http://blog.cloudmade.com The CloudMade Blog Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:03:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en CloudMade has found a way to add value for people playing mobile games, generate additional revenue for game developers and create a very compelling way for brands to drive retail traffic and revenue. Mobile games are a huge marketing opportunity Millions of users are having fun playing mobile games every day. This ... http://blog.cloudmade.com/2011/12/19/better-for-users-game-developers-and-brands/ Web Maps API — our JavaScript library for putting CloudMade maps online — has been a hugely popular tool that has enabled web developers to create unique map experiences like these.  Web Maps API v2 has served our users very well, being praised for its performance and ease of use. ... http://blog.cloudmade.com/2011/05/13/announcing-leaflet-a-modern-open-source-javascript-library-for-interactive-maps/ This is a repost from my personal blog. I'm starting a series on explaining how and why CloudMade uses Python. The following one explains why we ditched OSM's stack in favour of in-house solution. Intro It's been almost 2 years as CloudMade has ditched mod_tile and renderd as main rendering solution in favour ... http://blog.cloudmade.com/2011/01/17/958/ Last week at Apps World Conference and Exhibition industry experts and newbies gathered together to discuss the current state and future of mobile applications development. Even the heavy London snow didn’t prevent 2,400 people from attending the show, and it turned out as two excellent days of networking. With three simultaneous ... http://blog.cloudmade.com/2010/12/09/learning-more-about-developers-needs-at-apps-world/ Another update of our App Gallery brings some new  examples of impressive CloudMade-powered apps and shows how location continues to enhance user experiences for web and mobile services. The range of applications presented in our app gallery is becoming really wide, and it now includes such categories as Navigation, Travel, Business, ... http://blog.cloudmade.com/2010/11/17/app-gallery-update-featuring-new-cool-apps-and-presenting-more-categories/ MiniBar is looking for developers who will create innovative apps mashing, mixing, streaming, enriching music, pictures and video content from the likes of Universal. There is a total of £7,000 ($11,000) up for grabs and the chance to connect with and impress major content providers with your work. Through this contest ALL ... http://blog.cloudmade.com/2010/11/03/minibar-app-building-contest/ Our app gallery is growing fast, and with every new addition it's clear that combining  CloudMade's tools and services with great ideas and skills from developers results in some extremely powerful, compelling products. Take a look at some of  the latest updates to our gallery below: Galileo Offline Maps is a ... http://blog.cloudmade.com/2010/11/02/more-examples-of-cloudmade-powered-apps-more-great-ways-to-use-location/ This fall is packed with industry events and CloudMade is making sure not to miss the most exciting ones. Here are some events we will be speaking and exhibiting at, sponsoring or just attending. MobileAppsWorld – October 19-20, London This two-day conference led by speakers from all parts of the mobile ... http://blog.cloudmade.com/2010/10/15/upcoming-events-come-and-see-us-there/ Last week, our Chairman and CEO, Juha Christensen took to the stage at Mobilize 2010, in San Francisco. He was there to kick-off a discussion from mobile industry leaders on what the the future trends are for Cloud Computing and the mobile industry. Juha presented specifically on what the location landscape ... http://blog.cloudmade.com/2010/10/05/mobilize-2010-location-will-make-it-into-every-type-of-app-says-cloudmade-chairman-and-ceo/ We've recently posted a whole host of awesome new mobile and web apps in the CloudMade App Gallery, if you haven’t seen them yet, then here they are. All these apps have been created with our innovative CloudMade tools and APIs. Check them out below and then why not take ... http://blog.cloudmade.com/2010/09/30/more-awesome-apps-touchdown-in-our-gallery-check-them-out/