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BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha

Posted by GregRJacobs on May 19, 2012

There has been much excitement since the BlackBerry 10 Jam conference that was hosted in Florida to give developers a look and feel for what is coming next from RIM. One of the most exciting things for the developers at the conference was the BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha. This device is a...

We Welcome A New Commenting System

Posted by GregRJacobs on May 17, 2012

Here at Binary Wasteland we not only strive to bring you the latest in developer news and development tutorials. No, we pride ourselves on giving you a consistently great experience right down to the way you leave comments for us. That is why we are excited to announce that we have...

The End Of Days Is Here…Need More Servers…

Posted by GregRJacobs on May 15, 2012

We mean this in the sense that Diablo 3 has finally come for those developers who grew up on the series. We also having pre-ordered the game ourselves mean it to in the sense that the game seemed to be plagued with connection and server issues as of 12:01 PDT this morning. We realize...

Aviary for Windows Phone 7 – A New SDK

Posted by GregRJacobs on May 14, 2012

With the likes of application developers such as the makers of Rowi and 4th and Mayor (coming soon) using this SDK what is not to be excited about. You may be wondering what Aviary is and we are excited to tell you it is a free to implement photo editing SDK for Windows Phone that has...

Minecraft Fans Get Ready For May 9th!

Posted by GregRJacobs on May 4, 2012

With a subtle announcement on Twitter by Markus Perrson (@notch) by tweeting just a link it is official. Minecraft XBOX 360 edition will be coming to the XBOX Live Arcade May 9th! The game will cost 1600 Microsoft Points so start your saving or XBOX Live Rewards earning now! This is...

Calling Windows Phone Developers There Is A Dev Summit!

Posted by GregRJacobs on May 3, 2012

This is interesting news to be sure. Microsoft has put out a call for a Developer Summit on Windows Phone to be held June 20 – 21 in San Francisco, CA. We are intrigued by this and might have to see how time permits to try and get down for this event. June is an interesting time to...

BlackBerry 10 SDK Toolkit Now Available!

Posted by GregRJacobs on May 2, 2012

Exciting news is the new BB10 Dev Alpha being announced. Even better than that you may ask would be for an SDK to start developing applications for the BB10 platform. Well this came around yesterday (we don’t know how we missed it) and is available for download off of the...

Rim Shows Off BB10 Dev Alpha At BlackBerry World

Posted by GregRJacobs on May 1, 2012

Very exciting times this morning indeed as Thorsten Heins announced and showcased the BB10 Dev Alpha for developers. It is key to note that this is not BB10 running on the device, it is the PlayBook OS tailored for the device. It is also not the final hardward either so this is...

BlackBerry 10 Jam Coverage

Posted by GregRJacobs on Apr 30, 2012

For those looking for coverage of BlackBerry 10 Jam and any news associated with it, here will be the place to check! We have made it so that any posts related to the Jam Conference will appear at the bottom of the page. It will be a busy three days for developers and we want to keep...

Microsoft and Barnes & Noble Combine Forces

Posted by GregRJacobs on Apr 30, 2012

In a very interesting turn of events, Microsoft and Barnes and Noble have announced a partnership to bring a new subsidiary for digital content (eBooks, magazines, newspapers) to the Microsoft OS Platforms. This is exciting news for Windows Phone 7 users as this will give users another...

BlackBerry 10 Jam Coverage On Binary Wasteland

Posted by GregRJacobs on Apr 30, 2012

BlackBerry 10 Jam is coming up fast and for those unfamiliar it will be all about BlackBerry developers! This is where BlackBerry platform developers will gather and gain insight into the new BlackBerry 10 OS as well as how to develop for it. We are unable to make it to the actual...

Windows 8 Coming In Just 3 Flavours…

Posted by GregRJacobs on Apr 27, 2012

If you think we are joking…think again. This is a game changer for Microsoft and the Windows Platform for sure. In Windows Vista we had 5 different versions and for those of us who thought bigger was better went for the Ultimate versions (I know I did…). Then in Windows 7 we...

Microsoft’s Steven Sinofsky Announces Windows 8 Release Preview Coming First Week Of June.

