From the monthly archives:

June 2010

China Network Television (CNTV) has created a Qt-based SDK and environment for TV manufacturers seeking to develop public webcast service platform compatible television sets. As a national web-based TV broadcaster, CNTV provides users with a globalized, multilingual and multi-terminal public webcast service platform. Extending this platform to a wide range of connected televisions, from high-end [...]

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You may recall that back in April on this blog, Katherine invited you all to take part in our annual Qt User Survey. The feedback is in, and we want to thank everyone that took the time to tell us what they think and what they want Qt to be in the future. It’s vital [...]

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Today is a significant day for developers using Qt for Nokia devices. The release of the Nokia Qt SDK and the announcement that Qt developers can distribute their apps through Ovi Store means that as of now, developers can: • Download and use version 1.0 of the Nokia Qt SDK, a mobile specific version of the [...]

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Qt to sponsor KDE Akademy 2010

by David Stone on June 18, 2010

We are pleased to announce that Qt and Nokia’s MeeGo Devices group have agreed to take up joint platinum sponsorship of Akademy 2010, the annual world summit of the KDE community. The decision extends a relationship between Qt and KDE events that dates back to the very first open KDE event, Kastle 2003. Akademy 2010 [...]

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How Qt can turn you into a guitar maestro

by David Stone on June 17, 2010

Almost everyone has at some point in their life dreamed of being able to play the guitar and imagined what it would feel like to deliver a crescendo of axe wizardry so amazing an entire stadium stood up and threw their arms in the air… Those who have tried to master the instrument will know [...]

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Berlin and LinuxTag

by David Stone on June 10, 2010

Alex and I are in sunny Berlin for LinuxTag 2010! LinuxTag is a community-focused event (no guys in suits – many people in geek humour t shirts) for the Linux user and development communities. The event is also a platform for showing open and free software projects. Our presence at LinuxTag allows us to connect [...]

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One week left for Calling All Innovators

by David Stone on June 4, 2010

Our friends at Forum Nokia are nice people. Each year they create a fantastic opportunity for developers to put their apps for Nokia devices to the test in the Calling All Innovators competition. The opportunities and rewards on offer are amazing. Big cash prizes across multiple categories, inclusion in a multi-million dollar marketing campaign for [...]

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Even though we´re still in beta phase, the interest around Qt Quick – the new Qt UI creation kit – is palpable.  Companies and open source projects are picking up Qt Quick and trying it out in all sorts of apps and devices.  In this first in a series of articles, we´ll take a look [...]

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Open Governance

by Aron Kozak on June 3, 2010

Since the beginning, Qt has been a product that has collaborated with and embraced its developer community as much as possible. Significant steps such as the contribution model we introduced last year have taken this further and further – we have received and integrated hundreds of contributions since we opened up this channel. We believe [...]

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Registration OPEN for Qt Developer Days 2010

by Adam Walhout on June 3, 2010

The wait is over – Qt Developer Days 2010 is now open for registration. Register now. The only major Qt-hosted summit of the year, Qt Developer Days 2010 will be held in Munich from October 11-13 and San Francisco from November 1-3. This year Qt Developer Days will be packed full of keynotes, knowledge sharing [...]

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Qt is gaining broad adoption among hardware vendors and content providers in the home media and entertainment industry for delivering content “over-the-top”, i.e. directly over the Internet, to the HD TV in your living room. Qt’s cross-platform portability, integration with the WebKit open source web browser engine, and support for C++ and JavaScript “hybrid applications” [...]

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