PlayBook WebWorks Swipedown Menu Javascript Micro-Framework (Swipemenu.js)
One of the things WebWorks developers on the PlayBook have been struggling with since launch is implementing a proper swipe down menu. RIM has offered some help with that over time and now they have taken things one step further with a micro-framework Javascript library called Swipemenu.js. It allows PlayBook WebWorks developers to easily integrate…
HTML5Rocks.com Developers Resource Site Gets Redesigned
The popular HTML5Rocks website got a nice update in the last few days that gave it a huge visual overhaul. The new site is still an awesome resource for web developers who want to learn more about the power of HTML5. Google is a big contributor to the site though they have published tutorials from…
Update: RIM Needs to Provide Guidance on Super Apps, BBM SDK
Update: Mea Culpa. Below is the final copy of Chris’s article that is now correctly updated. He wrote the draft we posted earlier today before we mentioned the slides from MWC. He then updated the article and I accidentally published his older draft. Sorry for the confusion. -RH You wouldn’t know it from reading the mainstream media…
RIM Needs to Provide Guidance on Super Apps, BBM SDK
Update: Sorry for the confusion. You can find the updated final copy of Chris’s article that is now correctly updated. I accidentally posted an older draft which you see below. -RH You wouldn’t know it from reading the mainstream media but the BlackBerry platform has a number of competitive advantages that remain unmatched by the competition. One…
RIM Gives an Update on PlayBook Developer Offer – 6,225 Apps Submitted
RIM’s offer of a free BlackBerry PlayBook to developers who submit PlayBook apps to App World is almost over. We have been getting reports from developers who are in many different stages of the approval process asking if there were any updates and thankfully RIM has finally offered one. My buddy Alex Kinsella broke down…
Carrier Billing Accounts for 34% of App World Paid Downloads
RIM released some more numbers around BlackBerry App World at MWC that get very interesting if you compare them with their previous announcement earlier this week. In a slide deck at MWC Peter Valin, Sr Marketing Manager of BlackBerry App World at RIM, showed a breakdown of global paid downloads by payment type. The…
RIM Lays Out BlackBerry Platform Roadmap – BB10 to Add Super App Capabilities
During a presentation at MWC Tim Neil, RIMs Director of Application Platform & Tools Product Management (Here at Slide 26), laid out a platform roadmap for BlackBerry ranging from BlackBerry OS 7 through the PlayBook to BlackBerry 10. This is the first time I have seen anything in writing from RIM about this and…
Hurry! Free PlayBooks for BlackBerry Developers Promotion Ends March 2nd
RIM extended their promotion offering free BlackBerry PlayBooks to developers who submitted BlackBerry PlayBook apps but that new deadline is fast approaching. Developers must submit their apps by March 2nd to be considered. The extended dates required developers to register as an App World Vendor by February 15th so if you have not done so…