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The Rise and Fall of Languages in 2012
The C++ renaissance didn't materialize, Java survived intact, and Objective-C kept on rolling. What else happened?
Review of Xamarin.Mac Professional
While a good IDE for porting Xamarin MonoTouch code (iOS-based C#) to the Mac, the long learning curve and poor documentation make it difficult to port code from Windows to the Apple desktop.
Debugging Memory in iOS Apps
Dangling pointers, double frees, memory leaks, and hogs — when it comes to writing apps for iOS, you've got to avoid these common pitfalls. Here's how!
Access Data with REST in Windows 8 Apps
Develop and consume a REST service that provides data to a Windows Store app that uses the Grid app — using C# and XAML.
You Are No Longer a Testing Expert
The testing and optimizing techniques of the past don't apply to mobile.
Mobile News
UrtheCast "Live" Earth Video Camera Opens API
Two cameras located on the Russian module of the International Space Station
Complex Geospatial Application Development Made Simple(r)
Accelerating programmer options for location-aware apps and dynamic-geo queries on cloud
New Software Library For Vision Intelligence In Mobile
As apps begin to "see" what we do, new software libraries emerge
Agile Fusion Releases Free Deep-Linking SDK
Mobile developers offered deep links to share in-app content
Does "Rapid and Mobile" Always Mean Vulnerable?
Evaluation tool for device- and server-side code, both static and dynamic
Digia Launches Qt 5 Framework
Intensified graphical animations/effects plus "highly portable" apps
Developer "Joy" Felt At MoSync SDK 3.2
On-device debugging and Android 4.x support
Developer Outlook Toward RIM Improves "Broadly and Significantly"
BlackBerry 10 SDK toolkit goes "Gold"
Unisys Agile To Modernize Applications for Mobility
Release 3.0 of AB Suite aims to enhance developer productivity
Single Browser Plug-in SDK Covers Webcams or TWAIN Devices
Single optimized SDK to enable image capture on "myriad of devices"
Events of Interest
February 19-20. Wellington, New Zealand. Multicore World 2013
February 21, 2013. San Diego, CA. Hadoop Innovation Summit
February 22-24, 2013. Los Angeles, CA. SCALE 11x
February 24-March 2, 2013. Portland, OR. ApacheCon North America 2013
February 25-March 1, 2013. Montreal, Canada. ConFoo
March 3-6, 2013. San Francisco, CA. SPTechCon: SharePoint Technology Conference
March 18-19, 2013. Redwood City, CA. Developer Relations Conference
March 18-21, 2013. San Jose, CA. GPU Technology Conference (GTC) 2013
March 25-28, 2013. Boston, MA. EclipseCon
April 8-10, 2013. Cambridge, MA. Big Data TechCon
April 8-12, 2013. Austin, TX. Xamarin Evolve 2013
April 16-17, 2013. Seattle, WA. Business & Technology Solutions Summit 2013: Cloud and Big Data Conference and Expo
April 28-May 3, 2013. Las Vegas, NV. IBM Software Impact 2013
May 14-15, 2013. San Francisco, CA. Security Development Conference
May 28-30, 2013. San Francisco, CA. O'Reilly Fluent Conference
April 22-25, 2013. San Jose, CA. DESIGN West and Embedded Systems Conference
June 18-20, 2013. Santa Clara, CA. O'Reilly Velocity Web Performance and Operations Conference
August 20-21, 2013. Raleigh, NC. Business and Technology Solutions Summit 2013: Cloud and Big Data Conference and Expo
October 1-3, 2013. San Francisco, CA. Atlassian Summit 2013
Videos of Past Events
September 2012. Strangeloop
September 2012. Intel Developer Forum
August 2012. VMWorld
July 2012. Java Language Summit
June 2012. Google I/O 2012
May 2012. Atlassian Summit
May 2012 (paid). Fluent Conference
March 2012. Multicore World
July 2011. JVM Language Summit
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Triple Buffering as A Concurrency Mechanism
Triple Buffering is a way of passing data between a producer and a consumer running at different rates. It ensures that the consumer sees only complete data with minimal lag.
OpenStack: An Overview
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