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  • People

    Many reasons to vote for Telerik in the DevProConnections Awards

    "And honestly, I say this without any reservation. In my four years of involvement with Telerik, the company and it's employees have been the best, most respectful, and willing to help group I've ever worked with. When I'm asked to do something, I just do it, and I want to keep this relationship going... It is just a joy to work with you. So glad to be part of the team!" Ben Hayat, Telerik MVP Everyone has his reasons to love Telerik. What are yours? Do we make you look...
    May 27, 2021 3 min read
  • People

    The AppStore Business Model is Dead

    Back in January, I argued that AppStores are not necessary as mobile economics mature and start to mimic web economics. Why do I need to download Skype from the AppStore when I can just go to Skype.com and do the same? Apple changed the rules and suddenly the AppStore looks like it may die a toddler. Back in February, new rules for advertising revenue and media content were implemented by Apple. If your app is in the app store and you generate revenue from a new customer, you have to give Apple 30% of the revenue of everything you sell.  As per Steve Jobs: "Our philosophy is simple -- when...
    May 27, 2021 2 min read
  • Release

    Q3 2011 Telerik RadControls for WinForms Roadmap

    In our official major release Q2 2011 we introduced several new controls - RadPropertyGrid, RadListView and RadRichTextBox (Beta) - which nicely complemented the suite and responded to your requests. Now it is time to look towards the next major release: Q3 2011 (expected mid-Fall). We believe that it is not only important to introduce new controls as we did in Q2, but to constantly improve the existing ones. Therefore, Q3 2011 will focus on improvements and new features in our existing code base. Here are just a few of the many improvements that are about to come: RadGridView. Two new highly requested editors will allow the end...
    May 27, 2021 2 min read
  • Release

    Q2 2011 Service Pack 1 of RadControls for WinForms is out

    A month and a half after yet another great release of RadControls for WinForms, we are happy to announce the availability of Q2 2011 Service Pack 1. This service pack comes with a bunch of cool improvements and fixes throughout the whole WinForms suite. Among the highlights of this release are several new features that set RadRichTextBox (Beta) closer to its official version. In Q2 2011 SP1 you will find support for hyperlinks and bookmarks as well as support for tables. Your end-users will also be able to export pages as images. See Q2 2011 Service Pack 1 Release Notes for more information about...
    May 27, 2021 1 min read
  • Web

    RadControls for Windows Phone Updates

    For those who have missed the news, our RadControls for Windows Phone Mango build is available for download here. We have made sure that our customers can be among the first to update their existing WP7 apps and submit them to the Mango marketplace. If you haven’t tried RadControls for Windows Phone yet, you are most probably wondering why you should use it at all given the free toolbox available. This two minutes video answers this...
    May 27, 2021 1 min read