Monthly Archives: October, 2012
bbUI.js version 0.9.4 has landed
After a bunch of hard work, bbUI version 0.9.4 is finally here. The focus in this release has really been around bug fixes, optimizations and additional JavaScript® interfaces. The previous versions of bbUI have been VERY declarative and haven’t allowed for much manipulation after the fact via JavaScript. This release takes a step in the […]
BlackBerry 10 Jam World Tour: The Next Generation (Enterprise Edition)
BlackBerry® Jam Enterprise kicks off next week in Toronto and London. This time around, we’ll be focusing on Enterprise app development. These events differ from the BlackBerry 10 Jam World Tour in that they are geared towards developers looking to create apps for their organization, or for the general business community. Strategy and capability for […]
Calling all Qt ambassadors and Qt superstars!
Guest post from Ash N. – Ed. BlackBerry® is serious about developers, serious about applications, and serious about Qt. With this in mind, we are asking for all you Qt ambassadors and Qt superstars to try porting your Qt applications over to the BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet and upcoming BlackBerry® 10 smartphones. With this in mind, […]
They Came, They Hacked, and They Believe!
Last weekend was a smashing weekend for developers in Asia Pacific – almost 500 developers in India, Singapore, Malaysia, and Philippines got together and hacked their way through Friday evening to Sunday morning! Yes, I am talking about BlackBerry® JamHack 2012, the first simultaneous Asia-Pacific-wide 40-hour BlackBerry hackathon. This weekend’s five simultaneous JamHack events were […]
BlackBerry gets into the flow at Apps World Europe
[ YouTube link for mobile viewing ] Guest post from Marysia on our EMEA team – Ed. We recently took a very short break from our mammoth BlackBerry® Jam World Tour to settle in London for two days at Apps World Europe. Now in its third year, Apps World has grown to become one of […]
Let’s Talk About Push
As you may know, Push is now available to almost all BlackBerry® 10 development approaches: Cascades™ Framework, BlackBerry® WebWorks™, Adobe® AIR® and Android™*. That said, I thought it would be a good idea to provide a high-level overview of the entire Push process which is shared across all platforms. (*Support for Push to Android Runtime […]
Introducing Proximity Gaming with NFC
Amongst the many interesting things I’m lucky enough to get involved with in my role on the RIM® Developer Relations team, Near Field Communications (NFC) has become very much center stage for me over the last year. Some readers of this post may be familiar with the NFC-related articles and code samples that I’ve co-authored […]
BlackBerry Tech Center UK Opens its Doors to Developers
Guest post from Morgan Evans – Ed. Today, our UK office the opened its doors to developers with the grand opening of the first BlackBerry® Tech Center. Located in our Slough office, the BlackBerry Tech Center will be open weekdays from 9AM – 5PM, offering a dedicated workspace for developers looking to create applications for […]
Calling all PhoneGap Devs to Mobile Camp LA!
On Thursday, October 18th user groups around Los Angeles are organizing an event for all to come and learn a little more about this thing we call mobile development – Mobile Camp LA. Regardless of what floats your boat (game development, UI frameworks, cross-platform strategies, etc.) there are sessions for everyone. In addition to these sessions […]
gameplay3d v1.5 Released Today!
Sean Paul Taylor here from the RIM® Gaming Team. We have all been busy working towards bringing the latest and greatest game titles to the BlackBerry® PlayBook™ platform and getting them ready for the BlackBerry 10 launch. My team has been working on a very deep down, technical level with game studios and have been […]
