[ Developer] HTML5 is the longer term, or so says open Web proponents. Everything you are able to do in native code on Android or iOS, they claim you are able to do in HTML5. While that can be true, you couldn’t earn money with a HTML5 app at the Amazon Appstore until today. Amazon announced this morning that HTML5 app developers can now resubmit their Web apps to the Amazon Appstore today and charge for it. Previously, all Web apps were required to be free before being allowed at the Appstore. There’s no reason stated behind the policy change, but it’s likely as a result of Amazon seeing some success with Web apps on its Appstore. So, how does this all work? If you’re new to the Amazon Appstore, you just have to name a cost at the “Availability & Pricing” tab under their Developer Account. After doing so, just hit publish. In the event you have already got a broadcast HTML5 app at... Read More »

[ Developer] Earlier this year, Google launched universal analytics for everybody. On the time, it said the brand new tools would help businesses “measure how people actually become and remain loyal customers.” That’s great and all, but you’ve got found that universal analytics isn’t that simple to implement. In the newest episode of Behind the Code, Google’s Developer Programs Engineer Andrew Wales and Product Manager Nick Mihailovski discuss how one can go about upgrading to universal analytics. Additionally they open the ground to any and all questions people was having in regards to the upgrade process. If you’re the least bit bit enthusiastic about universal analytics, you’re going to need to observe this video. If you might want to learn more about universal analytics, take a look at Google’s original announcement from last year. [Image: GoogleDevelopers/YouTube]

[ Developer] Back in 2011, Facebook launched its bug bounty program, wherein it should pay users disclosing security bugs which have previously gone undiscovered. The company kindly reminded people who it wouldn’t sue them in the event that they gave it an inexpensive period of time to reply to the report before making any information public. This week, the corporate announced that it awarded its biggest bug bounty payout ever – $33,550, which went to Reginaldo Silva. “In November, we were reading through incoming bug reports and stumbled on a claim we would have liked to research straight away: arbitrary file reads,” the corporate said in an update at the Facebook Bug Bounty Page. “The report was well written and included proof of concept code, so we were capable of reproduce the difficulty easily. After running the proof of concept to confirm the problem, we filed an urgent task—triggering notifications to our on-call employees.” The issue was an XML external entities vulnerability, that could have... Read More »

[ Developer] For the longest time, developers of Facebook apps were met with an analogous ol’ Website once they visited the official Facebook Developers portal. Now those self same developers are in for a treat as Facebook has decided to offer its developer portal a whole makeover. Facebook Developers announced today on its blog that it completely remodeled its Web page to make it easier for you, the developer, to locate what you’re in search of. The services they provide, including API documentation and app submissions, have also been completely revamped. Here’s what the hot landing page looks as if: Facebook says the hot design will make right here easier: Manage your apps and configure Facebook integrations Navigate our improved documentation Submit your app to Facebook App Center with a simplified flow Find and report bugs with a faster response turnaround Learn in regards to the latest updates and news relevant to you on our homepage Oh, and before you go running off to ascertain... Read More »

Google has just extended an invite to developers and marketers to participate within the beta for the true Time Reporting API for Google Analytics. Google first launched real time analytics back in 2011. Since then, it’s been a must-use feature of Google Analytics, giving people a glimpse at where there traffic is coming from because it is occurring. “Manually taking action and being informed in regards to the immediate performance of your site is amazing, however it’s not realistic to sit down at your computer 24/7 and benefit from these insights,” Google says in a blog post. “Also and maybe more importantly, your reflexes can never be as fast as computers. So the subsequent logical step has always been to programmatically take action using real-time analytics.” With the API, you may make queries about real-time data and use the information in various apps to fit your needs. “One of the immediate use cases is to regulate the content in your webpage,” the corporate says. “For... Read More »