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(Image source: NASA) Update #2 – The space race is on, and this time it is to be led by Entrepreneurs Wonderful to see the successful SpaceX mission — from launch, to docking, to return and splashdown! This is the future of nearby-space travel. Entrepreneurs such as Elon and their teams are the future of … Read more
Update: we had a great event! — see some photos of the event. Thanks to our speakers, and to our sponsor Evernote. Topic – “Android app performance, optimization and analysis”: For headcount purposes, please register at http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3493177187 Food and drinks will be served. We have some goodies to give away, courtesy of Google’s Developer Advocate … Read more
Today I read the following (Strand Consults): “Facebook is killing the mobile operators’ SMS traffic and revenue… The golden days where SMS traffic and revenue simply continued to grow are almost over, as customers are now moving part of their mobile communication traffic over to Facebook.” But I would say it differently: “Facebook *Data* is … Read more
Recently I have been seeing the word “ambient” used a lot to describe “context”; a good example is Alohar Mobile and its Mobile Ambient Analytics Platform. Alohar Mobile are also the makers of Placeme. Is Ambient the new Context? It is not. Context is more than just ambient information; ambient information is a subset of … Read more
The Oracle vs. Google case on Java is such a precedence case that any ruling on APIs vs. copyright might open a can of worms. The outcome of this ruling literally will affect any software company and developers designing APIs (and protecting those as Intellectual Property). (I personally believe programming languages and its APIs should … Read more
Something subtle but very important occurred yesterday. I am talking about Target’s decision to stop selling Amazon’s Kindle e-readers (hyperlink: USA Today). In the above article you can find one sentence that summarizes the struggle that Retailers have been facing: Target’s decision to phase out the Kindle is also occurring as the retailer, along with … Read more
Some background: I spent many years as an individual contributor to a number of J2ME expert groups including MIDP 2.0, MIDP 3.0 and a number of J2ME APIs ~ around 10 different JSRs over 8+ years. I was a huge proponent of Java for mobile and still am. In the next couple of days, the … Read more
Please join us April 30 for our next event when Nokia visits Austin for its “Nokia Lumia USA Tour” WHEN: April 30, 6-9pm WHERE: Buffalo Billiards, 201 E. 6th St. WHO: Mobile Monday Austin & Nokia Please RSVP at Eventbrite: http://momoaustinapr2012.eventbrite.com/ If you have a Windows Phone application, Nokia Developer wants to see your app … Read more
This is most beautiful HD Time-Lapse Video of the Northern Lights that I have ever seen. Amazing work by Ole C. Salomonsen. Watch in full-screen! “As solar storms reach a maximum in 2012-2013, the northern lights are more beautiful than ever. Ole C. Salomonsen spent this past fall, winter, and spring shooting 150,000 still photographs … Read more
The SimpleOrderedHashtable tech-tip has been updated; see Tech-Tip: A Simple Ordered Hashtable (SimpleOrderedHashtable.java) I also updated the Simple URL encoder tech-tip and moved the code to Gist; see Tech-Tip: Simple URL Encoder. I am moving all my code examples to Gist — an excellent tool/code repository by github, for sharing code with others: Gist is … Read more