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Some have declared the mobile OS battle over, won by Apple and Google Android between them. Microsoft and RIM Blackberry will fight it out for third and fourth place. Maybe, but I doubt it will be so simple. There are not one, not two, but three further open source mobile operating systems which have significant …continue reading Not just a four-horse race: three new mobile operating systems joining the fray Steam maker Valve has announced that it is expanding beyond games, to sell software titles that “range from creativity to productivity”. The Steam software is more than just a store. The platform handles updates, digital rights management, and supports multiplayer gaming. It also forms a chat network. The Steam overlay lets users access Steam …continue reading Valve announces Steam-powered apps beyond games as well as embracing Linux I was intrigued by reports of nide, a web-based IDE for Node.js. It was one of the entries in the Node.js Knockout challenge last summer. So how do you install it? One line on Linux; but I did not want to put it on my web server and I re-purposed my spare Linux machine last …continue reading Trying out nide – a cloud IDE for Node.js At Microsoft BUILD earlier this month I arrived early to hear Anders Hejlsberg talk about the future of C#, and found myself next to Miguel de Icaza, co-creator of the GNOME desktop and of Mono, the open source implementation of Microsoft .NET. I took the opportunity to ask a few questions, which I have his …continue reading Miguel de Icaza talks about Windows 8 and the failure of Linux on the desktop Vision Mobile has published a report on what it calls the Open Governance Index. The theory is that if you want to measure the extent to which an open source project is really open, you should look at its governance, rather than focusing on the license under which code is released: The governance model used …continue reading Android only 23% open says report; Linux, Eclipse win praise Adobe is giving up on AIR for Linux – at least, in a fully supported manner: To support the variety of Linux-based platforms across PCs and devices, we are prioritizing a Linux porting kit for AIR (including source code), which Open Screen Project (OSP) partners can use to complete implementations of AIR for Linux-based platforms …continue reading Cross-platform concerns as Adobe abandons AIR for Linux RunRev LiveCode is a cross-platform development tool for Mac, Windows, Linux, Web, Apple iOS and, from this month, Google Android. It is an individualistic tool inspired by Apple’s original (but now obsolete) HyperCard and HyperTalk, in which the building blocks of your application are stacks and cards. A stack is like a window, and …continue reading Hands On with RunRev LiveCode: rapid development for iOS, Android, Mac and Windows It is a busy time for cross-platform toolkits. Adobe has released AIR 2.6, and reading the list of what’s new you would think it was mainly for mobile, since the notes focus on new features for Apple iOS, though AIR is also a runtime for Windows, Linux and desktop Mac. New features for iOS include …continue reading Adobe AIR 2.6, MonoMac 1.0, cross-platform is not dead yet A sad post yesterday from MeeGo contributor Andrew Wafaa suggests that MeeGo on netbooks may no longer happen: Basically by all accounts MeeGo is stopping all work on the Netbook UX. Yup, all our hard work is now almost for nothing This is remarkable. The original Moblin project, sponsored by Intel, was all about …continue reading MeeGo NoGo: things look bad for the Intel/Nokia Linux project |
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