The resulting open-source hardware platforms bridge desktop and embedded development, allowing developers to design to their specification and collaborate with the open source community on creative new applications.

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Consider that Facebook has a thriving system for mobile development and even desktop apps (which is the case with Spotify).

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WordPress, it seems, is following this development from a desktop-centric world to a mobile and multiple platform world, and taking its millions of users with it.

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The desktop computer digitized records and streamlined content development and publishing.

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The Gracenote Developer program supports a variety of development platforms, including mobile, desktop and Web APIs.

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In order to spur the development of innovation and entrepreneurship in desktop fabrication and 3D printing, the Kauffman Foundation, Maker Education Initiative and Inventables launched the Desktop Fabrication Competition on the iStart platform last summer.

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Since development is currently focused on getting the core of the desktop OS up and running, there's no tablet-specific Unity UI to see here.

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Cambridge, MA, September 26, 2012 -- After a year in development, Formlabs has officially unveiled the first "prosumer" desktop 3D printer.

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