Segment.io launches iOS and Android SDKs to enable every app analytics solution — all at once

"Mobile analytics is a brand-new field, and no clear winner has emerged yet," Segment.io cofounder Peter Reinhardt says. "So we made it incredibly easy to try them all."

Facebook goes mobile-first with its latest developer tools

The new tools should, the company says, make it easier for mobile developers to play around with Open Graph features on smartphones and tablets. The SDKs also bring better tools for implementing Facebook Login.

Pebble smartwatch gets closer to letting developers create apps by announcing SDK

Pebble, the smartwatch that has gotten a lot of hype from its Kickstarter campaign, will release a software developer kit so developers everywhere can create "watch faces" for the device.

PayPal to developers: Our new mobile payment dev tools don’t stink, we promise!

For PayPal's grand plan of world payment domination to succeed, it needs developers. And to attract devs, it needs tools that don't send them running to competitors.

App developers: need reach, retention, revenue? Scringo doubles time-in-app and recurring sessions

Your app is wonderful, amazing, and awesome, and it's one in a million. Literally.

Facebook updates SDK for iOS to help developers know what’s going on (and make more money)

With tracking capabilities like these, the new SDK is almost starting to impinge on dedicated app analytics solutions like App Annie and Flurry, but of course in a purely Facebook-focused manner.

Apple TV SDK coming in March, says analyst

Feel like being disappointed? If your answer is "no" then you probably shouldn't read about the latest awesome rumor about the Apple TV.

Why play when you can code? MakeGamesWithUs breeds next generation of gaming prodigies

MakeGamesWithUs teaches students how to build iOS games, fostering a new generation of gaming moguls, developers, and entrepreneurs.

Facebook overhauls Android SDK to help app makers reach more people

In what the company is describing as the biggest overhaul yet, Facebook today released a reworked SDK for Android designed to help app makers on the platform get their Facebook-enhanced applications in front of more of the social network's 1 billion members.

Airtag releasing NFC mobile payments developer kit, wishes Apple would help simplify the ecosystem

Tomorrow, the Paris-based company that built MasterCard's PayPass API and counts McDonalds and Reeboks as its mobile commerce clients will release the Airtag Kit: a full collection of everything developers need to start building mobile payment apps.

Microsoft opens Windows Phone 8 SDK preview signups

While the world may be wetting itself over news of the brand spanking new iPhone, Microsoft has just opened signups for its Windows Phone 8 SDK preview.

Facebook extends its iOS 6 integration to app developers with latest SDK

The rekindled relationship between Facebook and Apple will soon bring a deeply integrated Facebook experience to Apple iOS devices that will mean big things for the social network, consumers, and Apple’s developer community. We had an inkling that that would …

The apocalypse is upon us: Walgreens has an API and SDK

Walgreens — yes Walgreens — has released an application programming interface (API) and a software development kit (SDK) to allow mobile developers to enable photo printing from Android and iPhone smartphones. The company has opened a developer portal (and a …

Apple devs may get an SDK to create apps for iTV at WWDC

If you haven’t heard the rumors about Apple’s television by now, you’ve been living under a sad, lonely rock. The company is now reportedly releasing a software developer kit (SDK) for the rumored talking box to create the real TV …

App-building platform Buddy.com grabs funding

Launched in 2011, Buddy.com is a “back-end-as-a-service” startup that provides a place for people to build mobile apps without server-side code. The company announced today it has raised $1.1 million in its seed funding.

Buddy.com has gained popularity for its …

Fusion-io’s new software development kit gives programmers native access to its flash memory

Fusion-io has been mostly known as an enterprise company helping big names like Apple and Facebook to save money on their data center costs.

But today, the company is announcing its first software development kit (SDK) to provide software developers …

Appcelerator gives devs a gateway to mobile cloud services with Titanium 2.0

Appcelerator is doing more than just letting you build mobile apps with the latest version of its mobile development framework, Titanium 2.0. Now the company is also providing an easy way to implement cloud services in your mobile apps — …