News

• Objective-C's dip in popularity tied to decline in iPad and iPhone

  The language used for Apple iOS app development drops a notch in Tiobe index

• Old Java can learn new tricks from C, Android

  Experts say the language should crib app isolation, locality, and automated parallelism from more modern sources

• Open source plug-in speeds mobile app development

  Soasta, Cloudbees partner to connect mobile app dev to Jenkins continuous integration server, making it easier for developers to test and deploy apps to the cloud

• IDC: Web and native device app platforms will coexist in 2013

  The analyst firm is also optimistic about the adoption of cloud IDEs and heterogeneous parallel processing

• New Groundwork Web dev framework shows promise

  The open source project enables development of applications scaling from handheld devices to large-format televisions

• Apple iOS development extended to Visual Studio

  With Xamarin version 2.0, Visual Studio developers can build C# apps to run on Apple devices

• The long tease is over: Here's BlackBerry 10

  RIM has unveiled its highly graphical, touch-oriented Peek and Flow user experience in a bid to regain its lost relevance

• Mobile apps are a priority in search of a leader

  Traditional IT vendors aren't leading with software, and businesses aren't hiring mobile leaders, according Appcelerator's survey

• Forrester: Mobile app dev needs 'omni-channel' perspective

  Research firm says modern apps require elastic infrastructure and multichannel clients, while mobile apps are just one component of larger app architecture

• It's official: Intel-based Microsoft Surface Pro to ship February 9 in US

  For nearly $US1000, you get something more than an iPad but less than a laptop

• The best hardware, software, and cloud services of the year

  InfoWorld's 2013 Technology of the Year Award winners stretch from devices and desktops to data centers and beyond

• Google agrees to not abuse mobile patents, search ads, or search results

  To close a federal investigation into possibly anticompetitive business practices, Google agrees to a slew of changes

• HTML5 is now feature-complete; here's what comes next

  The World Wide Web Consortium has a roster of proposed enhancements, including better forms, spell checking, and video captioning

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  ACMA warns of Do Not Call Register telephone scam

  Australian consumers are being advised to hang up on scammers who claim they are owed money for receiving telemarketing calls while registered on the Australian Communications and Media Authority's (ACMA) Do Not Call Register.

• Man charged with 29 offences related to Telstra cable damage

  A 25-year-old Sydney man has been charged with allegedly causing millions of dollars in damage to Telstra's telephone cables on the Northern Beaches, NSW during September and November 2012.