Posted by MikeNorris on Apr 24, 2012

Anxiously awaiting the next big Windows 8 pre-release update or the hallowed Release Candidate build? Well, some bittersweet news this morning from Microsoft’s President of the Windows division, Steven Sinofsky, at a Microsoft event in Japan, by way of the @BuildWindows8 twitter...

Windows Phone “Apollo” What We Want To See…

Posted by GregRJacobs on Apr 20, 2012

Windows Phone 7 has been quite talked about the last few weeks with news of Windows Phone Tango being released in China. Now we are coming around to speculating what Windows Phone 8 “Apollo” will bring to the table. Many can and will speculate on what features they would like to see...

Developer Bits & Bytes – David Magnotti (Noble Ox Technology LLC)

Posted by GregRJacobs on Apr 20, 2012

Today we are excited to bring you a Developer Bits and Bytes interview that is quite impressive. We have David Magnotti who attempted and started programming at a very young age. He now runs his own company, Noble Ox Technology LLC, which produces applications and also contracts out its...

Poll Results: Visual Studio vs XCode

Posted by GregRJacobs on Apr 19, 2012

A while back we asked our reader base, Twitter, Facebook and the Application Developer Alliance forums to weight in. On what you may ask? If they have used both Visual Studio and XCode, which one is their preferred development environment. Well, we have been thoroughly reminded that a...

HTML5 Developers Get Excited…About Marmalade 6.0

Posted by GregRJacobs on Apr 17, 2012

We love when it is possible to create cross-platform applications and reach many more users than on just one system. The thing is that learning the new languages required and the code for the new OS can sometimes be quite difficult especially if there is no equivalent object in the new...

Go Ahead…Fork Us!

Posted by GregRJacobs on Apr 13, 2012

Not meaning to be rude be we really do want you to fork us! On Github that is. We have decided that any projects that we develop in our series will will place the entire contents on our Github accounts. It may not be the prettiest code in the world but if you want to check it out, give...

Developer Bits & Bytes – Hessel van Tuinen (HT Applications)

Posted by GregRJacobs on Apr 13, 2012

This weeks Developer Bits & Bytes series we have a chance to interview Hessel van Tuinen who works for his own entrepreneurial start-up, HT Applications! It is always good to see entrepreneurial ventures as it gives you a sense of what you will be faced with if you decide to take...

Windows Phone 7 “Mango” Development 201

Posted by GregRJacobs on Apr 11, 2012

Well, it has finally come down to it, Windows Phone 7 “Mango” Development 201 is finally complete. This usually means that you can take a break, grab a coffee and possibly go outside for some fresh air. Binary Wasteland enjoys bringing you the latest and greatest in...

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What does it take to have a Windows Phone application pass certification?

Posted by GregRJacobs on Apr 16, 2012

This is a subject of much debate as it seems that some applications have a harder time than others passing certification. A good example of this is the issues that Carbon...

C Sharp: Search Files & Folders For Metadata

Posted by GregRJacobs on Mar 24, 2012

It has been some time since we have posted some code so we decided that we wanted the ability to search any folder we wanted for Office documents and return specific information....

Notifications in Android

Posted by Carl Coleman on Apr 10, 2012

Adding notifications to your applications is a great way to let the user know that something is happening, whether it be a download from the Internet, a long running database...

BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha

Posted by GregRJacobs on May 19, 2012

There has been much excitement since the BlackBerry 10 Jam conference that was hosted in Florida to give developers a look and feel for what is coming next from RIM. One of the...

BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha

May 19, 2012

May 17, 2012

The End Of Days Is Here…Need More Servers…

May 15, 2012

May 14, 2012

Over has taken drastic steps to push mass adoption of new OS X updates in recent years by way of lower costs. Snow Leopard and Lion were both “cheap” all things considered at $29. Mountain Lion looks like it will continue the trend. Windows on the other hand hasn’t been made available as cheaply as easily for all customers, most notably...

May 14, 2012

May 7, 2012

We have now reached the end of Blackberry development 101. It is a good day when you have completed a project and bringing it to fruition. This is exactly what has happened. Together we have created an application that gives the user the ability to add customer data, store it, and manipulate it locally. After all of this we also have submitted the Blackberry...