AT&T announced it is now accepting submissions for its Open Call–Apps for All developer contest, taking place at the CTIA Wireless 2010 convention in Las Vegas March 23 and 24. Updating the operator’s AT&T Fast Pitch contest, the Open Call competition is divided into four categories: BREW Mobile Platform, Android, Java & RIM, and an ‘Open’ category spanning applications and content across all platforms. Developers can enter only one contest category at http://attopencall.com through March 1; an AT&T representative will contact presenters soon after to schedule Open Call meetings, with developers invited to present given five minutes each to pitch their applications to a panel of judges. Developers can present their software on a working handset or simulator–a Q&A session will follow the demo.

AT&T will award $10,000 in cash to the winner in each of the four categories. For more details on the free AT&T Developer Program, including access to the AT&T SDK, technical whitepapers, webcasts, and more, click here.

For more on Open Call–Apps for All:
- read this release

Amazon.com announced open enrollment for its Kindle developer beta program, promising enrollees access to the tools necessary to create “active content” for the online retailer’s Kindle ebook platform. According to the Kindle Development Kit website, the KDK includes a Kindle simulator (both 6-inch and 9.7-inch) that works on Windows, Mac OS and Linux–developers can register up to three Kindle devices through the developer portal, and the owners of those devices will receive invitations to download and test the applications in question. The KDK also features two sets of APIs: Java version 1.4 Personal Basis Profile APIs for mobile devices, and Kindle custom APIs that complement the PBP APIs and provide UI components, JSON and XML parsers, HTTP and HTTPS networking, secure storage and additional features. Amazon adds that future releases of the KDK will include audio and dictionary access APIs.

The KDK site notes that developers should be able to modify existing Java applets and J2ME software to port over to Kindle. In addition, developers can include other third-party software libraries as long as they imported to the same binary archive file as the application. “At this time, the KDK enables you to build active content that runs on the Kindle 6-inch and Kindle DX 9.7-inch devices,” the FAQ notes. “The Kindle client applications for other platforms do not currently support Kindle active content.”

For more on the Kindle developer beta program:
- read this Amazon Web Services Blog entry

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I wrote a quick diff parser for  CodeMirror.

CodeMirror is a real-time code editor for your browser. I know that diff isn’t a format edited by humans, but I found myself needing the diff syntax highlight where other code is shown.
More on that soon.

Live Example, Download the parser.

Clearwell Systems released version 5.5 of its eDiscovery Platform this week. They claim the new version can process 1 terabyte per day and deal with 100 million documents on a single appliance. Customers who need more than that can link additional appliances. Press release

SAP announced this week that it was opening 12Sprints, a free online collaboration tool for public beta. Simply go to the website and sign up and you can begin using the tool, which offers a similar functionality to Google Wave in a simpler and more defined interface.

12Sprints enables you to set up a project and invite participants to help you make better decisions. You can set up tasks and timelines, attempt to answer a particular question to reach a decision and share documents. There are templates available for simple or complex decision making processes. Like Google Wave, it has extensions, although there are only a couple right now for sharing email and previewing documents before opening them.

Marge Beya, executive vice president at SAP says the company developed this tool to help organizations make better decisions in an Enterprise 2.0 context. “[12Sprints] brings method to the madness, combining not only business intelligence and collaboration technology but also methods with a framework to help teams share intelligence and make better decisions that drive meaningful results.”

12Sprints is clearly a Beta, right now, but it provides a simple interface for sharing and collaborating and provides an easy workflow. As developers add new extensions to it, it will likely become even more useful. For now, it’s definitely a good start for companies looking to dabble in online decision making and collaboration.

For more information:
- see The SAP press release

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