Applications/Development

Mon, May 20, 2013 - Samsung will host a $800,000 contest for developers that build apps for the Galaxy S4 using the company's peer-to-peer software interface.

Tue, May 14, 2013 - Microsoft says its coding practices and its corporate management structure both comply with an international application security standard to encourage secure software development.

Tue, April 30, 2013 - Gartner recently predicted that 25% of organizations will have their own app store by 2017, and while app stores can improve flexibility and empower staff, once the floodgates open it can be incredibly difficult for enterprises to manage software licensing, control entitlement and track actual software usage.

Tue, April 23, 2013 - As application development increasingly hooks into outside services, tools to manage all those APIs are sprouting up.

Thu, April 18, 2013 - Samsung is only the latest to be caught gaming online customer reviews.

Thu, April 04, 2013 - A mobile app under development can filter phone calls and reroute them directly to voicemail by reading brain waves, cutting the need for users to press buttons on the smartphone screen.

Tue, April 02, 2013 - 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.

Fri, March 29, 2013 - Apple, Google, Microsoft and BlackBerry bear down for the great mobile enterprise race in 2013. Here are the results from an exclusive survey on mobile app deployment plans for all mobile platforms. The winners and losers may surprise you.

Fri, March 29, 2013 - The analyst firm is also optimistic about the adoption of cloud IDEs and heterogeneous parallel processing.

Tue, March 26, 2013 - Microsoft on Tuesday announced that its BUILD 2013 developers conference will be held June 26-28 on Apple's home turf, San Francisco's Moscone Center.

Mon, March 11, 2013 - Software engineers are using Intel tools to explore new ways people can use their voices, hand gestures and head-and-eye movements to operate computers.

Mon, March 11, 2013 - Blame Apple's aesthetic: Even the stodgiest enterprise shops are engaging user experience experts who can design logical, beautiful interfaces for mobile computing's limited spaces.

Thu, March 07, 2013 - Like it or not, CIOs and other IT leaders will have to deal with a digital disrupter who wins over suppliers and customers by wringing out inefficiencies in the market. Mobile startups like Hailo and Uber, which match up passengers with transportation, are turning the industry on its ear.

Mon, February 25, 2013 - Mobile enterprise apps running on iPhones, Androids and other smartphones must be "user-friendly." But what does that really mean? A mobile app expert gives a concrete definition.