In the days before the app developer community, ecosystems were disciplined, educated and controlled by companies like Microsoft that took a hierarchical view of their network.
Gone are the days when a software developer who knows Java so well he can move seamlessly from project to project delivering perfect code in the hopes of meeting customer expectations.
In a trial that lasted six (6) days, real estate developer Glenn Straub and his company Palm Polo Holdings, Inc, were found not guilty on violations of the Clean Water Act.
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In a time when big game publishers like Electronic Arts are getting serious about the iPhone as a gaming device, Lima Sky is probably the best argument currently out there that the days of the indie developer for the App Store are not done just yet.
As if seeing the Commodore logo slapped on a whole slew of thoroughly unremarkable devices wasn't enough to make folks of a certain age feel a little wistful for their early computing days, legendary game developer Microprose is now getting in on the action as well, and seemingly outdoing Commodore to boot.
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These days, there may be no mobile developer as patient as a webOS developer.
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One software developer mined the coins on his computer in the early days.
Today, two days after Hooper uploaded the the demo on YouTube, developer Kyle Howells has released a working version of it as a free app on the Cydia platform (that works with jailbroken iOS devices).
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With a property-developer mindset, these companies stood to profit more than western managers in the days when property valuations were skyrocketing.
Surprising but true: Adobe Systems (ADBE) is one of the more ignored technology stocks these days, with Wall Street just kind of so-so on the developer of computer software products, including multi-media content on the creation, distribution and management of information.
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Jake Poznanski and Sam Kaufmann, who quit their software-developer jobs last fall to develop Windows Phone apps, said Microsoft replied within a couple of days when they complained about a snag in Windows Phone's mobile advertising system.
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