Dont put an ‘upgrade’ button in your iOS app or you will get sued Yes, this is so messed up that it has to go into the WTF? file and be added to the Rant list. What a clue that the current patent system is woefully behind the times and relies on an approval system designed by 5th graders? Have a look at this story from PCMag.com. Seems that… Read More
Unity 3D goes military! Build 3D models for the next Bin laden mission! Well, maybe not. But still, its kinda of nice to see a company you have watched from the inception get into the big game. The Unity Web Player is now certified to be used by the US Army and AirForce. This basically means that the US Government can now be a customer for your models… Read More
What the latest meetup tells us about android windows and iphone interest I went to a meetup recently that talked about development on the windows phone 7, android and iOS platforms. When asked for a show of hands on what people were interested in, android was far and away of greatest interest. iOS and windows were at perhaps 10% of the house each. Interesting. I would have… Read More
Android Tethering blocked by Google and how to get around it I saw in the news a few days back that Google was going to do this, and based on a post in Venturebeat I guess they pulled the trigger. Google is now blocking Android tethering apps from the Store. Well not blocking per se. From VB – “You can still see it in the Android… Read More
Asus Eee Pad, the first Tablet that can actually offer more then the iPad I cannot count how many tablets have come out saying they are better then the ipad this way or that way, all bullocks of course. However, now we have and offering from ASUS that at least appears as a viable competitor. The ASUS Eee Pad. Strange name I know, but a very straight forward offering.… Read More
Evernote gets a big upgrade for Android I have not checked this out myself since my Android is at home, so I will simply pass on what I read on venturebeat. I will check into this later and update the post. The version is called Evernote 3.0, and the company says this upgrade is huge. There are added sharing and organizational features,… Read More
App away your privacy I am no stranger to apps that collect an obscene amount of information, but after reading this post from Computer World titled ‘Snooping: It’s not a crime, it’s a feature‘, this is too much. The article highlights apps like Color and Shopkick that access the microphone in your phone to listen to ‘noise’ around you… Read More
Samsung Galaxy Tab Mobile Computer Tablet Review By @24k This review post was written by Christopher Rauschnot and originally posted to Samsung Galaxy Tab Mobile Tablet Computer Review. You can follow him on Twitter @24k & @24kMedia and the 24kMedia Facebook Page Sets of tablets were announced in late 2010 that were going to be shown off at the upcoming International Consumers Electronics Show… Read More
Forget where you have been? Google hasn’t. Seems that Google has included a Location History dashboard with their latest release of Google Maps 5.3 for Android. The dashboard is a feature for Google Latitude that allows you to view your location history on a personal dashboard at google.com/latitude or on the phone by tapping view location history from your Latitude profile. The… Read More
Acer stock plummets in midst of identity crisis Taiwanese computer giant Acer wants to be like Apple with premium products and high margins. Now it thinks it has a more promising future in tablets, Bloomberg reports. This is a big change in Acer’s strategy. The company has previously focused o…… Read More
Very cool 3D interface for Android. #video This is sweeeet. Just came out today and I know the interwebs are all over it. the company is called SPB Software. I have not tried it yet but I will we I get my hands on my Droid. Assuming it will run on the droid. I’ll write more about that later, but check out… Read More
Firefox 4 for Android does NOT work on the Droid Nuts. I was really excited to try this too. Seems the orginal droid just does not have what it takes to run FF4. Not sure what the issue is, be the OS or CPU or what. When I loaded FireFox4 on my Droid it did give me a warning that it may not work correct. … Read More
Color is hot now, but in 24 hours, I have a bad feeling it will go off-color I downloaded the iPhone android photo sharing app called Color just like 100 thousand other people probably have by the time I hit send. And ok, I get it. I take pics, other people near me take pics. And we see them. Great. Not big thrill to me unless I’m at a party or wedding… Read More
Should I develop for Apple iOS or Android? (Note: this post is a living document) As recently as 6 months ago, this would be a silly question. The general rule is that you always build on Apples iOS first then Android second, then other OS’s later. Assuming you have the skills or people to choose what to build for, the common thinking is… Read More
Unity3D And Microsoft Kinect With the Game Developers Conference (GDC) right around the corner, I am excited to see what the conference will bring this year as last year was a blast. On the list of things is the Unity3D booth. Unity is a tool for video game development that has taken the international gaming industry by storm. This… Read More
ibiking service strava making strides in the right direction. I’ve always known San Francisco to have a large affinity for bikers. It comes as no surprise, then, that a San Francisco based company called Strava is working on a universal program to keep track of a biker’s exercise for those who opt for the more sophisticated technology. This means bikers with an iPhone, Android… Read More
T-Mobile to offer free phone on the 10th and 11th. Talk about an epic day. Seems this coming weekend will be a battle between not Only AT&T (to stop the bleeding) Verizon to speed it up, but also T-Mobile to get in to some of the blood bath as well. Some of the details are not clear, like do you have to pay first and… Read More
Google Chrome 9 gets faster and better Today Google announced several new features to their stable build of the Chrome browser including: Chrome Web Store is an online marketplace where you can discover thousands of apps, extensions, and themes for Google Chrome. It is open only to Chrome users in the United States. Chrome Instant will begin loading web pages that you… Read More
Google 3D Body Browser now on a Tablet via Android 3.0 We wrote about Google 3D body browser before. Well now you can have the same 3D experience using some of the new Power Tablets coming out like the Motorola’s Xoom Seen blow. The honeycomb OS release does much better 3D support and from the video below (via VentureBeat); it works pretty well. Course this does… Read More
Android Market and OS update from the sweet Honeycomb I have not had a chance to really did into todays announcement from Google so I’m going to do a quick post here with some bullet points video below. I’ll return to this post with deep thoughts later today. There is a lot to take in; and not all of it is new news. The… Read More