Geekonomics

• 14Sep

  Appnation predicts One Million Mobile Apps by 2012

  Android, Developers, Press Release, World, mobile, news, tech jobs 1 Comment

  This geek heard that Intel AppUp Developer Program was showcasing at the premier developer conference next door called Appnation so I popped over to take a look. Pretty cool show opened by the Mayor of San Francisco, Gavin Newsom. Check out the proceedings of Day 1:

  Day One of APPNATION defines Net 3.0 with heavy hitters from New York to London to locals focused on mobile app development and where the $$$ is being made

  San Francisco - September 13, 2010 – San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom welcomed a registered crowd of over 1,000 regional and national app developers, media companies, ad networks, press and other members of the app ecosystem at the inaugural APPNATION Conference at San Francisco’s Moscone Center North. Drew Ianni, chairman and founder of APPNATION, also revealed original APPNATION research that there will be one million mobile apps available for download by the year 2012. APPNATION is an ambitious and bold new thought leadership conference and exposition focusing exclusively on the burgeoning consumer applications revolution and global app economy.

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• 11Sep

  Mayor Gavin Newsom to Welcome First AppNation Conference to San Francisco

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  AppNation is happening next week across the street from the Intel Developer Forum. Peter Biddle from Intel AppUp Center will be moderating one of the sessions. Will be trying to catch a session or two if possible.

  Here’s the press announcement from the organisers:

  In a jam-packed program, The Nielsen Company will also announce findings from latest Mobile App Playbook on the App Economy

  SAN FRANCISCO, CA - September 10, 2010 - On Monday, September 13, 2010, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom will welcome regional and national app developers at the inaugural APPNATION Conference to be at San Francisco’s Moscone Center. APPNATION, an ambitious and bold new thought leadership conference and exposition focusing exclusively on the burgeoning consumer applications revolution and global app economy will assemble an esteemed set of executives from the app economy, bringing together leaders from media companies in New York to meet the vibrant and growing mobile developer community in the Bay Area.

  When:           Monday, September 13, 2010

  Where:          Moscone North, 747 Howard Street

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• 23Jul

  Intel Atom Developer Program now supports Adobe AIR* based applications

  Developers, news, tech jobs 1 Comment

  Intel Atom Developer Program now also supports Adobe AIR based applications, with an Intel Atom Developer Program SDK for AIR. Adobe AIR based applications will be accepted staring August 14.

  There’s a video by Bill Pearson in which he announces that as of July 21st, Intel and Adobe have released a new AIR SDK with support for the Intel Atom Developer Program and its AppUp Center store.

  For more information on AIR for AppUp go to http://appdeveloper.intel.com/adobe-air or directly download the SDK at http://appdeveloper.intel.com/sdk

  

• 22Jul

  Small businesses embrace Cloud services to grow their business?

  Developers, Enterprise Tech, Internet, Press Release, SaaS, news No Comments

  This geek has not been following cloud computing news for a while and I’m not familiar with offerings from this company Parallels, who seem to be doing quite well. But I know some of you have keen interest in this space so you can find out more from the press release below:

  Seven new commercially licensed APS applications, from collaboration to small business mobility, help Service Providers increase revenue and customer retention.

  Singapore, 22 July 2010 – Cloud enablement leader, Parallels, has responded to the demands of small businesses by adding seven Cloud services to the Application Packaging Standard (APS) catalog.

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• 16Jul

  SkypeKit is now available for Mac and Windows developers

  Developers, Press Release, news 2 Comments

  A few weeks ago, Skype launched Skypekit, a new software development kit that enables hardware and software makers to add Skype functionality to their devices and applications. The application that was earlier limited to the Linux operating system only, is now being made available in the Windows and Mac versions as well.

  SkypeKit Beta SDK now works on Windows (x86) and Mac OS X.

  Now multiple desktop applications can offer Skype conversations — including video, voice, and text — without the need for users to separately download Skype software.

  More details on the initiative are available on the Skype blog.

  

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