Google to charge for Google Maps access starting in January
Beginning January 1st, Google will start charging a fee to developers and websites that frequently access its Google Maps API service, BBC reported recently. Developers …
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Apple iOS 5: Day three
After spending three days with iOS 5 on multiple devices now, I can confidently say that this is the mobile operating system to beat. It …
Apple iOS 5: Day two
After two days of use with Apple’s brand new iOS 5 on both an iPhone 4 and iPad 2, I can confidently say that iOS …
Apple iOS 5: Day one
I’ve been using iOS 5 on my primary iPhone 4 since it was made available to developers yesterday around 5:00 p.m. This is the most …
PlayOn issues new streaming TV API, adds 25 new channels in two days
PlayOn on Wednesday announced the availability of a new API that makes building channels for the company’s streaming video service easier than ever. PlayOn’s new …
Microsoft provides migration tool for iOS developers
Microsoft is aiming to assuage the pains of mobile application developers looking to migrate their iOS applications from Apple’s mobile operating system to Windows Phone. …
BBM Social Platform hits public beta
Research In Motion has just announced that BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) Social Platform is now available in public beta. First announced during BlackBerry DEVCON 2010, BBM …
New Android API eliminates Bluetooth pairing using NFC
Google made its software development kit (SDK) available for version 2.3.3 of the Android OS earlier this month, and Stanford University’s MobiSocial News uncovered a …
Windows Phone 7 unlock tool released
If you have a Windows Phone 7 device and are itching to get some OS tinkering in, listen up. Blog ChevronWP7 has released their first …
Google adds six new fonts to Google Font API, Google Docs
Today, Google announced that it would be adding six new fonts to its Google Font API: Droid Serif, Droid Sans, Calibri, Cambria, Consolas, and Corsiva. …
webOS 2.0 SDK getting limited release starting today
Finally! Palm has announced that they will begin to roll out the webOS 2.0 SDK — in a limited capacity — to developers starting today. …
BlackBerry 6 developer slides and icons leaked
We have a feeling that you won’t have to wait long to see what BlackBerry 6 looks like, however, if you are one of those people …
Apple acquires web-based mapping company Poly9
A report in the Wednesday edition of the French Canadian news site cyberpresse.ca suggests that Apple has acquired Poly9, a Canadian company that develops a …
Google releases App Inventor for Android
Google has unleashed a new tool for Android application creation cleverly named “App Inventor.” The new, web-based tool uses an MIT-created Open Block programming interface …
Is Twitter's estimate of 800 million search queries per day over-inflated?
Silicon Alley Insider pulled out a pin and burst the bubble that pushed Twitter to the top of the Wednesday’s tech news with its claim …
Chrome extensions get access to desktop notification APIs
How about some added browser functionality for those Chrome lovers out there. The Chromium Blog has announced that as of Chrome 5, Chrome extensions will …
RIM gives devs a new API for more push content in apps
Oh hello, WES week! This is already shaping up to be one hell of a nice week for BlackBerry users. Not only did RIM launch …
Google’s mobile search tool for the iPhone violates the iPhone SDK
Google’s new Mobile Search tool with voice recognition is coming under fire this week as the application apparently violates the terms of the iPhone SDK. …
Dash Opens API, Developers Attack
The idea of a GPS device provider opening their API seems a bit odd at first. When you have as many developer customers as Dash …
