Google's introduction of Eddystone this week provides a multiplatform format for BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) beacons, boosting location awareness in mobile apps. It's designed to work on both Android and iOS devices, unlike the iBeacons technology that Apple debuted nearly two years ago.
Apple has released a patch for iOS and says an OS X fix will be released 'very soon'
InfoWorld's 2014 Technology of the Year Award winners recognize the best tools and technologies for developers, IT pros, and businesses
Germany's Der Spiegel reports that the NSA has compromised a wide range of hardware for years to enable its spying
This year, the annual Bossie Awards recognize 120 of the best open source software for data centers and clouds, desktops and mobile devices, developers and IT pros
The language used for Apple iOS app development drops a notch in Tiobe index
Experts say the language should crib app isolation, locality, and automated parallelism from more modern sources
Soasta, Cloudbees partner to connect mobile app dev to Jenkins continuous integration server, making it easier for developers to test and deploy apps to the cloud
The analyst firm is also optimistic about the adoption of cloud IDEs and heterogeneous parallel processing
The open source project enables development of applications scaling from handheld devices to large-format televisions
With Xamarin version 2.0, Visual Studio developers can build C# apps to run on Apple devices
RIM has unveiled its highly graphical, touch-oriented Peek and Flow user experience in a bid to regain its lost relevance
Traditional IT vendors aren't leading with software, and businesses aren't hiring mobile leaders, according Appcelerator's survey
Research firm says modern apps require elastic infrastructure and multichannel clients, while mobile apps are just one component of larger app architecture
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