Java has dropped to second spot as the most popular programming language behind C, according to new stats
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Yahoo Open Sources Mojito JavaScript Framework
Yahoo has open-sourced its Mojito JavaScript framework to give developers a platform-flexible HTML5 toolset
RIM Announces BlackBerry 10 Prototype Will Be Coming Soon
RIM plans to reveal a developer prototype of its BlackBerry 10 smartphone in May but it will not be the final version
Microsoft Outlook 15 Being Revamped For Social World
Microsoft is reportedly revamping its Outlook calendar and integrating social networking and Hotmail into the email manager
Adobe Eases Mobile Web Testing With Shadow
Developers are being offered a new Adobe tool that makes it easy to synchronise the mobile handset Web experience
Mainframe Developer Skills In Short Supply, Compuware Warns
A new Compuware study has revealed that most CIOs are ill-prepared for the shortage of mainframe developers
New Metrics From Android Market Arm Developers With App Usage Statistics
Google's application metrics dashboard for Android Market now informs developers how their products are faring with users
VMware Helps Java Developers Handle Big Data With Spring Hadoop
VMware's Spring Hadoop targets enterprise Java developers who want to create Big Data analysis applications
iOS Apps Could Allow Developers Access To Users’ Photos
Photo libraries and associated geo-locational data exposed by 'location access' agreement
Analysts Claim Android Fragmentation Worries Are Not A Serious Concern
Fragmentation within Google's Android operating system may not be so bad after all, claims a Localytics report
Sensors Will Play A Big Part In Microsoft’s Windows 8 Tablet Apps
Windows 8 on tablets will use hardware sensors in a number of ways, perhaps none more important than for app enhancement
Developers Offered HTML5 Advice Via New Website
Developers are being offered HTML5 coding advice and recommendation on a new website called HTML5 Please
Microsoft Abandons Its Mix Conference To Build A New One
Microsoft has cancelled its Mix 2012 conference for Web developers and designers in favour of a bigger event later
Coding, Data Entry and Android Top 2011 Freelance Developer Trends
Data entry, programming and Android projects dominate the latest Freelancer.com list of the 50 fastest growing online job vacancies
The Majority Of Web Developers Are Moving To HTML5
A survey has found that 75 percent of developers are using, or plan to use HTML5 for app developement
Prime Minister To Get Personalised Government iPad App
Need help running a country? There will soon be an Apple iPad app for that, thanks to British Government programmers
Adobe Updates PhoneGap With Windows Phone Support
Open source mobile development framework, PhoneGap, has been updated to support Windows Phone
Google Smiles as Flash Quietly Dies
Flash used to be central to Google's competition with Apple's devices. Now it seems HTML5 is enough, says Clint Boulton
Will Android Fragmentation Bother Consumers?
Google has been criticised for fragmenting Android, but is it that really such a big deal for the average consumer, asks Clint Boulton
Microsoft .NET Skills In Short Supply
A survey has found a significant shortage of developers working on Microsoft's .NET technology
MS Build Bills Tools, Windows Server 8 And Cloud
Microsoft Build conference featured preview Visual Studio 2011, Windows Server 8 and Team Foundation cloud
Windows 8 Prepped For Both Tablets And PCs
Microsoft is developing Windows 8 so that it can run equally well on a PC or a tablet device
Apple Surprises Developers With iOS 5 Beta Update
Apple surprised developers this weekend after it issued an update to its iOS 5 platform beta
WANdisco Adds Context To Apache Subversion
WANdisco offers uberSVN and its app store to unify the software Apache Subversion development process
WP7 SDK Beta Ready And Mango Phone Is Announced
Microsoft's WP7 Mango update will feature on the Fujitsu Toshiba IS12T and a refreshed SDK is available now
Windows Phone Developers Get Mango App Hub
Microsoft announced enhancements to its App Hub developer portal for Mango release of Windows Phone OS
Microsoft Creates New Conference For Developers
Microsoft continues its wooing of the development community, this time with a new conference
Worldwide Java Use Increases Among Developers
Despite its dominant position, it seems there is still room for more Java developers, according To Evans Data
Microsoft Launches Azure Mobile Phones Toolkits
Microsoft toolkits for Windows Azure cloud allow access from mobile devices and smartphones
PHP Fog Readies Cloud Platform For Launch
PHP Fog has revealed that its new PHP-based cloud platform-as-a-service will soon be available