The 500 Startups-backed app analytics firm SearchMan is debuting a new tool for mobile developers looking to quickly get a sense of how discoverable their application is inside App Store Search. This metric is more important than ever, following the changes to the iOS 6 App Store in September which have impacted developer rankings …
Read More »Gamer chat app Discord hits 25 million users, can now be used in developers’ own games
Jason Citron, who previously founded and sold the early mobile social gaming network OpenFeint, returned to gaming startups with the launch of Discord in May 2015. This voice and text chat app for gamers — a challenger to incumbents like Skype and Teamspeak — has since grown to 25 million registered users, who are sending 100 …
Read More »Ex-Zynga Developers Land $2.5 Million For New Studio JuiceBox Games
Three former Zynga developers have raised $2.5 million to build out their new gaming studio, JuiceBox Games, on the back of the release of their first gaming title HonorBound. With 3 million downloads and counting, JuiceBox’s first game is already generating revenue for the company. The game is ranked 94 …
Read More »Indie developers ditch controllers for real-life interactions
If there’s one thing E3 was not short of, it was controllers. Thousands of the things! Xbox controllers, Dual Shock controllers, third party controllers, motion controllers. But at Indiecade, an independent games showcase at the show, developers devised a variety of ways to play with no controller at all, making …
Read More »Google acquires Qwiklabs to teach developers cloud skills
Google today announced that it has acquired Qwiklabs, a hands-on learning platform for those who want to become more familiar with operating cloud environments and writing applications that run on them. Qwiklabs, which launched in 2012, has only focused on teaching skills for Amazon’s AWS platform so far. Given AWS’ dominance in …
Read More »Google now lets developers write apps for the Assistant on Google Home
Google today announced that all developers (and not just those in its private preview program), can start bringing their applications and services to the Google Assistant, starting with what the company calls “conversation actions” on Google Home. This allows developers to create back-and-forth conversations with users through the Assistant and users …
Read More »AWS X-Ray gives developers a way to look into every little operation in their applications
Amazon today is rolling out a tool to help developers dive deep into their existing applications to diagnose each element of the application’s processes in order to get a full snapshot of how an application is performing. Called X-Ray, developers can use the tool to dive into individual processes in …
Read More »AWS lets developers execute Lambda functions on edge locations with Lambda@Edge
Today, Amazon said it was rolling out a tool called Lambda@Edge, that allows developers to execute Lambda functions at edge locations on a content delivery network, cutting down the time needed to make a process. With Lambda@Edge, developers can do processing at the edge locations without having to go back to …
Read More »Google Home Developers Can Now Create Conversation Actions
Google is making it easier for developers to create software for their Google Home platform, the company has announced some new Conversation Actions which will make it easier for developers. The Conversation Actions can be used to deliver information, and more and users will not need to install an app …
Read More »Sony Announces Full List Of Publishers and Developers Attending PlayStation Experience
This year’s PlayStation Experience is almost here, and ahead of it, Sony have gone ahead and announced the full list of game companies that will be exhibiting at the event. The full list includes 67 game publishers and developers, from all over the world. The list includes some of the …
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