Touch is no longer just a concern of tablet and smartphone application development. In a world where computing is increasingly seeing the adoption of touch and the associated action of swiping,..
For many mobile application development platforms, accessing a mobile device's camera is complicated and time consuming. With our next major release, it's easy. A common requirement in many ..
As we have written about at length on this blog, Alpha has fully embraced HTML5 mobile app development. While our powerful component based architecture enables developers to quickly and easily..
Automatically Changing the Entire Layout of the UX Component on a Device Orientation Change Event A common design pattern in mobile applications is to have completely different screen layouts..
With the upcoming Alpha Anywhere (Alpha Five v12), our goal is to create a platform that takes some of the most common yet complex aspects of mobile app development and distills them into simple..
In their recent report " Understanding the 'Mobile Shift': Obsession with the Mobile Channel Obscures the Shift to Ubiquitous Computing" report, the Digital Clarity Group (DCG) offers a..
The IDC Mobile Enterprise Report for Q1 2013 is well worth looking at for mobile enterprise developers, or anyone interested in mobile enterprise application development. Enterprise adoption of..
One of the key differences between desktop/laptop computers and mobile devices is the ability of smartphones and tablets to have the orientation of their screen's switched - just try flipping..
Are we entering a Post-PC World?..or a New Era of Personal Computing?
There is a lot of discussion right now about how the PC fits into the rapidly emerging and transformative Mobile Era, and the increasing importance of mobile cross-platform development from a..
Recently, Steve Workings, who is a well known Alpha developer and trainer (as well as an Alpha Anywhere beta tester) was asked to give a presentation on how to develop mobile apps in the next..
This article, published in USA TODAY, highlights two significant trends for software developers who are tackling business application development in this Mobile Era. The first relates to the..
As we all know the world of computing and software application development is changing. Mobile has ushered in a new era where we interact with our mobile devices through a brand new user..
by Mark D. FlanaganA recent Business Report titled " Mobile Computing Is Just Getting Started" published in the MIT Technology Review focuses on how to make money in the rapidly expanding and evolving..
Reporting: a crucial part of most business apps. Mobile, the next frontier for business and enterprise reporting.
Alpha Five reporting for duty in the new "mobile plus" world where performance and HTML is key and the ability to export reports to Excel and Word is a big plus.As anyone who has been in involved..
There has to be a better way to build mission-critical business applications in today’s Mobile-Plus era. The good news is that soon there will be.