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Ouya developer consoles to ship on December 28 alongside SDK

Ouya developer consoles to ship on December 28 alongside SDK
  • Posted December 3, 2012, 7:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Gaming
  • Ouya, the company behind the self-titled gaming console that gained a considerable amount of fame and donations thanks to a month-long stint on Kickstarter, is reportedly right on schedule. The device’s founders have said the console will ship to early…

Microsoft SmartGlass SDK now available to select partners

Microsoft SmartGlass SDK now available to select partners
  • Posted June 22, 2012, 12:30 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Microsoft, Gaming With Video
  • Moving ahead with its Xbox SmartGlass project, which aims to use your smartphone or tablet as a second screen in the Xbox 360 experience, Microsoft is already providing access to the software development kit for select partners with “agreements to…

Microsoft releases Kinect for Windows hardware and SDK 1.0

Microsoft releases Kinect for Windows hardware and SDK 1.0
  • Posted February 1, 2012, 11:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Software, Microsoft
  • Microsoft has released Kinect for Windows hardware and the first official SDK is now available for download. The Kinect for Windows hardware is optimized for computers running Windows 7, Windows Embedded Standard 7 and Windows 8 Developer Preview.

Android 4.0.3 to trickle out "in the weeks ahead"

Android 4.0.3 to trickle out "in the weeks ahead"
  • Posted December 19, 2011, 4:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Mobile Computing, Software
  • On Friday, Google announced 4.0.3 as the next incremental update to hit Ice Cream Sandwich, the colloquial name for its Android 4.x platform. This update features various bug fixes, optimizations and a handful of new APIs for developers.

Kinect for Windows commercial SDK launching early 2012

Kinect for Windows commercial SDK launching early 2012
  • Posted October 31, 2011, 3:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Microsoft, Software With Video
  • Microsoft made the Kinect for Windows SDK beta available for download earlier this year, enabling programmers to create applications for PCs utilizing motion-sensing technology. Although that release involved a non-commercial version of the SDK…

Crytek releases CryENGINE 3 SDK free of charge

Crytek releases CryENGINE 3 SDK free of charge
  • Posted August 19, 2011, 10:27 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Gaming, Software
  • Crytek has announced that they will be releasing their CryENGINE 3 SDK for anyone to download free of charge. According to CEO Cevat Yerli, this free SDK contains all of the features of its commercial version, including game sample code…

Microsoft releases Kinect for Windows SDK Beta

Microsoft releases Kinect for Windows SDK Beta
  • Posted June 16, 2011, 1:30 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Microsoft, Software
  • As promised, Microsoft has made the Kinect for Windows SDK beta available for download, enabling programmers to create applications for PCs utilizing motion-sensing technology. This non-commercial version of the SDK will give users full access to everything the peripheral has…

SoftKinetic releases free 3D gesture SDK, before Microsoft

  • Posted February 28, 2011, 1:18 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Hardware, Software With Video
  • Less than a week ago, Microsoft announced plans for a Kinect SDK sometime in Spring 2011. Today, Belgian 3D interface company SoftKinetic has launched version 2.8 of its own free SDK. It's not just for the Kinect, and it comes…

Google releases Android 3.0 SDK preview

Google releases Android 3.0 SDK preview
  • Posted January 27, 2011, 12:26 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Software
  • Google has released a platform preview for Android 3.0 (codenamed Honeycomb) and an updated set of SDK tools. The new version includes a refined UI framework for large-screen devices plus various tablet-centric tweaks, as well as a new animation framework,…

Windows Phone 7 marketplace hits 1000 apps, SDK updated

Windows Phone 7 marketplace hits 1000 apps, SDK updated
  • Posted October 26, 2010, 9:24 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Mobile Computing, Software
  • With less than a month since its official debut Windows Phone 7 has already achieved it’s first major milestone: 1,000 available applications. Although Microsoft’s app Marketplace pales in comparison to its main competitors, including Google which recently announced breaking the…

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