Darryl K. Taft

Nitobi’s PhoneGap is catching on with smartphone application developers who want to avoid the pitfalls of writing to different phone platforms. In a video on the PhoneGap Web site, Andre Charland, CEO of Nitobi, said, “PhoneGap is a development framework that lets HTML and JavaScript developers build native mobile phone apps that take advantage of […]

SOASTA, a provider of testing software for cloud computing environments, has added new BrowserFarm functionality to its CloudTest On-Demand testing service. The company’s new BrowserFarm functionality enables load testing with actual browsers for standalone browser-only tests and for enhancing large-scale Web system (Web applications and services) load tests with additional browser users to validate the […]

Appistry, a cloud infrastructure software provider, has added a new management solution to its product line that enables enterprises to deliver and manage cloud computing services more quickly and easily. Appistry’s new CloudIQ Manager is a cloud application management solution that allows the simple drag-and-drop of resources between cloud environments. Indeed, as companies migrate their […]

Microsoft has announced its strategy for empowering developers to create and monetize applications for the next generation of Windows phones. In a March 11 announcement, Microsoft laid out new details about how developers can build and sell applications for Windows phones through Windows Marketplace for Mobile, the company’s recently announced application marketplace available with the […]

HTC has released a software update for the developer version of the Android smartphone, the Android Dev Phone 1. In a March 9 blog post, Dan Morrill, an Android developer advocate, said HTC “released a 1.1 version of Android for the Android Dev Phone, which you can install on your device.” The ADP1 is the […]

The Linux Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the use of Linux, is set to debate the future of operating systems with Microsoft and Sun Microsystems at the upcoming Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit. Linux Foundation officials have confirmed keynotes and panelists for the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit, now in its third year. The summit […]

The Hartford has introduced data privacy coverage for software developers and technology firms to cover data breaches. The Hartford Financial Services Group has added First Party Data Privacy Expense coverage, along with Cyber Extortion Expense coverage, to its FailSafe suite of technology liability coverage. The Hartford officials said that although large-scale data security breaches get […]

Touting its commitment to interoperability, Microsoft has highlighted a new plug-in that enables Java developers to create applications that run on the Microsoft Silverlight platform. In a March 7 blog post, S. Somasegar, senior vice president of Microsoft’s Developer Division, discussed the new support for Silverlight in Eclipse. Microsoft announced funding last October for a […]

Microsoft has made changes to the upcoming Release Candidate version of Windows 7 that will enable users to turn off key features of the operating system, including Internet Explorer 8 and Windows Media Player. The capability to turn off these features is new to the RC version, which is expected to be released in April. […]

uTest, which provides a “software testing marketplace, is capitalizing on the growing mobile applications market by providing developers with professional QA services via its global community of professional testers,” the company said March 6. uTest has expanded its global application testing capabilities to the mobile sector, where development is fragmented into different environments for the […]

According to a recent survey from Forrester Research, a majority of companies have adopted server virtualization, and a small but growing number of firms are piloting cloud computing initiatives. The new survey of 2,600 technology decision makers in the United States and Europe is Forrester’s largest annual survey of emerging hardware trends for both enterprises […]

Sun Microsystems is looking for a few good developers. In fact, according to Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz, the company is in recruitment mode to gain the attention of developers the world over. In a recent video blog entitled “Understanding Sun in Three Easy Steps,” Schwartz delivered what he considered a recipe for success at Sun, […]