Current Dolby partners and licensees will have access to the new development kit immediately.

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Qualcomm recently unveiled a platform and software development kit that allows developers to build new applications that bring online and offline worlds together.

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That said, the company is being smart and releasing a software development kit to encourage outsiders to hack away at new, creative uses for different smells.

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With Tobii's gaze interaction development kit, developers can quickly get started exploring this new modality and bring a new dimension in user experience to their products.

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With new releases of Flash Platform tools including an AIR 2.5 software development kit (SDK), developers can build mobile and multiscreen applications for smartphones and tablets, while maximizing design and development productivity.

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Partners who continue with the program receive priority access to new releases and tools, preferred roles at ActiveVideo developer gatherings, access to the CloudTV Premium Development Kit, and the opportunity for their apps to be showcased at trade shows and other public ActiveVideo events.

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The new extensions are being delivered to all PowerVR Series5XT licensees as part of the standard PowerVR graphics DDK (device driver development kit).

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