Ripple Accepted For Incubation by the Apache Software Foundation
At BlackBerry Jam RIM announced that they were submitting Ripple (which they acquired with TinyHippos) into the Apache Software Foundation. RIM submitted the proposal earlier this month and Gord made the formal proposal. You can check out the details from Pelegri here. From what I can tell the vote was unanimous which is impressive. Personally…
Ripple Emulator Refreshed Along With BlackBerry 10 WebWorks Community APIs
RIM has updated their Ripple Emulator this week with a quick refresh. It now allows you to easily set the services to start and stop with chrome and other simplifications to avoid the command line. This new refresh also adds emulation for the new APIs delivered in the latest BlackBerry WebWorks SDK releases. RIM has…
BlackBerry 10 WebWorks SDK & Ripple Emulator Betas Updated Again
RIM is coming through on their promise of rolling updates for the BlackBerry 10 WebWorks SDK and Ripple Emulator betas. They rolled out the first betas of both at BlackBerry 10 Jam in early May and now we have the second release. They are also planning another update in early July. One of my favorite…
Devs: Ripple Emulator v0.9.1 Beta Released – Goes Standalone
Awhile back RIM acquired Ripple to up their BlackBerry WebWorks testing and development tools. They have been pretty quiet releasing updates here and there and their latest is Ripple Emulator v0.9.1 beta for Windows and Mac. This new version is no longer a Chrome Plugin and is rather a standalone app. It also adds the…
RIM Evolves BlackBerry WebWorks Tools with TinyHippos & Ripple Emulator
As a web developer I have always been interested in the WebWorks platform for BlackBerry. RIM seems to be really seeing the value of the platform and has been investing a great deal of effort into it. They recently purchased TinyHippos along with their Ripple emulator to expand the BlackBerry environment and the results are…
tinyHippos Ripple Emulator Beta Now Supports WebWorks APIs Along With Better Documentation
RIM’s acquisition of tinyHippos is starting to shape into a strategy. They have just announced that tinyHippos crew has updated their Ripple emulator BETA program to support “most of the BlackBerry WebWorks APIs.” You can find out which ones are available at this link. In case you don’t remember tinyHippos expertise is in mobile development…
RIM Acquires tinyHippos A Mobile Web Development Team
RIM today announced they have added tinyHippos to their BlackBerry family. I have actually used tiny Hippos Ripple application on my Chrome Browser. Not really sure what RIM’s Plans are but the company has been a big promoter of widgets in the past. This makes me think RIM will be user their talent to add…