As mobile OSes — especially iPhone and Android — wax and wane, the pressing question remains: How do you choose which mobile devices to develop for and which devices to omit from your roadmap? Cross-OS platforms for mobile development on the whole are not yet a completely perfect, have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too solution, but many of them offer… Continue reading 5 Cross-Platform Mobile Development Tools You Should Try
Facebook has begun testing a slew of changes to the News Feed, including friend list filters and Smart Lists that automatically categorize your friends. The changes seem to be aimed at making the content within the News Feed more relevant. These changes, as far as we can ascertain from screenshots sent to us, show that… Continue reading Facebook Begins Testing Friend Filters in News Feed
This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. Even if you’ve done everything you can to banish paper from your office, those little white sheets can still creep up on you. You’ll want to digitize those crinkly analog fugitives… Continue reading 5 Android Apps to Turn Your Phone Into a Mobile Document Scanner
In a world where there’s always “an app for that,” more small businesses see the value in creating their own mobile apps. The technical know-how necessary to develop an impressive app and the cost of hiring a professional developer, however, have discouraged the production of many would-be branded applications. Affordable do-it-yourself alternatives give all companies… Continue reading 4 Tools for Building a Business Mobile App
July 5, 2011 There’s little doubt that a custom-designed and developed website is ideal for business. However, large Web-development budgets often just aren’t possible, particularly for small businesses or entrepreneurs who are just getting started. In these cases, a number of Web services exist to allow you to grow your company’s presence online, often in… Continue reading 5 Services For Building Websites On A Budget
July 1, 2011 If you fancy yourself a PC power user, you know how valuable it is to keep your hands on the keyboard. Constantly switching between typing and mousing can really slow you down when you’re powering through that TPS report. Lucky for you, the wizards at Microsoft have built some time-saving (if little-known) keyboard shortcuts… Continue reading 15 Keyboard Shortcuts To Enhance Your PC Productivity
By now you know how to use Google to search for a flight, look up a definition, or solve a simple math problem. But what if you want to do a search comparison or want information from a certain time period? Here we bring you 10 tips and tricks for searching Google like a pro.… Continue reading 10 must-know Google Search tricks
The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: Tapl.io Quick Pitch: Tapl.io senses when you visit a Tapl.io-supported site and what place you’re looking at. Then it finds… Continue reading Tapl.io Simplifies Place Search on the Web
The Web Development Series is supported by Rackspace, the better way to do hosting. Learn more about Rackspace’s hosting solutions here. Taking on a large project can be both exciting and intimidating, particularly if you’re a solo developer. Big builds can be a lot of fun and serve as great learning experiences. At the same… Continue reading Freelance Web Development: 9 Tips for Better Project Management
Android‘s box of sweets has gotten much more diverse since launching its first dessert-themed operating system, Cupcake, in 2009. Mobile app developers [x]cubelabs have laid out a timeline of these versions — from Cupcake to Ice Cream Sandwich — in the infographic below. What updates do you think were most influential? At what point did… Continue reading The History of Android [INFOGRAPHIC]
