Android and iOS users are both fiercely loyalty to their phones of choice. Ask a dedicated iOS user to consider Android and you will often be greeted with a look of bewilderment. Similarly, many Android users can’t understand why anyone would choose to use an Apple device. We have a lot of time for both platforms here at Infragistics, but we do understand users have strong preferences and we recognize the differences…

Stack Overflow is a programming focused question and answer site, first launched in 2008 by Jeff Atwood and Joel Spolsky. It was originally set up as an alternative to Experts Exchange, quickly growing to become a hugely popular site in its own right. The site currently has over 1.5 million registered users, and more than 4 million questions have been asked since it launched.

The site is a big favorite here at Infr…

One of the biggest challenges for Android developers is the swift development of the operating system. No sooner was ‘Ice cream sandwich’ released (December 2011) then ‘Jelly Bean’ came along (twice actually - June and November 2012 - Google didn’t deem the second release worthy of a new name). This poses a number of issues, not least changes to the user interface standards and styles used in the various…

What is a Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional)?

The Microsoft ‘Most Valuable Professional’ (MVP) award is given out by the folks at Redmond to members of the Microsoft community that are judged to be leaders and influencers within their fields. In particular, focus is given to people who are very active online (with things like message boards, blogs, Twitter) as well as at conferences and events.

Microsoft…

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1. 7,412,919 websites are using the HTML5 DocType
http://trends.builtwith.com/docinfo/HTML5-DocType

2. By 2016, more than 50% of Mobile Apps will be Hybrid
http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2324917

3. 75% of North American Internet Users Use Browsers that are Mostly HTML5 Compatible, up from 57% in 2011 
http://www.getelastic.com/html5-infographic/ 

4. About 63% of Mobile Developers are "Very Interested"…

The wait is over! This morning, Infragistics released NetAdvantage Ultimate 13.1 and our related 13.1 toolsets and products to the community. Ultimate 13.1 is the only design and development toolset on the market that lets you create both hybrid and native mobile applications, in addition to modern and touch-friendly apps for the desktop and web. The release includes updated versions of our WPF, Silverlight, iOS (NucliOS…

Twitter Bootstrap is a free set of tools for building web applications. It comprises template files, as well as optional JavaScript extensions. Developed by a couple of engineers at Twitter (hence the name), it was originally designed to help provide some consistency across tools the guys were building internally. Since its first public (open source) release in 2011 (see the blog post here) it has found huge popularity…

It is easy to think that Apple has the monopoly on beautiful mobile apps, but that just isn’t true. The Android platform is home to some stunning products, and here at Infragistics we are doing our bit to help. We have a large number of tools and products that can help you build great looking, new, and innovative Android applications. These products include:

• IndigoStudio - A rapid prototyping tool for creating animated…

The jQuery UK conference starts April 19th. Infragistics is proud to be a key sponsor, and we’re thrilled to show off our HTML5/jQuery toolset, Ignite UI. It is not too late to come along too if you’re just hearing about it.
                                                                                                                                  
In fact, we’ve got a discount code that will give £99 off the standard conference ticket, but be quick! They are limited to the first 10 customers. Use the code “infragistics” to claim…

TED, which stands for “Technology, Entertainment, Design,” is a set of conferences with the stated aim of showcasing “ideas worth spreading.” The conferences were founded in 1984 by graphic designer Richard Saul Wurman, and from those very early days the emphasis was on technology and its related topics.

It wasn’t until 2006 that the talks took a real hold on the public conscious, when they began…

MonoTouch allows developers to create iPhone applications using C# and the .NET framework, instead of Apple’s official development environment and the Objective C language. It is based on the Mono framework, which is an open source project now lead by Xamarin (an Infragistics partner). Mono was first released in 2004 with the initial aim of providing C# development tools for Linux machines. This quickly turned into…

Data Analysis is becoming a hot button requirement for seemingly every facet of organizations today. How are users reviewing and consuming their Data? How do they work most effectively? Check out this Infographic for a quick and easy breakdown.

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A good blog can be a lifesaver for a developer. Some provide good background reading on the industry being worked on. Some provide code help, hints and tips, and other practical resources, while others just provide a well-earned distraction, which can be vital on a complex or challenging project.

Here at Infragistics we provide lots of tools and controls for mobile web and app development. As a result we like to think…

If you use SharePoint for optimizing your business collaboration efforts, Infragistics’ SharePlus tool will enable you to easily access your documents while away from your desktop. In an effort to provide some of our loyal customers a chance to experience one of our newer offerings, Infragistics is hosting a Photo Caption Contest for the first few days of April.

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