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Monthly Archives: September 2008

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MobileWidget Camp Austin a success, thanks to everyone!

The first ever MobileWidget Camp, the MobileWidget Camp Austin was a success. Thanks to all the attendees, speakers and sponsors! I will be posting photos shortly, same with all the results posted notes. Anyone with photos, please post to Flickr. Presentation slides will…

Rudy’s 15 Tips To Create Value For Mobile

Below are Rudy De Waele (m-trends.org) MobileMonday Amsterdam presentation on “15 Tips To Create Value For Mobile”… as always, great content: 15 Tips to create value for mobile @ Mobilemonday Amsterdam View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: mobilemonday momo#7)

Google 10 years anniversary — Happy Birthday!

I remember 10 years ago, 1998, or maybe closer to 1999, I was working at Pervasive Software working with a great group of folks, building an embedded DB for mobile, embedded devices, and smart-cards; a cool project with great people that was ahead…

Event Schedule for MobileWidgetCamp Austin has been posted

The MobileWidget Camp Austin event schedule has been posted… Developers, bring your laptops, and go to the above event hyperlink for instructions on downloading the Yahoo! and Nokia Widget SDKs, which will be use during the coding labs. See you Sunday! ceo

Using JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) in Java ME for Data Interchange

I recently wrote an article on using JSON on mobile Java applications. From the article: Choosing the right data interchange format is an important design decision when building any network-aware software. This is especially true when designing mobile and embedded applications, where attributes…

NFC tag-equipped (smart) posters in Japan

Crunchgear reports on Japan gets NFC tag-equipped movie posters… Hitachi, Gemalto, NTT Data and SoftBank are working together in developing the smart poster system that transmits information to cellphone users from the posters over NFC; the cellphones use the MasterCardPayPass application which must…

Austin round-up: The new hotbed for mobile

Levi Shapiro wrote a neat article on Fierce MobileContent titled Austin round-up: The new hotbed for mobile; check it out. And I agree w/ Levi… While Austin is not Silicon Valley, Austin is a great place to start your company, raise your family,…

Reminder: MobileWidget Camp Austin this weekend

A reminder that this weekend, Sept 7th 2008 is the MobileWidget Camp Austin event: See the tentative event schedule (it looks pretty good!). It is a free, informal, and fun event, with food and drinks throughout the day, great topics and speakers including…

Google Chrome – a new take on Web browser design

At A fresh take on the browser (Official Google Blog), the Google team writes about Chrome, their WebKit-based web-browser: On the surface, we designed a browser window that is streamlined and simple. To most people, it isn’t the browser that matters. It’s only…