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DeviantArt this week announced a new web app called Muro which enables users to draw on any device with a web browser which supports HTML 5. Muro accepts input from laptop touchpads, iPad touchscreens and drawing tablets. Muro also enables users to work with layers and multiple brushes. Once a user has created a drawing […]

Twitter’s introduction of its Promoted Tweets and Promoted Trends moved forward today with the update of its Application Programming Interface (API) which provides developers with access to third party data. Twitter’s stated goal is to become the ultimate third-party destination site, according to Matt Harris, developer advocate at Twitter. While the process continues, the results […]

Using the latest version of the Safari web browser, which earlier this year was released with a new extensions feature, web developers are creating extensions which extend the features and behavior of Safari–using the core technologies of the web–HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Extensions are small, downloadable packages that are used by the browser as a […]

MobiForms today announced the release of its latest MobiForms Advanced Edition with support for Google Android support. By supporting the full development lifecycle for Android mobile database apps, MobiForms hopes to enable the creation of offline store and forward apps with offline buffering and online synchronization. MobiForms provide a compact development and deployment solution, replacing […]

While the war between Adobe and Apple rages on, for those users who have “jailbroken” their iPhones, a new app called Frash enables them to view Flash on the iPhone’s Safari browser. The new app was created from Comex, who also created the browser-based JailbreakMe tool. Although Frash is still in its early development stages, […]

This week Microsoft introduced LightSwitch, the latest addition to its Visual Studio family of web development tools. LightSwitch utilizes .Net as its base, and is geared towards small and big businesses. The tool is said to organize repetitive tasks for web developers. A demo of the product showed how it enables developers to merge their […]

.Net enables web developers to quickly develop, deploy and manage web applications. The built-in security features of .Net also provide the developer with the ability to create apps that are very secure. The ability to reuse application blocks by using .Net means that developers don’t have to write as much code, saving time and effort. […]

Spoonlabs this week released Vivvo Web CMS Version 4.5, an open source content management system. Along with over 450 bug fixes, quite a few new features have been added, along with a new licensing model. This release comes with a new licensing structure, with the standard license discontinued, and a new Business edition taking its […]

After a short trial period, Google announced this week that it would be shutting down its Google Wave, a web-based program which enables users to share files and collaborate online in real time. Wave was announced at last year’s Google I/O, where it was made available to developers. In a statement from Google, the company […]

Today Apple announced the release of the iOS 4.1 Beta for members of their developer program. The new release includes a new API which allows apps to access contact thumbnail images, along with media playback improvements. Non-developers will have to wait for the official release, but developers can download the iOS 4.1 Beta 3 which […]

Microsoft hit another milestone in the release schedule of MSIE 9 this week with the fourth platform preview of IE9. This release includes over 1300 bug fixes and the inclusion of a new JavaScript engine which is said to increase the browser’s performance by leaps and bounds. With the integration of the new JavaScript engine, […]

In yet another announcement that has left developers raising their eyes, Microsoft has announced another non-developer tool called LightSwitch which is designed to enable business professionals to handle tasks normally reserved for developers. LightSwitch uses templates and other components that in most cases requires no coding or programming experience. Another Visual Studio tool aimed at […]