into JavaScript. Created by programmer Zaven Muradyan, Awl is based on the Lisp family of programming languages. It also uses the Emscripten LLVM-to-JavaScript compiler with C features such as the most recent Clang … continue reading
Dell is creating mood-reading software As soon as 2017, Dell software could be reading your moods. Dell Enterprise Group CTO Jai Menon told the BBC that Dell’s research and development division is working with hardware manufacturers including Neurosky to build headsets that accurately identify the wearer’s emotional state. A pair of Dell researchers has already … continue reading
Release includes Xamarin Designer for iOS, Xamarin.Forms, and F# functional programming support … continue reading
Recent changes from Satya Nadella in cloud, open source and the desktop indicate Microsoft is correcting its course … continue reading
Companies weigh in on Visual Studio 2013, and we list companies and products you should consider … continue reading
As part of the partnership, SAP and Xamarin will offer a new SDK, automated mobile testing support and training programs … continue reading
A guide for those in search of a framework, depending on what kind of framework they want … continue reading
Finding the app framework that best fits your needs requires a great deal of scrutiny … continue reading
SD Times Blog: Xamarin tools let Windows developers create Google Glass apps … continue reading