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Many updates for Windows 8 Apps
The dance the Bing app starts with an improved search for local content, a file picker which allows you to use images from search results in other apps, and the ability to create thematically related queries. With the Photos app you want after the update also rotate and crop images, and slideshows can be run automatically. The maps app gets a bird's-eye view, over 3000 interior views of buildings, improved navigation function and integration with the Bing search engine.
The Apps Mail, Calendar, People and Messaging now supports IMAP and provide an improved search function and a conversation view of messages in the inbox. Invitations should be possible to accept or reject after the update, or, in the messaging app you can search for contacts in the future. Within the SkyDrive app is the user can search, rename, move files and folders, and change the sort order of the displayed files.
Other announced updates affect the apps finance, news, sports, travel, weather, video, music and games.
Simultaneously with the announcement changed an operating system update the display of the apps from the Store: Were standard previously displayed only apps in the set, preferred language, you can now see all close to 1900 apps, including the languages in others.
Microsoft revamped its App Store for Windows Phone
Software giant Microsoft wants its online shop for Window Phone apps work on a new, to be lehntes tiles design, new features and a new name: From the Marketplace is now the Windows Phone Store. Thus, should also make the download shop entirely under the sign of Windows 8.
Among the new features of the shop, according to Microsoft include an improved search app, which will be based on technology from Microsoft's Bing search engine. Typos on search entries will be automatically corrected that even misspelled words to the right applications run. Also in the search results will now be displayed apps with similar functions or under the same heading. In addition, the categories, sort the apps by popularity or novelty, revised again, but what is currently available only in the web version of the store, and only until the end of the year in the mobile version. Microsoft also promises a news area, which aims to provide an overview of what journalists and bloggers write about the Windows Phones and its ecosystem.
Apps with sexual content should be placed in the new shop rather decent, so Microsoft apparently wants to answer a frequently expressed customer. In addition, there should also be a way to Apps when they prepare for example, technical problems or to be perceived as offensive.
The changes in the online shop to be introduced gradually, region by region, in which, according to Microsoft Australia and New Zealand make a start. The German online store has apparently also been changed, which is currently still no news section can be found.
Windows 8 Store available in 120 countries
With the expansion to 82 more countries opens the Microsoft Windows Store for developers, probably in the hope that the launch of Windows 8 on 26 October a sufficiently attractive range will be available to apps. For a total of 120 country markets can therefore now apps for Windows 8 and Windows RT filed.
Inhibitions to develop apps and the Windows Store will be submitted to reduce access to a free developer account. For subscribers of MSDN packages Visual Studio Professional, Test Professional, Premium, Ultimate and BizSpark access for one year for free. As part of the DreamSpark program for students and for the general BizSpark program, there are comparable products.
An overview of tools and other resources for developing Windows 8 apps can be found in the Windows Development Center, including sample apps, design materials, toolkits for Visual Studio 2012 and SDKs (Software Development Kits), for example, the Windows Live world-tailed apps or for incorporating advertising.
Apps for Google with new functions
In addition, presentations can also be viewed on iPhone or iPad. It should also be the speaker notes area, also can be found in the full screen mode and with wiping gestures between films and back again. In addition, new folder is created, files are stored in folders, and content can be uploaded directly from the device in the Google cloud.
The enhancements to the Android app version 1.1.4.12 include according to Google along with the new capabilities of the iOS version, the ability to add comments, reply to existing comments and view spreadsheets in Google documents.
In the future, Google still further features in view, among other native editing and real-time collaboration for Google Spreadsheets spreadsheet. The apps are available via the Play-Store or on iTunes for download. Be provided at least Android 2.1 or iOS 5.0.
Survey: Developers prefer jQuery for mobile web apps
Although nearly 600 mobile application developers have voted in a poll of the Mozilla Foundation, claims to a scientific study it found that the results are not. They gave but an idea of the preferred tools and target platforms, the HTML5 "evangelist" Christian Heilmann wrote in his presentation of the results.
The main target platforms are among respondents the Web, iOS and Android - "focus" respectively 63, 44 and 31 per cent on it. Windows Phone and BlackBerry are again for 39 and 51 percent of respondents as platforms not at all interesting.
By web developers using an overwhelming majority jQuery or jQuery Mobile, whose minimalist replica Zepto.js is nevertheless still at 20 percent. However, many participants used self-written JavaScript libraries rather than finished frameworks, writes Heilmann. For "disturbingly high" he holds the 15 percent share of the users of Sencha Touch. This framework only supported Webkit browsers such as Chrome and Safari. Mozilla should try to help the developers in the integration of additional browser, writes Heilmann.
Hardly play a role hitherto visual HTML5 editor like Adobe Edge, which Heilmann returns, among other things, that they are often still in the beta testing stage. Almost a third of respondents to test their app with the Webkit engine. About half of them reasoned that the time required, the testing requires with other browsers, 42 percent do not know what brings support for more browsers.
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