I Programmer News

New XBox One - New Kinect

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:35:11 GMT

The gaming world has been waiting for the new XBox and Microsoft has just announced some vague details of what is waiting in the wings. But just as important is news of the new Kinect that is an essential part of the new system.

Win A PhoneGap Book - Final Few Days

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

If you haven't yet entered our competition to win a copy of PhoneGap Mobile App, you have until May 25th to correctly identify what Phone Gap is.

Google Shuts Services But Quietly

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Over the past week Google has quietly shut down a number of services while getting us to focus on its shiny new offerings. But there have been some important casualties. The mentality of slash and burn seems to be alive and well at Google.

Kivy 1.7 Released

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:17:32 GMT

A new version of Python library Kivy has been released with an Android Emulator and innovations for organizing widgets and addons.

Gmail Adds Actions - Do You Want to Use Them?

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:10:33 GMT

The idea of including standard actions within emails might be a good one - but whose standard? Actions turn email into powerful interactive mini-apps and a source of valuable information for Google. So should you employ this proprietary technology?

Arduino IDE 1.0.5 Released

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

The last of the Version 1 Arduino IDE upgrades has been released. It may only be a decimal point change, but there is a lot going on at the moment.

Clippy Lives! This Time In JavaScript

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:34:45 GMT

If you remember Clippy then the idea that he is back might make your blood run cold - but this time it's different. Clippy, and his friends Merlin, Rover and Links, are back in the form of a JavaScript library. Maybe they were just before their time.

Android Gets New Geo APIs

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

One of the smaller items of news from Google IO is that there are now three new Android Geo APIs that will make it easier to build location and activity information into apps.

Terra - A Language For Lua

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

A new low-level programming language, Terra, has been designed to work with Lua to generate code for high performance computing.

Arduino Yún Brings WiFi

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:19:08 GMT

The Arduino Yún has been unveiled as the first of a family of wifi products that combine Arduino with Linux by using a system on a chip running Linino, a customized version of OpenWRT.