Development articles

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  Is no-cost desktop software development dead on Windows 8?

  By Tom Warren on May 25, 2012 05:20 am + 184 comments

  Microsoft's core focus with Windows 8 is to introduce a new set of applications that are touch Continue reading…

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  Apple pulls Airfoil Speakers Touch from iOS App Store despite 'full compliance' with guidelines

  By Chris Welch on May 24, 2012 05:59 pm + 78 comments

  Developer Rogue Amoeba announced some unfortunate news today: Apple has removed its Airfoil Speakers Continue reading…

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  Windows 8 boots 'too quickly' to be interrupted, Microsoft adding a new 'boot options' menu

  By Vlad Savov on May 23, 2012 07:48 am + 319 comments

  Did you know that an SSD-equipped Windows 8 PC can boot up in under seven seconds? Watch the video Continue reading…

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  Kinect doesn't need new hardware for improved experiences, says Microsoft's Tsunoda

  By Andrew Webster on May 21, 2012 01:54 pm + 23 comments

  As game consoles age, developers are able to squeeze increasingly impressive experiences out of the Continue reading…

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  Apple will not reject Mac App Store apps that use global hotkeys

  By Ross Miller on May 17, 2012 07:51 pm + 22 comments

  Earlier today, a report from TUAW's Erica Sadun suggested Apple would be banning apps from the Mac Continue reading…

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  Bitly readies real-time viral search engine, raising $20 million in new funding

  By Ben Popper on May 16, 2012 08:51 am + 12 comments

  Bitly, a New York company that lets users shorten, share, and track URLs, is raising around $20 Continue reading…

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  Auto-tune app Songify follows Instagram to Android, more Smule apps on the way

  By Aaron Souppouris on May 16, 2012 05:22 am + 7 comments

  Developer Smule has brought its popular iOS music app Songify to Google Play. Songify is an Continue reading…

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  Flickr launches new 'liquid' layout, brings high-resolution images to the main photo pages

  By Jamie Keene on May 15, 2012 02:00 pm + 11 comments

  A couple of weeks ago, Flickr added a new uploader supporting larger images to its desktop webpage, Continue reading…

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  RIM turns to TomTom for real-time traffic, mapping, and friendship

  By Evan Rodgers on May 9, 2012 02:58 am + 10 comments

  BlackBerry 10 has become something of a team effort for RIM — first the company revealed that S Continue reading…

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  Samsung sets up $4 million contest to stimulate app development for Galaxy Tab and Note

  By Vlad Savov on May 8, 2012 03:30 am + 24 comments

  Eager to rectify the shortage of quality apps for Android tablets, Samsung is setting aside Continue reading…