The Google Chromecast Software Development Kit (SDK) is now available to all app developers enabling them to create their own applications for the streaming media stick. Cast SDK will allow developers to…
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‘Add to Feedly’ and ‘Tweet This Page’ Chrome extensions removed over ad policy violations
Google recently decided to remove two extensions from the Chrome Web Store which were guilty of violating the company’s terms of service. The two extensions – “Add to Feedly” and “Tweet This…
Microsoft Build 2014 Developer Conference sells out in 31 hours
Tickets worth £1282 ($2,095) each for Microsoft’s Build 2014 Developer April Conference were sold out completely in mere 31 hours. The conference tickets went on sale on Tuesday morning at around 9…
Nearly 60% Android devices run Jelly Bean
The three builds of Jelly Bean run on nearly 60 percent of all Android devices out there, Google’s latest distribution statistics reveal. Data collected during the 7 days for week ending January…
Indie developer Chucklefish sells over a million copies of Starbound
Chucklefish has announced that its open-world 2D adventure Starbound has sold over a million copies. The game is still in beta and has been made by a relatively unknown studio. Chucklefish hasn’t…
Google wants developers to keep Chrome extensions simple
Google has updated Chrome Web Store policy asking developers to keep their extensions for its Chrome web browser as simple as possible such that they have “a single purpose that is narrow…
Google Play Editions of LG G Pad 8.3, Sony Xperia Z Ultra announced
LG and Sony have both announced Google Play Editions of their recently launched devices – G Pad 8.3 and Xperia Z Ultra – running Android 4.4 KitKat and available from Google Play…
Google Compute Engine hits general availability
Google has made its Google Compute Engine generally available after running it in preview mode for nearly one and a half years. With the GA Google has also announced reduction in pricing…
Google Android camera app gets burst mode, RAW support
Google has rebuilt its Android camera app and added burst mode and RAW support directly onto the hardware abstraction layer. The rebuilt app will give new powers to developers allowing them to…
Arduino boards to run full Linux thanks to TI’s new ARM-based chip
Arduino, one of the most sought after open source electronics board, will be more powerful now thanks to Texas Instrument’s (TI) new ARM-based chip capable of clocking 1GHz speeds. Massimo Banzi, co-founder…
Google to boot noncompliant Android app developers starting next week
The 30 day time limit that Google gave to Android app developers in late August is almost up and it will soon start banning them if they don’t comply with two key…
Ruby on Rails 2.0 – 4.0 vulnerable to account hijacks
A security researcher has warned that all versions of Ruby on Rails from 2.0 through 4.0 suffer from a vulnerability that allows hackers to hijack user accounts through the use of session…
Free Indie Game Turns Players into Devs
The classic ‘dungeon-crawling’ video game archetype was spawned by a game called ‘Rogue‘ – an incredibly graphically-basic top-down game which had players exploring a randomly-generated dungeon, slaying monsters and collecting loot. The…