Monthly Archives: October, 2012
One Door Closes, Another Door Opens
We’ve been talking a lot lately about native development, web development, and our Cascades™ UI framework – but one topic that has been noticeably absent is theme development. From the tweets coming into @BlackBerryDev and from discussions with developers at BlackBerry® 10 Jam World Tours and BlackBerry Jam Americas, there are two main questions: Where […]
Sensors on BlackBerry 10 Have Arrived!
Here’s a guest post from Adam Parco from our Sensor Algorithms & Services team – Ed. Developing for BlackBerry® has never been faster or easier. We have been working hard to give you the same experience when incorporating sensors into your game or application. With the release of Beta 3, we have added complete support for […]
NYC October 2012 Hackathon
New York City is the city that never sleeps, and next week will be no different! From Friday October 19th to Saturday October 20th, the New York City BlackBerry® Developers Group will be hosting a hackathon. Starting at 6:30 PM on Friday and running through to 5:30 PM on Saturday night, local NYC developers are […]
Say It Aint S’OAuth
In today’s world we’re constantly sharing information via status updates, blog posts, and even checking-in at venues. Connecting with services like foursquare and Twitter is a great way to leverage the popularity of the network within your application. So how do you actually go about integrating features from these services into your application? First the […]
BlackBerry Jam Asia 2012 is back! And this year, we’re Jammin’ in Bangkok, Thailand
You heard it first from Alec during BlackBerry® Jam Americas, and today, we’re super psyched to be announcing the start of registration for BlackBerry Jam Asia 2012 (previously known as DevCon Asia)! And this time, we’re bringing the show to Bangkok, Thailand! Two weeks ago at BlackBerry Jam Americas in San Jose, CA, our CEO, […]
Top 10 Developer Posts on BlackBerry 10
In honor of 10/10 and the opening of BlackBerry App World™ for BlackBerry 10 app submissions, we’ve put together a list of the 10 most viewed blog posts in the developer blog about BlackBerry 10. It’s been an eventful couple of months! Check out how far we’ve come: BlackBerry 10 Cascades™ is here! Introducing Built […]
Things to think about when developing a mobile application
I was recently in Raleigh, North Carolina at the NCDevCon Conference. I was presenting things to think about when developing a mobile application. Sometimes, it seems that in the rush to get an application built and out the door, designers and developers forget that a mobile device is not the same as a desktop device. […]
How to Submit Your Apps for BlackBerry 10 Devices
We’re excited to announce that BlackBerry App World™ is now accepting applications targeted for BlackBerry® 10 devices. This means that apps submitted to the store starting today, October 10, are guaranteed to be reviewed, tested and ready for publishing when BlackBerry 10 launches in Q1 2013. This is a huge opportunity to be the first into […]
Make Your Voice Heard – VisionMobile Developer Economics Survey 2013
Our friends at VisionMobile have just launched their Developer Economics 2013 survey. The survey “focuses on the best practices for the tools, services and APIs that developers use to build, market and monetize their apps.” The survey takes just ten minutes and there are awesome prizes to be won! Fill out the survey on app development […]
BlackBerry 10 WebWorks SDK Beta3 Update Webinar
There is still time to register for the October 11th webinar “Beta 3 update for the BlackBerry® 10 WebWorks™ SDK”. As planned, this release delivers a number of significant features that were listed on the WebWorks beta roadmap. In fact, we made an even bigger splash than anticipated by providing more features than promised (see […]
