Monthly Archives: March 2012

New Contributors: Rory and Martin

Posted on March 31, 2012 by

We have two new contributors:  Rory Craig-Barnes (glasspear) is contributing to bbUI.js and WebWorks-Samples. Martin Kleinschrodt (MaKleSoft) is contributing to WebWorks-Community-APIs. Welcome to both!  And an encouragement to others to participate in any of our projects.  Some, like WebWorks-Community-APIs already … Continue reading →

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Windows and Linux Installers for Qt 4.8.1

Posted on March 29, 2012 by

Second progress update on Qt support (see first update). We have uploaded new installers for Qt 4.8.1 based on the Qt SDK installer.  At this time we have installers for Windows and Linux, a Mac installer is in the works: … Continue reading →

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Earlier Open Source Posts

Posted on March 28, 2012 by

One of the uses of OpenBBNews is as a record of RIM’s Open Source activity but as such it lacks some early events because our first post was in mid-November 2011. To fix this shortcoming, I’ve created a few posts … Continue reading →

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TunnelTilt at BlackBerry App World

Posted on March 27, 2012 by

One more leg in the journey of TunnelTilt – From GitHub to your PlayBook… but now going through the BlackBerry App World: More details in the official announcement in the DevBlog post. You can preview the game in two ways: check … Continue reading →

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Elsewhere… Mar 25, 2012

Posted on March 25, 2012 by

Innovation Happens Elsewhere – Additional Open-Source related links: KABook, a WebWorks-based client to Kahn Academy – AppWorld, GitHub. Peter is exploring how to front Python Apps via Qt/QML/Cascades; see BB10 Python: Command Line Interface New release of Lemma, the Twitter App – Website, GitHub, AppWorld (via BerryReview) SecuStore, … Continue reading →

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BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha in Orlando

Posted on March 25, 2012 by

RIM has announced that attendees to BlackBerry 10 Jam will be receiving a limited edition developer prototype device – the BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha™.  Alex Kinsella makes it very clear that this is not the final hardware or OS for BlackBerry 10. … Continue reading →

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Clipboard Support in WebWorks

Posted on March 23, 2012 by

We now have (unofficial) clipboard support in WebWorks courtesy of Martin Kleinschrodt.  This extension is for tablets. Martin is a new non-RIM Contributor, he is located in Munich where his work is visible at MaKleSoft.com.  The clipboard extension was needed by his … Continue reading →

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