RIM has announced the launch of its Blackberry Enterprise Service 10, which offers Enterprise Mobility Management of BYOD as well as corporate devices across multiple platforms like Android and iOS too.
RIM has started its preparations for the January 30 launch of its BB10 platform, by renaming the Blackberry app world to Blackberry world as more content like music, movies and TV shows are expected to be made available.
Google has announced hackathons to be held in New York and San Francisco on 28-29 January and 1-2 February. The aim is to help them get started with the Mirror API, so as to kickstart the development and help explore the different ways in which the device can be used.
After the American government warned users of the security risk posed by the recently discovered Java vulnerability that was being exploited in the wild, Oracle quickly came into action and posted a security update within 3 days of the news spreading worldwide.
More than 15000 apps were submitted for the Blackberry 10 platform in a matter of 37.5 hours, when RIM held Port-A-Thon events to promote developers to start porting their already existing Android apps to the Blackberry 10 app store. Among the rewards being given out was a chance to earn $100 up front if your app got approved for the Blackberry app store
Facebook has announced Graph Search that allows users to search for contextual open graph data like photos, restaurants, games, music, movies etc., which have been liked by your friends.
In order to combat excessive bait and switch scammers trying to promote their apps by posting fake screenshots immediately after their apps are approved for the App Store, Apple has now stopped allowing developers from updating the screenshots until a legitimate binary update is posted accompanying them.
After finding a critical Java vulnerability that is already being exploited worldwide, the american government has asked all users to turn off Java in their respective browsers to avoid being held hostage to malicious software.
Gabe Newell, the CEO at Valve said that they are working hard at designing their very own hardware which will be marketed directly by the company. This will act like a gaming server that will be able to connect to multiple screens at the same time within a particular living room.
Ford has announced that developers will now be able to develop mobile apps that can be enabled to access in-car controls and interact with the user primarily through voice commands. The new SYNC Applink platform SDK is now available for download after developers register themselves at the ford website.
