For many of you, the name Niantic Labs may sound familiar. Niantic Labs is the developer of Ingress, the famous game that combines augmented reality with a global online competition for the conquest of the key points of various cities around the globe. The Google gaming company is heading for a new collaboration with HarperCollins, ...

New Android versions are always a cause for celebration as Google works some interesting new features into its mobile OS. Similarly, updates to Google Play Service should be met with the same kind of enthusiasm as Android app developers get more features to play around with. Google has announced a new version of Play Services, ...

Streaming live video is definitely the hot category in the social media space. There’s nothing quite like being able to watch someone live, comment on the action as it happens, get actual responses from the broadcaster and have a conversation with other viewers. MEDL Mobile, the maker, developer, and marketer of mobile apps, last year ...

GitHub, which offers web development software service, has added another string to its bow by acquiring the specialist web design online firm Easel. For those who do not know Easel: it is a paid tool to create simple websites (landing pages and prototypes) using a high-fidelity, in-browser platform. Easel can also be used for prototyping ...

Who will be surprised to learn that game players are also lovers of pizzas? Know your audience is the first marketing rule. The fast-food chain Pizza Hut had recognized this a year back when it launched an app on Xbox 360 that allowed players to place orders directly from the console. Just after two quarters ...

Virtual reality development is limited to certain niche companies only, but that is about to change now. After partnering more than dozen of players to build future Steam Machine, Valve is reportedly about to release a standard interface for virtual reality controllers next week. The BBC reported that Valve will release a software development kit ...

Last year has been a great year for Valve who unveiled Steam Machine console concept and prototype, SteamOS beta and the Steam Controller. This year, Valve is making real leaps and bounds towards providing a real consumer product and most likely a brand new market niche. Valve Steam Machine’s big moment arrived atop the Palms ...

While Google is improving its wearable computer, another Silicon Valley startup is developing an alternative to Google Glass. The augmented system, developed by Atheer Labs, lets you view the virtual objects, but also to touch them and move in space. Atheer Labs plans to use its technology in digital glasses, smart watches, and other advanced ...

Many organizations have in recent years focused on the implementation of Agile software development principles. This has mainly focused on better cooperation between the business and IT development. After the software is developed, and tested, it needs to be deployed to a production environment. When installing the software, often many problem can emerge. Because it ...

Broadcom, whose reputation is well established in the market for Wi-Fi circuits, is to expand its portfolio of wireless connectivity solutions for embedded Wireless Internet Connectivity for Embedded Devices (WICED) with a new software development kit (SDK) for developers. Broadcom’s WICED Audio SDK enables developers to write programs to enable high-definition audio streaming over a ...