• Linux loses its luster as a darling among developers

  Linux had a big birthday recently -- its 20th -- but the event may have been a tad bittersweet for its most devoted fans. According to recent results of the annual application development survey from Santa Cruz, Calif.-based researcher Evans Data Corp. , Linux has slipped to third place in popularity, behind Mac OS and, of course, Windows.

• Mobile, cloud are changing application development

  Mobile and cloud computing are beginning to change the way that developers work at enterprise-level and smaller businesses, according to a report released this week by Forrester Research.

• Enterprise software getting more mobile

  Mobile application development, including the need to extend enterprise applications to mobile devices, is growing in prominence, according to research reported by Evans Data on Monday. Evans expects mobile and tablet applications to become a huge part of the development landscape.

• Google, IBM named top cloud tech providers

  Google and IBM came out on top as the leading cloud computing vendors in a survey of developers revealed this week by Evans Data.

• IBM announces cloud software-development betas

  IBM on Thursday announced beta versions of new services aimed at developers who want to create and deploy applications on public and private clouds.

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