RIM investing $100mln to grow BlackBerry developer community July 10, 2012 - 21:09 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Research in Motion (RIM) is investing $100 million investment to grow the developer community for the BlackBerry platform, TechCrunch reports citing e27, a blog covering the Asia tech scene. To rebuild and grow its community, RIM will run several developer programs to attract developers to the Blackberry platform. E27 cites one example of how this might work. A developer would receive $10,000 to develop a paid app with the condition that it makes at least $1,000 in the first year. RIM is also starting to hand out the BlackBerry 10 Alpha to developers for a head start in developing apps. The device is a prototype device used in-house by RIM engineers. RIm plans to give out 12,000 BlackBerry 10 Alpha devices. RIM will also expand its developer team from 40 people to 130 by the end of the quarter. It is also reviving its BlackBerry certified developer program “to ensure that developers are equipped with the skills and information needed to develop for the BlackBerry platform.”   Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020."   Partner news Most popular in the section |  Latest news “Great success”: Pashinyan pleased with new border protocol  Pashinyan has described the signing by Armenia and Azerbaijan of a protocol on delimitation in Tavush as “a great success”.Armenia, Azerbaijan sign protocol on demarcation coordinates Armenia’s government took on May 15 another step towards handing over four border areas to Azerbaijan.U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow.Power of One Dram sums up two-year program with Teach for Armenia Idram Junior also joined the companies during the visit, bringing with it a fascinating intellectual game for children |
