Wacom's Bamboo Pocket Stylus By Ko Maruyama
Today, Wacom introduced a brand new way to be creative on the go. The Bamboo Pocket Stylus is small enough to take with you everywhere, but has enough volume to feel like your professional stylus. The Bamboo Pocket Stylus fits your creativity wherever you are.
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App Marketing: Standing out from the Pack By CDATABy Tim Kridel for Digital Innovation Gazette
As the number of Android and iOS apps increases, so does the challenge of grabbing customers attention. Heres what you need to know about app marketing.
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Has UI and UX Innovation Plateaued? By Tim Kridel
As speech control starts to replace touch interfaces in some apps, it`s worth pondering whether new UIs will make for a better UX -- or just more confusion.
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Power Your Apps With GPU Programming By CDATABy John Moore for Digital Innovation Gazette
Harness more processing power for your apps by tapping into the GPU. A computer`s CPU traditionally carries the application workload, but developers can now tap a programming approach that engages the graphics processing unit (GPU) as well. The concept, referred to as General Purpose GPU, or GPGPU, essentially makes the GPU available for computing chores other than graphics. The ability to offload tasks from overtaxed CPUs can boost application performance. In addition, writing programs to leverage more resources make for improved energy management -- tasks can be targeted toward the parts of a system that consume less power.
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CDATABy Tim Kridel for Digital Innovation Gazette By CDATABy Tim Kridel for Digital Innovation Gazette
If Apple launches a smaller iPad and a larger iPhone this year, will that device diversity force developers to revamp their apps? Yes, but that`s not necessarily a bad thing.
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Apple Cooks up DIY iOS Apps By Tim Kridel for Digital Innovation Gazette
A recent Apple patent application could flatten the iOS learning curve to the point that even novices can crank out apps. Here, three developers weigh in on how the proposed tool could affect the iOS ecosystem.
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In-app Purchases: How Developers Are Making the Sale By Tim Kridel for Digital Innovation Gazette
Some developers get a significant amount of revenue from in-app purchases, which already generate about $1 billion annually. Here`s what to consider for your app development.
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Improving UX on the Cheap By John Moore for Digital Innovation Gazette
Perfecting your apps UX can be a costly endeavor. But adequate planning and tightly focused study groups can keep costs under control while ensuring the finished product is of high quality.
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Building Games With Corona SDK By John Moore for Digital Innovation Gazette
The Corona SDK mobile game development platform lets developers build games up to ten times faster. Here is one mobile game creators take on the new technology.
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App Developers Meet BlackBerry 10 By Tim Kridel for Digital Innovation Gazette
Although BlackBerry 10 devices wont hit the market until early 2013, developers such as Gameloft and Truphone have been using it for months. Heres what they say about its features, the learning curve and why other developers should consider the OS.
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Apple Cooks up DIY iOS Apps By Tim Kridel for Digital Innovation Gazette
A recent Apple patent application could flatten the iOS learning curve to the point that even novices can crank out apps. Here, three developers weigh in on how the proposed tool could affect the iOS ecosystem.
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In-app Purchases: How Developers Are Making the Sale By Tim Kridel for Digital Innovation Gazette
Some developers get a significant amount of revenue from in-app purchases, which already generate about $1 billion annually. Here`s what to consider for your app development.
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App Developer Competitions: Worth It? By John Moore for Digital Innovation Gazette
Mobile app makers who are eager to showcase new ideas can take advantage of an expanding outlet for their creativity: developer competitions. Competitions may take the form of online developer challenges or in-person hackathons that engage individuals or teams in 24-hour (or longer) coding sessions. Events may be sponsored by technology vendors, software companies, industry organizations or even government agencies. For the winners, a competition can offer cash and the opportunity to further refine an app.
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Improving UX on the Cheap By John Moore for Digital Innovation Gazette
Perfecting your apps UX
can be a costly endeavor. But adequate planning and tightly focused study
groups can keep costs under control while ensuring the finished product is of high
quality.
...Read More »