Snap is opening up to more creators. The self-proclaimed camera company released Lens Studio on Thursday as a way for developers to build augmented-reality experiences for Snapchat.
The tool, available as a desktop app on Mac and Windows, is similar …
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Sorry, Snapchat: Facebook just unleashed its own ‘dancing hot dog’ studio
Get ready for the next dancing hot dog.
Facebook opened up its AR studio on Tuesday to everyone and released its own “world effects,” AKA features that let users augment the world around them through their smartphones and adapt as objects move …
Apple’s widened ban on templated apps is wiping small businesses from the App Store
ollowing its Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple released updated App Store guidelines that included a new rule allowing it to ban apps created by a “commercialized template or app generation service.” The understanding at the time was this was part of Apple’s larger App Store cleanup, and the focus was on helping rid the marketplace of low-quality clone and spam apps.… Read More
Apple introduces a new pay-per-install ad product called Search Ads Basic
Apple today is introducing a new way for app developers to acquire users for their apps: it’s launching a pay-per-install advertising product called Search Ads Basic. The “basic” branding signals that this product is being aimed at smaller developers compared with the existing Search Ads product, which is now being renamed to Search Ads Advanced. Launched last year, Search… Read More
Chinese developers make almost a quarter of global App Store earnings, says Tim Cook
Tim Cook made a trip to China for the country’s World Internet Conference and gave a surprise keynote address, where he brought good news for app developers: They’re making a ton of money.
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Amazon made a camera to give its image recognition tech to developers
Amazon wants to make it much easier for developers to use its image recognition capabilities.
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Alexa developers can now use notifications, soon personalize apps based on users’ voices
Amazon says it will allow Alexa skill developers to alert customers using notifications starting today, and soon, it will allow them to recognize users’ individual voices as part of their skill-building process. These changes, along with other developer enhancements, are being announced this morning at Amazon’s re:Invent conference in Las Vegas, where the company delved into the… Read More
Overclock Labs bets on Kubernetes to help companies automate their cloud infrastructure
Overclock Labs wants to make it easier for developers to deploy and manage their applications across clouds. To do so, the company is building tools to automate distributed cloud infrastructure and unsurprisingly, it is betting on containers — and specifically the Kubernetes container orchestration tools — to do this. Today, Overclock Labs, which was founded two years ago, is… Read More
Google’s chatbot analytics platform Chatbase launches to public
At Google I/O this year, Google quietly introduced a new chatbot analytics platform called Chatbase, a project developed within the company’s internal R&D incubator, Area 120. Today, that platform is being publicly launched to all, after testing with hundreds of early adopters including Ticketmaster, HBO, Keller Williams, Viber, and others. The idea behind Chatbase’s cloud… Read More
Twitter launches lower-cost subscription access to its data through new Premium APIs
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The iPhone X has the best display of any iPhone ever, but if you’re among the throngs of people lining up to buy one this week, don’t expect all your apps to look perfect right away.
That’s because the changes Apple introduced with the iPhone X were so dramatic, developers have had to scramble to update their apps to optimize them for the device. And despite Apple’s continued reminders to developers over the last few weeks, many developers still have not made the necessary changes yet.
It’s hard to say exactly how many apps have been updated to be iPhone X compatible over the last few weeks, though more and more updates are appearing in the App Store each day. According to analytics from marketing firm Sensor Tower, about 2,700 app updates since the day after the iPhone X launch refer to “iPhone X” in their release notes — suggesting that the number is in the low thousands. Read more…
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