Disney halts game development at LucasArts, moves to licensed Star Wars titles
If you’re old enough to have played PC games for more than a decade, LucasArts (originally LucasFilm Games) likely has a permanent place in your heart after a string of legendary adventure and flight...
View ArticleMicrosoft to build first innovation center in China, has software development...
Microsoft’s relatively often finding ways to encourage software development in various fields, and the company’s latest venture has it setting footsteps near the Great Wall. According to a report by...
View ArticleBetaworks acquires Instapaper, promises continued development
If you’re the sort who likes to catch up on web articles through a dedicated reader app, you’re likely familiar with Instapaper and its lone creator, Marco Arment. His solo work makes for a cohesive...
View ArticleFacebook to acquire Parse, promises easier cloud-based app development
Hot on the heels of its Mobile Developer Conference, Facebook today announced its intentions to buy cloud-based app development service Parse, a company with which the site has collaborated in the...
View ArticleSony lifting development license fee on PlayStation Vita and Mobile starting...
Sony’s already got a low barrier to entry for developers on its PlayStation Mobile platform, which encompasses the PlayStation Vita handheld game console and a variety of smartphones — just $ 99 for a...
View ArticleMozilla offering free phones in hopes of bolstering Firefox OS app development
Attention HTML5 virtuosos: Mozilla is thirsty for your talents. So much, in fact, that the outfit is baiting developers with a free smartphone in the hopes they’ll return the favor with fresh Firefox...
View ArticleArrested Development season four is ready for viewing on Netflix
Arrested Development is finally back. After Fox cancelled the show in 2006 its popularity has unexpectedly grown, and now a new season commissioned by Netflix for its streaming service is ready for...
View ArticleStar Wars Battlefront game under development at DICE (video)
At its pre-E3 event today, EA confirmed the Star Wars Battlefront franchise will return. The game is currently being developed by DICE and will use the same Frostbite engine that powers the...
View ArticleMicrosoft’s Andy Lees exits corporate development role, will announce a new...
Seven months after Andy Lees became Microsoft’s vice president of corporate development, the executive has decided that it’s time for a rest. AllThingsD is reporting that the deposed former Windows...
View ArticleIntel hopes to speed up mobile Atom chip development
Intel has a real presence in the smartphone world, but its tendency toward just one or two mobile chip releases per year makes it a slowpoke next to its ARM-based rivals. New CEO Brian Krzanich...
View ArticleFeedly embraces app development by opening up API to all
Feedly just got markedly more developer-friendly. The news aggregator has added a slew of new third-party apps to its platform and has also opened up its new cloud API to all interested parties,...
View ArticleFormer SpaceX director Marco Villa joins Hyperloop development team
When it was unveiled a few weeks ago, Elon Musk’s Hyperloop project sounded almost too good to be true. Dr. Marco Villa, former director of mission operations at SpaceX, was among those who didn’t get...
View ArticleGoogle offers ‘sneak peek’ of Glass development kit, shows Glassware can...
So far, development on Glass has been extremely limited by the tools put in the hands of app creators. Namely the Mirror API with its constant need for an internet connection and limited...
View ArticleNew ‘experimental’ emulator makes Ubuntu mobile OS development easier
Ubuntu’s touch-based (read: mobile) OS is still finding its footing with users (and a hardware home to call its own), but the outfit’s paving the way for developers to get onboard. An experimental...
View ArticleSwitched On: A wristed development
Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology. It is difficult enough to turn around one niche product category and make it successful, as Apple did with the iPad....
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