Google shuffles the head of Android to a new role, folding Android under the Chrome division. We take live calls and speculate on the long-term possible transition from Android to ChromeOS, how it would impact developers and how the transition could be accomplished.

Plus rumor has it Windows Phone 8 will lose support in July 2014, and the dark cloud of uncertainty around the struggling platform this creates.

Then the hard choice when developing for desktop Linux, the Samsung problem, and much more!

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Dev Hoopla

• mdominick.com – Chrome > Android

My guess is that the conversion will start slow. Perhaps Google will start to push Chrome apps for the Android version of Chrome. Maybe in a year, when those rumored Google stores start to show, we’ll see a Chrome for Mobile “developer phone.” Regardless of the conversion starts, my bet is that within the next five years Google will start publically pushing Chrome as its next generation operating system.

• Samsung Dominates Android, Threatens HTC and Google (Videos – International Business Times

Google is fixing its eyes on its favoured partner, Samsung. The Android OS made the South Korean tech giant become the dominant smartphone maker in the world with nearly 215 million smartphones in 2012 or 40 per cent of the global market.

• Apple leads mobile revenues, well ahead of Samsung | Electronista

Data released by UK\’s Juniper Research shows that although Samsung has retaken the smartphone sales lead from Apple, with 42.2 million sold against 35.1 million, Apple is easily leading in terms of revenue from mobile sales. It estimates that Apple\’s mobile revenues were $29.3 billion, when including the iPad. By comparison, Samsung\’s revenue from all mobile devices including feature phones came in at $17 billion.

They\’re actually generating more than 100 percent of the industry\’s earnings — 106 percent, to be precise — according to a report from Canaccord Genuity.

That may seem impossible, but it\’s largely because rivals — like Research In Motion, Nokia, and Motorola — posted operating losses during the September quarter, the firm said.

• Apple, Samsung control 106 percent of industry\’s profits | Mobile – CNET News

• Apple vs. Samsung: The Longer Vie

• Samsung, Apple grow U.S. phone sales as others lag — Tech News and Analysis

• Microsoft Says Windows Phone 8 Support Ends July 2014, Still No Official Successor Announced | TechCrunch

• Mainstream support for WP 8 ends July 2014, WP 7.8 September 2014

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Microsoft leaves developers in a lurch with the death of XNA, Blackberry 10’s early results look promising, Microsoft won’t admit they\’re an Enterprise company, and the mixed message the Surface Pro sends developers.

Plus the Python vs Ruby debate is finally settled, Mike publicly admits his chicken habit, and we answer audience questions.

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• Mark writes: “In your honest, and sometime brutal opinion, which language should prevail? Which language has the best win32com support/modules? All the machines at my job run Windows 7, while personally, I have a 13\” Macbook Pro with Mountain Lion dual-booting Ubuntu 12.04.”
• Tushar writes: “since neither Apple or Google require you to release the source code of your app when you submit it for approval, you could hide stuff that activate themselves at the customers end. “
• Michael writes in suggesting that the Ubuntu Phone is not targeted at the US market.

Dev World Hoopla

• BB10 is out

• Surface Pro?

• Code Journal for iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch

• RIP XNA

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• Source Tree

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Michael and Chris discuss the state of XNA, different options when entering the game market, the basics you need to think about, and a bit of a reality check.

Plus – Should everyone start with C? And much more of your feedback!

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• Tzvi heard that new coders should start with C. Also, wants to know what a Javascript framework is
• Niklas’ email: Money from OSS
• Simon shares an open-source German project management tool
• George reminds me of my favorite type of debugging — Rubber Duck BABY!
• Alex writes in to share OpenHatch
• Mike N has a question for Chris
• Voytek wants to know what I think of RubyMotion for iOS
• Brandon reminds us that sometimes changing a project’s stack makes sense.
• Derrik would like my thoughts on Lua.

Why Games Why Today?

• Spelunky
• Fez
• XBLA allows first F2P game!!! Happy Wars

What doth make a game dev?

• It has never been easier / cheaper to get started.
• Platforms.
• Required knowledge.
• Budget??? or you can’t afford to make WOW 2

Platform platform, my kingdom for a platform!

• Console?
• Mobile?
• Desktop?
• Web?
• Is one better than the others? How do you choose?

Tools for every wallet size!

• Native or web?
• 2D or 3D?
• Unity 3d
• Monogame
• Cocos2D
• OpenGL / Direct2D?

Monetization

• Free to play == fad? or here to stay?
• When free to play goes bad…. the Gaskteball story

Tool of the week

• Tiled

Book of the week

• Think Like a Programmer

Plugs

• Code Journal Direct
• Code Journal App Store
• Consulting?

The post For the Love of the Game | CR 12 first appeared on Jupiter Broadcasting.

As Yoda would say — “Always in motion the future is”. Change is a fact of life and a fact of software development. It’s great to be the one driving change, but what happens when change seems to be driving you?

This week’s all about gritting your teeth and hanging on.

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• Cole is doing some Django but is wondering if ROR generates enough HTML/JS that he would not have to fiddle with it if he used ROR.
• Chris writes in to share some QT deployment wisdom and to share his current OSS project: personal audio server
• Macarthur writes us a letter in C/C++ and took extra care to have it compile on compilers and machines. Also,has some interesting ideas on OO.
• Macarthur (maybe same dude?) writes in to tell us that he has great success with Clang+LLVM for debugging but releases uses GCC.
• Forlian writes in to share his success with Pomodoro and shares an extension for GNOME
• Daniel asks about design patterns and needs a jumping off place for research.
• Nick is using D with QT but is having a hard time configuring QTD. Also, some clarifications on Mike C++ and Java.
• Jason’s Email — Jason has a tough choice to make. Oh and he made me build his email with Ant — Java fans REJOICE!
• Ewoud writes in to remind us that there a lot of embedded developers out there working in C and to offer Bill (our aspiring Linux dev) some encouragement. Oh Also, he has robotics experience, so when the robots take over — blame him.

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Castles on Sand

• Platforms and frameworks are great… until they move your cheese.
• Case Study: Phil Phish’s Fez and XNA.
• Here today gone tomorrow — what do you mean it’s not supported???

Orders from on High

• Management can be… interesting in some of their technical decisions. What happens when your specialty becomes legacy.
• About those distribution platforms.

Tool of the Week

• OmniPlan

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