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Linux Fans Rejoice: Ubuntu Smartphones Are Coming This Year

Linux Fans Rejoice: Ubuntu Smartphones Are Coming This Year

By Zach Walton 27 mins ago

Back in November, it was announced that Ubuntu would be coming to Android phones. The app would allow any Android phone to be turned into a mini-PC when plugged into a monitor. Now the makers of Ubuntu are taking it …

Facebook Graph API Gets New Page Metrics Facebook Graph API Gets New Page Metrics

Facebook has been on a quest – to make the Graph API the best it can be. In that tireless pursuit, the social network has added a number of new features and functionality to the API to help developers get …

Mobile App Install Ads Get New Features Mobile App Install Ads Get New Features

Mobile app install ads are one of the better avenues developers can use to reach users on Facebook. As more and more people are using the Facebook mobile app, these ads can drive those same users to a developer’s app …

Google Drive SDK Team Answers Your Questions Google Drive SDK Team Answers Your Questions

Are you one of the many developers that create apps for Google Drive? If so, you’re in luck. The development team behind the SDK recently held a hangout to answer the questions that developers have posed to them on Google+. …

Mozilla Looks Back On A Year Of Open Web Development Mozilla Looks Back On A Year Of Open Web Development

2012 has been a momentous year for the Internet despite the best efforts of lawmakers and International groups to knock it down a peg. Google and Facebook have already looked back over the year, and have shared some stats on …

Facebook SDK 3.0 For Android Is Now Out Of Beta Facebook SDK 3.0 For Android Is Now Out Of Beta

After months of waiting, Facebook finally released its new native Android app to the huddled masses that were waiting for salvation from the painfully slow hybrid app of years past. Soon after, Facebook delivered an update that is sure to …

Facebook Adds New Method For Driving Traffic To Apps Facebook Adds New Method For Driving Traffic To Apps

The past few weeks have been rather slow for Facebook’s Operation Developer Love updates. It almost seemed like the love was slowly fading away, but the social network came back in force last night with an update full of new …

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Adobe Game Jam Shows Off Flash Development Tools Adobe Game Jam Shows Off Flash Development Tools
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Earlier this month, Adobe added its popular game development tools to its Creative Cloud membership program. The move will help lower the entry barrier into developing with Flash as it lets developers have access to every Adobe CS6, Web and …

Kindle Fire Gets Push Notifications Kindle Fire Gets Push Notifications
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One of the benefits of building apps for Android and iOS is that developers can use push notifications as a way of keeping users engaged. A game can remind players of a special in-game event, or a dining app can …

Mozilla Announces The Game On Challenge Mozilla Announces The Game On Challenge
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Web-based games have come a long way since the early days of Shockwave. Mozilla has been one of the leaders in this area by creating games that push the boundaries of HTML5 and other Web-based technologies. Now the non-profit wants …

Mozilla Releases Firefox OS Simulator 1.0 Mozilla Releases Firefox OS Simulator 1.0

Mozilla will be releasing its new mobile operating system, Firefox OS, into the wild early next year. The non-profit needs help from developers to make sure its launch goes smoothly, and so it released a simulator to help people get …

Google Announces In-App Billing Version 3 API Google Announces In-App Billing Version 3 API

In-app billing is a big money maker for the top apps on Google Play. According to Google’s stats, the “vast majority of top-grossing apps” use in-app billing in a variety of ways including try-and-buy, virtual goods, and subscriptions. Now Google …

Adobe Adds Game Developer Tools To Creative Cloud Adobe Adds Game Developer Tools To Creative Cloud
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Back in February, Adobe published a white paper that outlined the future of Flash Player. The company said that it would be refocusing its efforts on gaming and Web video after discontinuing work on the mobile version for Android. Almost …

Twitter Breaks Down How It Uses PushState Twitter Breaks Down How It Uses PushState
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A common complaint of Twitter is that there’s a quite a bit of lag when going from one part of Twitter to the other. The engineering team feels that they sufficiently solved the problem through an implementation of pushState, and …

Amazon Now Offers Crash Reports To Developers Amazon Now Offers Crash Reports To Developers

Amazon announced that it was providing free A/B testing to developers who made apps for its platform, but the goodies aren’t stopping there. Now developers will have access to crash reports as well. In the spirit of debugging mobile apps, …

Google Tag Manager Adds Templates For Popular Tags Google Tag Manager Adds Templates For Popular Tags
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In October, Google announced the launch of Tag Manager, a tool for consolidating the various tags you use for your site into one snippet of code, and enabling you to manage them from a single interface. Google has now teamed …

Facebook's Documentation Just Got Way Better Facebook's Documentation Just Got Way Better
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Those who develop for Facebook are no doubt familiar with the extensive documentation the social network provides. Every new feature and revision announcement ends with a link to a wall of code and text that seeks to explain the ins …