The Bluetooth Special Interest Group has launched the Bluetooth Developer Portal today, providing a resource to help developers and engineers. Available resources include training tools, interactive forums and quick-start guides.
In addition, the Bluetooth SIG is also offering a series of free Bluetooth developer webinars from the end of this month.
Article rating: No rating
Microsoft and Nokia are each committing to invest up to €9 million (a total of around £15 million) into a mobile application development program at Finland’s Aalto University during the next three years.
It’ll be called AppCampus, it starts from May 2012 and it’s been set up to encourage the creation of innovative mobile applications for the Windows Phone, Symbian and Series 40 platforms.
Article rating: No rating
Mobile developers attending the BlackBerry 10 Jam conference in May will be the first to see RIM’s new development tools for its forthcoming BlackBerry 10 operating system.
In addition, developer attendees will receive the BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha - a prototype smartphone running a modified version of the PlayBook OS.
Article rating: No rating
The GSMA, which represents the interests of mobile operators, has published a set of privacy design guidelines for mobile application development. A number of mobile operators in Europe have already committed to implementing the guidelines for their own-brand applications.
The guidelines aim to provide consumers with more information and more control about how apps use their personal information.
Article rating: No rating
Mark Bridge and James Rosewell report for from the final day at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. James visits the WIP app developer conference, while Mark has conversations with Visa and with Dolby.
You can listen to the programme on our website audio player, via iTunes, by using our RSS feed or by downloading the MP3.
Article rating: No rating