Hasta La Gadget!

Those of you out there in the land of app development should set your sights to Apple as the third beta for iOS 6 is about to hit doorsteps across the earth. This third beta update comes just 21 days after the previous release was dropped, while the first look most developers got of the software was earlier this year at Apple’s developer conference WWDC. This update comes without the usual list of changes, this likely due to the secret nature of the updates included as well as the tiny nature of the bug fixes that certainly come built-in.

The previous beta of this software expires on the 31st of July, this meaning that Apple wishes for all developers to continue pushing forward as we inch closer to the final release this Autumn. The final version of iOS 6 has what Apple notes is 200 new features when compared to iOS 5, with many of these features being boosts of previous versions of apps and inner workings. Siri will be getting sports scores and restaurant information as well as movie ticket connections and times. Apple’s Photo Streams will be updated for sharing, and FaceTime video chat will be available over 3G data connections.

For those of you looking for this update, you’ll want to head to your development console or contact your contacts – however you go about updating usually. New users can also head over to Apple’s Developer page to get more information on the iOS Developer Program – or the Mac Developer Program if you somehow came to this post looking for desktop information. Check the timeline below as well for more information on iOS 6 before it’s released in full very, very soon!

iOS 6 beta 3 release inches closer to final release is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Baird Equity Research recently published a report that suggests BlackBerry 10 developers are either leaving the OS for greener pastures (before the OS is even available to consumers, no less) or aren’t all that confident that it can achieve long-term success. This is just the latest in a long line of disappointing news for RIM, so naturally the company isn’t too thrilled to have this report floating around the internet. Today, RIM developer relations vice president Alec Saunders took to the BlackBerry Developer Blog to dispel the notion that developer intent for BlackBerry 10 is falling.

“I was shocked because the numbers in the report do not gel with what we’re seeing in the real world,” Saunders wrote, claiming that the BlackBerry App World vendor base has grown by 157% in the past year. He also says that over 15,000 apps have been added to the BlackBerry PlayBook catalog since the first of the year, and that three billion apps have been downloaded from BlackBerry App World since its launch.

He also pointed out that the BlackBerry 10 Jam World Tour – which is happening now in 23 cities around the planet – has experienced “over capacity registration” in nearly every city. In short, Saunders says that developers are excited about BlackBerry 10, and that he isn’t sure why Baird Equity’s report suggests otherwise.

It may very well be that developers are excited for BlackBerry 10, but the real test is keeping those developers once the OS has been released, not enticing them ahead of launch. If RIM can do that, then the company might just be headed for a rebound.

RIM: BlackBerry 10 developer support on the rise is written by Eric Abent & originally posted on SlashGear.
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If you missed any or all of the sessions from behind the scenes at Google I/O 2012, you’re in luck, because Google has set up a YouTube playlist for you collecting each and every one of them. The video embed you’ll see in the post below is created by Android Developer Relations Tech Lead Reto Meier and makes up the Google I/O 2012 “The Android Sessions” for all to see. The conference “Google I/O”, for those of you that do not know, is made specifically for software developers to converge and learn from Google (as well as Google-affiliated partners and more) about what they do with software and how developers can act and interact.

The first video is an all-inclusive video list that keeps in tune with all things Android that went down at Google I/O. These are the videos that you did not see in the live streaming events during the week, instead concentrating on the events that went on behind the scenes and off-camera. That is to say off-camera until now, of course.

For those of you that want to hit up a slightly smaller category, you’ve got the following three to utilize, each of these having a playlist of their own:
• Design
• Develop
• Distribute

You’ll also be able to follow the rest of our Google I/O 2012 coverage through out giant I/O 2012 portal, and be sure to check out the devices that were released at the events as well: We’ve got full reviews of the Nexus 7 tablet and the Nexus Q media streamer, and of course Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, ready for your perusal!

[via Google Developers Blog]

Google I/O 2012 Android Sessions video playlist open for all is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Ma Bell’s been hard at work on its Watson speech recognition system for years, and 2012 has seen the tech show up in an automobile and a real-time translator app. Months after announcing it would grant Watson’s skills to the developer masses, AT&T has made good on its promise and officially released its Speech API. In case you forgot, AT&T’s Nuance competitor’s been tailored for different use cases — including voice web search, voicemail-to-text and talk-to-text — so that it can offer contextually accurate results in any app. If you’re among the coders itchin’ to test out Watson’s capabilities, head on past the break for a promotional video, then click the source below to sign up for access.

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Facebook’s App Center is having its passport stamped quite a lot lately. Just days after the HTML5 app portal set foot in the UK, it’s making the leap to seven more countries. Brazil, France, Germany, Russia, Spain, Taiwan and Turkey will all get a crack at using web apps both on the desktop as well as in the Android and iOS native clients. The new group is coming onboard in the next few weeks. In the meantime, countries where English makes a frequent appearance — Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, New Zealand, the UK and the US — now supply the App Center for every single user. To help speed along the virtual customs claims, Facebook is trotting out a translation tool to get developers on the right track. It shouldn’t be long before App Center is a mainstay of the entire Facebook world, even though we may end up cursing the company after hour three of a Jetpack Joyride marathon.

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