Articles Tagged - developers

By Mary Manzo, Posted in Developer Corner

A friend recently visited NYC and while I was taking her around I noticed that she took the majority of her pictures with her Android phone. And really, after a few moments of thought, this made total sense to me. Be honest, when was the last time you actually printed a photo? With the numerous photography applications for smart phones out there that can snap, edit, style and share your photos - how can a point-and-shoot compete? Instagram is the fastest growing and most successful example of mobile photo... read more.

• June 01, 2011
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By Lauren Litwinka, Posted in Gadgets and Technology

As you may already know, I'm big into Twitter right now. Mostly I use it for social media marketing purposes, but I've also found it to be a great news aggregator... sort of like a downward scrolling marquee filled with the latest industry-related buzz.On Tuesday, the industry-related "Tweet Heard ‘Round the World" went a little something like this:"OMGZ FINALLY COPY + PASTE FOR IPHONES!!!!!"Well, more or less.That's right, iBoys and iGirls, on Tuesday, Apple announced that it plans to add copy-and-pa... read more.

• March 18, 2009
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By Lauren Litwinka, Posted in Website Development

On Thursday, the AP reported that hackers are going after more than third-party applications on sites like Facebook and MySpace. Top companies that we have come to know and trust, particularly Google, are also prime targets for hackers looking to take advantage of open platforms. Google introduced third-party developers to its network when it launched its treasure chest of “Gadgets”- mini programs you can implement to your iGoogle homepage. I adore my customized iGoogle- complete with my Gmai... read more.

• August 08, 2008
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By Lauren Litwinka, Posted in Social Networking Websites

On Thursday, the Associated Press reported that popular social networking website Facebook.com is rolling out some new tools, features and regulations. For the most part, it seems that these new features pertain particularly to its growing population of external applications. Last Wednesday, founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg spoke at a programmers’ conference, drawing in an estimated 1,500 attendees (mostly programmers and developers). There, he surmised his company’s plans to intr... read more.

• July 29, 2008
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By Lauren Litwinka, Posted in Social Networking Websites

You aren’t the only one slimming down and looking fine for the summer time. Social networking websites Facebook and long-time rival MySpace are rethinking, reorganizing, and revamping their layouts with the shared goal “to become the central hub of online communications.” And the race is on! On Monday, the Associated Press reported that Facebook will be rolling out a new design to clean up the clutter and clear up concerns as to what’s public info and what’s not. The aes... read more.

• July 21, 2008
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By Lauren Litwinka, Posted in Website Development

Once upon a time web developers and graphic designers may have looked at Flash as pretty, but pointless. Although Flash features on a website can be extremely aesthetically pleasing, previously they carried no weight in search engines. Visitors may have been impressed and spellbound by the animated characters, page transitions, and other forms of interactivity— which may have lead to traffic retention and even an upswing in sales—but as far as visibility and indexing in the SERPs goes, spiders c... read more.

• July 02, 2008
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By Lauren Litwinka, Posted in e-Commerce / Product Sales

On Monday, PCWORLD.com reported that popular e-Commerce company eBay will open up its doors to make way for outside developers – a trend we have seen in the past with leading social networking websites such as MySpace and Facebook and even top search company, Google. At today’s annual eBay Developers Conference in Chicago, company executives are scheduled to discuss the arrangement which will provide third-parties access to “Selling Manager.” This particular feature already allow... read more.

• June 16, 2008
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By Lauren Litwinka, Posted in Search Engine Optimization

  On Thursday, the Washington Post reported that the Facebook applications many of us have come to know and love could be betraying the sensitive information you post on your Facebook profile. Since Facebook opened up its platform last year, more than 400,000 outside developers have contributed something in the neighborhood of 24,000 applications, or widgets. Facebook contends that "more than 95 percent of Facebook users have installed at least one application."With figures like these, it'... read more.

• June 12, 2008
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By Lauren Litwinka, Posted in The Future of the Internet

On Thursday, InfoWorld reported that general responses from last week's Google I/O conference, which drew in some 3,000 attendants, was quite mixed to say the least. At the conference, a plethora of new features and updates were released, including Google Gears and Google App Engine, which I wrote about on Saturday. Additionally, representatives discussed Android, Google’s recent mobile device project, and Google Web Toolkit, features which streamline the creation of JavaScript applications. Som... read more.

• June 05, 2008
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By Lauren Litwinka, Posted in Social Networking Websites

On Tuesday, NewsFactor.com reported that Facebook is “opening up part of its platform,” allowing an impressive amount of developers to upload their customized applications to the popular social networking website. As of Monday, more than 24,000 new applications have been permitted access to the social network, all of which were created by outside developers Ami Vora, posting in the Facebook developers blog, commented on the recent activity. “We see about 140 applications added to our... read more.

• June 05, 2008
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