Amazon has opened up Alexa, its cloud-based voice service that powers Amazon Echo, to third party developers by offering them the Alexa Skills Kit (ASK) – a collection of self-service APIs and…
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Microsoft Windows 10 SDK previews will soon be rolled out to Windows insiders
Microsoft has announced it is working to ship Windows 10 developer tools for Visual Studio 2015 along with Windows 10 release, which is scheduled for July 29, to allow developers to build…
Data of millions of app users at risk owing to coding flaws
Security experts have revealed that data of millions of app users is vulnerable and could be easily stolen owing to coding flaws that leave data of users unprotected. Experts at Technische Universität…
Amazon rolls out new advertising platform for developers
Amazon has rolled out a new advertising platform dubbed “Advertise Your App with Amazon” for mobile app developers to promote their apps on Android devices and Amazon tablets. The new service will…
Microsoft announces new cloud-based Azure App service
Microsoft on Tuesday announced the launch of a new cloud-based Azure App service which will let web developers develop and run cross-device applications in one single place. “App Service is an integrated…
Google to review Android apps prior to publication on Play Store
Google has announced it now has an expert team of human moderators to review new app submissions for approval. Previously, new apps submitted to Google Play store didn’t require any approval by…
Google unveils Project Ara modular smartphone prototype ‘Spiral 2’
Google unveiled a new prototype of its Project Ara modular smartphone dubbed ‘the Spiral 2’ at the Developers Conference in Mountain View last week. Google’s Project Ara is aimed at developing a…
Google Play Store has more apps than Apple App Store, new report claims
Google Play Store has for first time ever leapfrogged Apple’s App Store in terms of number of apps available. According to a report on appFigures, an analytics service that monitors data from…
Microsoft Studios rolls out updated monetization policies for content creators
Microsoft Studios has updated its monetization policies for Let’s Play videos on YouTube and streamers on Twitch. According to the new policy, users are allowed to create derivative works based on the…
Apple announces record-breaking App store sales in first week of January
Apple on Thursday announced users spent almost half a billion dollars on iOS apps and in-app purchases during the first week of 2015, setting up a new App Store record. Hold on…
Google restricts developers from using user testimonials in app descriptions
Google has rolled out new guidelines for Google Play store that forbids developers from including user testimonials in their app descriptions. As per the new guidelines, developers will be prohibited from including…
Apple rolls out iOS 8.2 second beta to developers
Apple has rolled out the second beta of iOS 8.2 to developers, loaded with some improvements and fixes along for the ride. One of the major additions made to iOS 8.2 is…
Google Go 1.4 officially released; includes official support for Android
Google has released yet another major version of its Go programming language – version 1.4 – just six months after releasing version 1.3. Google Go 1.4 packs multiple features and improvements over…
Yahoo to host its first ever mobile developer conference early next year
Following the footsteps of tech giants Google, Facebook, Apple and Samsung, Yahoo has announced and scheduled its first ever Mobile Developers Conference on Feb 19, 2015 in San Francisco. According to a…
Google removes several The Pirate Bay related apps from Play Store
Google has taken Google Play Store developers and users by surprise by culling several The Pirate Bay linked third party apps without any warning. The apps have been removed on grounds of…