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Saving voicemail in the browser using HTML5, and playing it back offline!

Submitted by san1t1 on Wed, 2010-08-25 21:00

Even in tunnels and up mountains!


I'm excited by HTML5. I love writing web apps, and it's getting simpler and simpler to do amazing things. In particular I have an interest in audio processing, and seeing this begin to be possible in browser apis makes me just want to play so bad!

HTML5. Flash. Silverlight. Oh My.

Submitted by san1t1 on Fri, 2010-07-23 21:00

There seems to be a lot of uncertainty and disagreement on the interwebs right now. 

 

Making Ribbit app development easier with command line php tools

Submitted by mike on Tue, 2010-07-13 17:18

Like many other programmers I find myself in a Linux shell often.

New Release: Java SDK 1.6.1

Submitted by kjwells on Fri, 2010-07-09 20:03

 

Earlier this week the Ribbit Development Team released an update the the Java SDK. The release notes are posted below, and if you are interested in learning more about the Java SDK, you can find articles, tutorials, sample code and more information online in the developer center.

Version 1.6.1

  • Build date June 11 2010
  • Built against the Ribbit REST API version 1.6

License

Multi-tasking on the iPhone iOS 4

Submitted by kjwells on Fri, 2010-06-11 17:51

As you use the Ribbit Objective-C SDK to enable calling or SMS capabilities in your iPod Touch or iPad applications, be sure to keep in mind the new multi-tasking features in iOS4, mainly fast app switching. With fast app switching, you are now able to preserve the state of your application and go back to that state when your application becomes active again. Sarah Laiwala shares some best practices over on her blog.

Live-waving Google I/O keynote Wednesday, May 19th

Submitted by kjwells on Wed, 2010-05-19 07:17

Kevin Marks, Adam Pash, Gina Trapani, and Leo Laporte will be llive-waving the Google I/O keynote that starts at 9am PST TODAY. 

Open311 and the Open Government Initiative

Submitted by amowad on Mon, 2010-05-17 09:50

The pervasiveness of the open web is taking hold in governments around the world. Data is migrating to the cloud, being opened up to developer innovation, and governments are capitalizing on this trend. The federal government launched the data.gov site to expose the huge amounts of data its different branches continue to collect and make it available to developers to build compelling application mash-ups. Local governments are following this lead.

Typed Collections in .NET, Silverlight, and Java SDKs

Submitted by gmarcionetti on Wed, 2010-05-12 17:44

We've recently added a new set of objects to our statically-typed-language SDKs (.Net, Silverlight and Java). These objects are a set of typed collections, aimed at making your client code easier to write and clearer to understand.

Previously, if you were using the getUsers() method, your code would have looked something like this:

In .NET:

RibbitCollectionResponse users = new RibbitUser().getUsers(); UserResource user = (UserResource)users.Results[0];

In Java: