The digest of interesting materials for the mobile developer # 77 (October 26 - November 2)

Last week's result: HTML5 reached recommendation status, two game development stories, Andy Rubin left Google, Microsoft released the Smart Band bracelet. About many other things - under a cat in a weekly digest.

Each one in a thousand: again about Testflight

The more testers, the better. Now you can test the program with the help of not only a fairly narrow circle of sophisticated experts, but also a wide user audience, each of which with its bell tower is able to tell what your application may be just very lacking.
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HTML5 standard has reached W3C recommendation status

The news is very short, but no less important: the W3C officially announced HTML5 as a recommendation.

The path of the developer: stories about my fabulous failures, part 1

The story of how I got into game dev is a rather unusual one. It all started with the fact that I worked as a promoter of a strip club on Nevsky Prospect. One night from Friday to Saturday of August 2011, a car with a cheerful company inside stopped in front of me. One person from this company wondered where you can have a good rest nearby ...

End of applications as we know them

The concept of interacting with content on connected devices (laptops, phones, tablets and other accessories) is undergoing a period of great change. The idea of an application as an independent destination is becoming less and less important, while an application as a publishing tool with notifications containing content and actions is becoming increasingly relevant. This will change what we develop and how we do it.