Path faced a privacy flap when it was revealed that the company was uploading users’ address book data to its servers without permission. While it stopped doing that and deleted all the data it had stored, a larger issue remains. More »
While most people just want their devices to work so that they can do stuff, some people love tinkering with operating systems. Until now, the tablet sector’s been ripe for hacking, but there hasn’t been anything that’s truly open-source and easy to fiddle with from the get-go. This Spark tablet puts that straight. More »
If you’re an Android developer wanting to get an insiders view on how to improve your efforts on the open source marketplace, Google is hosting Developer Labs events in Sydney and Melbourne, starting next week. Sign up! More »
Aussie developers are constantly creating amazing ways to impress on a worldwide stage, but not all of them are as successful as the guys from Kondoot. A social network platform for web video, the Aussie devs behind the idea have just received $3.2 million in funding from US investors and are expected to go public in 2015. More »
Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) has made great strides in bringing the look of Android into a more consistent, cohesive form. Google’s apps all look and behave very similarly, but now third-party app developers need to adapt. Luckily, Google is providing a map. More »
Windows Phone 7 needs apps. Microsoft knows this. Nokia knows this. So it’s no surprise that the two smartphone partners have decided to incentivise Aussie developers by offering those who publish three or more apps before the end of March a free Nokia WP7 phone. More »
Gizmodo’s Developers Cubed series offers a behind the scenes look into Australia’s up and coming dev scene. This week: We chat with Clinton House from In House Group about the power of mobile marketing, the usability of app stores and the joy that is Flipboard. More »
Gizmodo’s Developers Cubed series offers a behind the scenes look into Australia’s up and coming dev scene. This week: We chat with Melbourne-based Outware Mobile, about trash, gravy and the battle between Google and Apple. More »
After demonstrating that an app can download malicious code after being accepted into the App Store, developer Charlie Miller found out that his developer credentials were pulled by Apple. More »
Today Apple seeded a beta of iOS 5.0.1 to developers, providing a fix for the iPhone 4S battery life issues and bugs in iCloud. More »
