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  • Mobile

    Smartphone shipments outpaced PCs in ALL of 2011

    At the end of 2010, it was big news when all of the analyst firms reported that smartphone shipments had out-paced PC shipments in the final quarter of the year for the first time in history. Never before had the traditional PC been out-shipped by a different...
    December 20, 2011 4 min read
  • Release

    What's next in 2012 for the Telerik AJAX and MVC products

    Now that the final major release of the Telerik DevTools division is behind our backs, it is time to make some preliminary plans for year 2012. The AJAX and MVC suites received important updates throughout 2011 and, as you probably expect, this trend will continue next year. One tad you need to have in mind is that the DevTools release will be shifted one month ahead, therefore it will be out in mid February, instead of mid March as it used to be. This means that you will get all that is slated for the next release sooner than you imagined....
    December 16, 2011 3 min read
  • Release

    What's next in 2012 for the Telerik AJAX and MVC products

    Now that the final major release of the Telerik DevTools division is behind our backs, it is time to make some preliminary plans for year 2012. The AJAX and MVC suites received important updates throughout 2011 and, as you probably expect, this trend will continue next year. One tad you need to have in mind is that the DevTools release will be shifted one month ahead, therefore it will be out in mid February, instead of mid March as it used to be. This means that you will get all that is slated for the next release sooner than you imagined....
    December 16, 2011 3 min read
  • People

    Telerik Welcomes Chris Sells

    We are thrilled about this week’s addition of Chris Sells to the Telerik team.  If you haven’t already heard, Chris, a world-renowned industry veteran, has joined Telerik as Vice President of the Developer Tools division.    His division will be responsible for a number of UI control sets – including WinForms, WPF, Silverlight and ASP.NET – as well as a number of tools – including the Just line, OpenAccess ORM, and Telerik Reporting.  They will be ensuring developers are making the most of existing platforms while staying well-equipped for the future.  Chris’ thoughts about his new role can be read on his...
    December 16, 2011 2 min read
  • Release

    What's coming in Kendo UI next year (or, gimme the roadmaps!)

    November's Kendo UI release marked an important milestone for our product and resonated very well in the developer community, according to our humble opinion. We have got a lot of positive feedback from every social medium, as well as some constructive feedback which is already taken consciously...
    December 16, 2011 3 min read
  • Web

    The Real Meaning Behind the IE Update Announcement

    The interwebs are ALIVE this morning with the fresh news out of Redmond.  A move that on the surface seems like a giant leap forward.  In reality though, it means very little. Microsoft announced today that they will be updating everyone to at least IE 8 or 9. ...
    December 15, 2011 5 min read
  • Mobile

    Getting Started Video Series for our New Controls in WP7

    Just two short weeks ago, our Q3 2011 release for Windows Phone 7 was made available. Today, we have some fresh resources ready for you to watch to start getting the hang of working with the new controls including: RadSlideView, RadContextMenu, RadAutoCompleteBox and RadToggleSwitch. The videos below are hosted on TelerikTV and are around 8-10 minutes each. So grab a coffee, put on your favorite headphones and check them out. Getting Started with RadSlideView (also includes RadToggleSwitch) Getting Started with RadContextMenu Getting Started with RadAutoCompleteBox The Source Code to all of the videos is also available to download now. In case you missed the Q3 2011...
    December 14, 2011 1 min read
  • Web

    Getting Started with Kendo UI interactive presentation

    Looking for an easy way to get started with Kendo UI? Then you may enjoy a new interactive slide deck I prepared called…you guessed it, Getting Started with Kendo UI. This is not a normal slide deck, though. This interactive deck was built using Google's handy "html5slides" template, which...
    December 14, 2011 2 min read
  • Mobile

    Get More Data for Your Windows Phone App Performance with This Free Tool

    I just found out a very useful, free monitoring tool for Windows Phone apps called Distimo Monitor. It gives you valuable insights as to what affects downloads and revenues of your app. It provides of course Downloads and Revenue reports by country, day etc. like you would expect.  The two more interesting features are the Rankings and the Events reports. You can see the rankings of your app/apps for each day and country and how it evolved over time. You can even add comments to the rankings graph, just like in Google Analytics, so that you can track how a certain...
    December 14, 2011 2 min read
  • People

    Crash Code Mash with Telerik

    Did you miss out on registering for Code Mash 2012 this year? Telerik has ONE FREE CONFERENCE PASS to raffle off. We'd love to have you join the rest of the crowd in January!   Code Mash is a world-class technology conference at the Kalahari Resort in Sandusky, OH. They are expecting upwards of 1300 attendees and the event sold out in just 20 minutes! It takes place January 11-13. The best part? The Kalahari Resort is a popular midwest indoor waterpark (Ohio's largest!). The event includes a party on Thursday night for attendees in the waterpark area, where vendors like Telerik will have cabanas with food and drink and maybe...
    December 14, 2011 1 min read